Six of the Best

Six of the Best (Newbery Medal Winners)

This unit is written to introduce students in Grades 4-6 to novels that have been awarded the Newbery Medal for Children's Literature.
The six novels selected are:
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Bridge to Terabit  by Katherine Patterson          
Sarah, Plain and Tall  by Patricia Maclachlan
The Door in the Wall  by Marguerite de Angeli
Dear Mr. Henshaw   by Beverly Cleary
Rabbit Hill  by Robert Lawson
These novels provide a wide variety of themes, settings, genres and writing styles.
Student work consists of word study, comprehension, creative writing, research, art and drama activities to accompany each novel.
Also included are suggestions for using the unit, tracking sheets, evaluation sheets and a comprehensive answer key.   (105 pages)