Walk Two Moons Novel

What is a novel? A long work of prose fiction that tells a story about imaginary characters in a made-up setting. It has a plot and sub-plots which explore a theme, or central idea or question about life. Novels contain the same literary elements we explored in the short story unit.

Lesson Objectives 1. To introduce students to the book Walk Two Moons 2. To discuss the concept of change and how it affects people differently 3. To connect the introductory activity with the book 4. To distribute the materials students will need in this unit

Walk Two Moons - Change Brainstorm - What possible life changes might a person encounter? How can change can be viewed as both a loss and an opportunity? Does the amount of control you have over the change also affect how you respond to it?

Change Pick One: a serious injury or illness; a move to a new home, school, or community; learning a new skill; a new family member; a big vacation; problems with friends or family; death of a family member or a friend; divorce in the family; new step-parent or step-siblings. Write down how the change may affect a person and his/her family and friends. Write down coping strategies the person could use.

Walk Two Moons We will be reading is about a girl, Salamanca Tree Hiddle, who must face and come to terms with major changes in her life, some of which you may have experienced. Salamanca’s (Sal) life story unfolds as she tells a story to her grandparents. The book is a winner of the Newberry Medal.

Vocabulary – Chapters 1-5 Walk Two Moons Vocabulary – Chapters 1-5

Lesson Objectives 1. Students will record pronounce new vocabulary words in Cornell notes. 2. Students will begin to match words to their definitions. 3. Students will create associations between new vocabulary words and real world applications of the words.

caboodle lot; group I have lived most of my thirteen years in Bybanks, Kentucky, which is not much more than a caboodle of houses roosting in a green spot alongside the Ohio River..

caboodle

chisel a hand tool with a sharp, wedged-shaped blade On the night that we got the bad news–that she was not returning–he pounded and pounded on that wall with a chisel and a hammer.

chisel

ornery obstinate Sometimes I am as ornery and stubborn as an old donkey.

extensively having great extent “I could tell you an extensively strange story, “ I warned.

omnipotent having unlimited power One girl, Mary Lou Finney, said the most peculiar things, like out of the blue she would say, “Omnipotent!” or “Beef brain!”

defiance bold resistance to authority My mother said that Grandmother Pickford’s one act of defiance in her whole life as a Pickford was in naming her.

defiance

gnarled knotty and twisted, as in the trunk of an old tree A thick, gnarled cane with a handle carved in the shape of a cobra’s head lay across her knees.

gnarled

cadaver a dead body You know what cadaver means?

ruination a ruining or being ruined Is she the one who said I would be your ruination?

The End