What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of having siblings? Pupils explore this topic with the Beezus and Ramona novel study. Additionally, scholars answer questions about chapter one of the time-honored book by Beverly Cleary and create storyboards to summarize the plot. 

Concepts

beverly cleary, children's literature, novels, alliteration, compound words, capitalization, punctuation, summarizing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have small groups discuss which character they most relate to and why 
• Ask individuals to write an acrostic poem about either Beezus or Ramona

Classroom Considerations

• Only covers chapter one
  
• Provide dictionaries and copies of the novel 

Pros

• Includes capitalization and punctuation practice 
• Covers a variety of skills, including vocabulary, grammar, and language

Cons

• No answer key

Common Core

RL.3.2 RL.3.3 RL.3.4 RL.4.2 RL.4.3 RL.4.4 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.5.4