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A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

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Theme:

Listening Strategies

Grades:

6 - 8

Subject:

Reading and Language Arts

Duration:

Two class periods

Standards
& Goals:

Florida State Learning Standards
  • The student identifies, analyzes and applies knowledge of the elements of a variety of fiction and literary texts to develop a thoughtful response to a literary selection.
  • The student will use background knowledge of subject and related content areas, pre-reading strategies, graphic representations and knowledge of text structure to make and confirm complex predictions of content, purpose and organization of a reading selection.
  • The student will compare and contrast elements in multiple texts.

Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards.

Objectives:

Students will:
  • Read or listen to Chapter 6 (p. 84-105) from A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle.
  • Make predictions about the direction of the book.
  • Make connections between the book and their background knowledge.
  • Ask clarifying questions as he/she listens in order to summarize the information read.
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