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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for A Wrinkle in Time

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Use A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle to turn your read aloud or small group work into a time to improve comprehension and talk about the text in purposeful ways.

A Wrinkle in Time is the story of a fairly typical teenage girl who has an incredible experience. It is an examination of one girl's insecurities and a larger story about the darkness consuming her world. Author Madeleine L'Engle expertly weaves story elements common to fantasy and science fiction throughout the novel, making it the perfect choice for mini lessons focused on exploring story elements in a text. By following the mini lessons included in this Book Club resource set, you'll allow students to examine how story elements like events, problems, characters, and resolution are used to develop a novel as engaging as A Wrinkle in Time.

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Meeting 1

The first Book Club meeting focuses on the six parts of a plot (exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution). Using a plot diagram, students will track the important events in the first two chapters of A Wrinkle in Time. Students will also begin working on tracking characters, an activity they will continue as they read the novel.

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Meeting 2

Students will examine the central conflict of the story and how it impacts the characters in A Wrinkle in Time. Work during the second Book Club meeting focuses on adding events to the plot diagram and the Tracking Characters Sheet from the first meeting.

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Meeting 3

An important first step in noticing how the plot impacts characters in A Wrinkle in Time is to notice character traits at the beginning of the story. In the third Book Club meeting students will use a graphic organizer to keep track of their observations as they continue reading the novel.

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Meeting 4

As the story reaches its climax, the characters in Madeleine L'Engle's novel begin to change. In the fourth Book Club meeting students will use the work they have up to this point to fuel a thoughtful discussion on the plot's impact on the characters in A Wrinkle in Time.

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Meeting 5

Author Madeleine L'Engle does a beautiful job of developing characters throughout the story. This Book Club meeting will provide readers with the opportunity to examine the characters at critical points in the story's plot in order to draw conclusions about the ways in which they have changed throughout the story.

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Meeting 6

This final A Wrinkle in Time Book Club meeting reveals the resolution to Madeleine L'Engle's story. With the plot complete, students will take a final look at the relationship between the plot events and the traits of the main characters at the beginning and end of the text.

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Focus Assessment and Rubric

Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with story elements.

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Comprehension Assessment with A Wrinkle in Time

This 9 question Common Core aligned assessment can be used to determine students' overall comprehension of A Wrinkle in Time and their mastery of the Common Core State Standards.

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Running Record with A Wrinkle in Time

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with A Wrinkle in Time. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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About the Book

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Title: A Wrinkle in Time

Author: Madeleine L'Engle

Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Themes: Adventure, Decision Making, Relationship Skills, Self Awareness, Family, Self Management, Social Awareness, Friendship, Award Winners

ISBN: 9781429915649

Publisher's Summary:

It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger. "Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract." A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.

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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for A Wrinkle in Time