Fathers and daughters often create a bond of great strength. Is Meg's bond strong enough to save her father? A Wrinkle In Time follows Meg and her friends as they find themselves in a supernatural world; Meg just hopes she finds her father there. After reading the first chapter, scholars complete sentences using vocabulary words, answer comprehension questions, match characters and descriptions, and create sentences with alliterations.

Concepts

novels, studying literature, responding to literature

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Compare to other stories that involve the travel to another world (Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland)

Classroom Considerations

• Gives just a preview of the full novel study instead of the entire book
  
• Suggests the use of library or Internet resources for research

Pros

• Incorporates the study of poetry with literature
• Includes a creative comic strip extension activity

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.5.4 RL.5.5