Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Freckle Juice

Use Freckle Juice by Judy Blume to turn your read aloud or small group work into a time to improve comprehension and talk about the text in purposeful ways.

Andrew's desperate desire to have freckles, a classmate who's all too eager to help him get them, and the series of events that ensue in this classic Judy Blume chapter book make it the perfect choice for readers learning about conflict and resolution.

Explore lesson plans and activities to help you teach with Freckle Juice in the drop down below.

Instructional Overview

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Instructional Overview

The instructional overview includes instructional background for conflict and resolution, instructional objectives for each of the Book Club meetings, and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to Freckle Juice Book Club.
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Management Resources

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Management Resources

The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.

Meeting 1

Andrew Marcus wants freckles but he wasn't born with them. Student will enjoy learning about conflict (and, later, resolution) while reading Freckle Juice by Judy Blume. This meeting introduces an easy to use chart to help readers learn to track conflict and resolution throughout the text.

Meeting 2

During this Book Club meeting, students will learn that a plot is often composed of a main conflict/resolution and several smaller conflicts/resolutions. Author Judy Blume incorporates both primary and secondary conflicts and resolutions in Freckle Juice for readers to identify.

Meeting 3

Freckle Juice is interesting, in part, because author Judy Blume used a variety of conflicts and resolutions that keep the reader engaged. Students will practice identifying conflicts and their resolutions and learn the impact of not resolving the conflict right away.

Meeting 4

Sometimes, the resolution to a conflict causes a new conflict. This Freckle Juice Book Club meeting encourages students to identify which conflicts are caused by another conflict's resolution.

Meeting 5

The connection between the primary and secondary conflicts and resolutions can sometimes be referred to as the "Domino Effect". Author Judy Blume uses this technique in Freckle Juice where Andrew's desire for freckles sets off a series of conflicts.

Vocabulary Connections with Freckle Juice

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Vocabulary Connections with Freckle Juice

This set of vocabulary development resources for Freckle Juice highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book.  Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
TEKS Alignment

Focus Assessment and Rubric

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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 conflict and resolution.

Running Record with Freckle Juice

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Running Record with Freckle Juice

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Freckle Juice. 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.

Management Resources - Spanish

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Management Resources - Spanish

The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.

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About the Book

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Title: Freckle Juice
Author: Judy Blume
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Themes: Self Management, Friendship, Laugh Out Loud, Decision Making, Family
ISBN: 9781481411028
Publisher's Summary:
More than anything in the world, Andrew Marcus wants freckles. His classmate Nicky has freckles—they cover his face, his ears, and the whole back of his neck. But when Andrew asks Nicky where he got them, Nicky just says he was born with them. Some help he is! That’s when Sharon offers Andrew her secret freckle juice recipe—for fifty cents, she promises, Andrew can look just like Nicky. His freckleless days are over! He rushes home to whip up the concoction. Grape juice, vinegar, mustard… But what starts out as a simple freckle juice recipe quickly turns into something disastrous. Andrew is still determined to get his freckles, and to show that pesky Sharon that she doesn’t know everything—and he has the perfect solution! Or does he?
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