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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for One Crazy Summer

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Use One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia to turn your read aloud or small group work into a time to improve comprehension and talk about the text in purposeful ways.

Follow eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters as they travel from Brooklyn to Oakland, California to meet the mother who abandoned them. With dreams of Disneyland and Tinker Bell, the summer's reality changes when their mother enrolls the girls in a day camp run by the Black Panthers. Focus on how the author uses perspective to tell the story of a pivotal time in America's history. The mini lessons included in this Book Club resource set make it easy to engage readers as they learn about perspective through the eyes of a character who could be one of their classmates. This Newberry Honor book won the Coretta Scott King Award and was a National Book Award Finalist.
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Instructional Overview

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Instructional Overview

The instructional overview includes instructional background for point of view, instructional objectives for each of the Book Club meetings, and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to One Crazy Summer Book Club.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • RL.6.7RL.6.9RL.6.10W.6.8W.6.9RL.6.1SL.6.1aRL.6.2SL.6.1bRL.6.3SL.6.1cRL.6.4L.6.6RL.6.5L.6.4aRL.6.6L.6.5
TEKS Alignment
  • 6.276.3A6.286.3B6.3C6.46.6A6.6B6.6C6.86.96.26A
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Management Resources

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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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Meeting 1

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia is told in the first person point of view. Throughout this Book Club, students will use their Reader's Notebook to keep track of point of view to better understand what a character thinks and feels.
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Meeting 2

This One Crazy Summer Book Club focuses on understanding the narrator's point of view by looking at her words and actions. Students will keep track of their thinking in their Reader's Notebook.
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Meeting 3

Sometimes a character's point of view is skewed by their attitude. In One Crazy Summer, author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story for Delphine's perspective. Students will discuss how her perspective may be clouded by what other characters say about her and the way they treat her.
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Meeting 4

When reading One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia, it is important to realize that the narrator's point of view influences the reader. This Book Club meeting focuses on finding examples from the text of how Delphine guides the reader's impressions of the other characters.
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Meeting 5

Discussion for this One Crazy Summer Book Club meeting encourages readers to think about ways that Rita Williams-Garcia uses the narrator of the story to influence the reader's opinion.
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Meeting 6

As the One Crazy Summer Book Club concludes, students are asked to take what they have learned about point of view and use it in their own writing. They are encouraged to write from their own perspective and share what is important to them.
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Vocabulary Connections with One Crazy Summer

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Vocabulary Connections with One Crazy Summer

This set of vocabulary development resources for One Crazy Summer 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
  • L.6.5L.6.6L.6.4a
TEKS Alignment
  • 6.2B6.2A6.2C
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Focus Assessment and Rubric

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Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with point of view.
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Running Record with One Crazy Summer

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Running Record with One Crazy Summer

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with One Crazy Summer. 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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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: One Crazy Summer
Author: Rita Williams-Garcia
Genre: Historical Fiction
Themes: History, Summer, Back to School, Black History Month, Relationship Skills
ISBN: 9780061966675
Publisher's Summary:
In One Crazy Summer, eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California. But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother, Cecile is nothing like they imagined. While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers. Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family, their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer.
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