A Guide For Using Freckle Juice In The Classroom

Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents.

"Curriculum connections, vocabulary, unit tests, critical thinking"--Cover.

This instructional guide for literature is the ideal tool to help students analyze and understand this classic story. The engaging and rigorous lessons and activities utilize research-based literacy skills that will help students become efficient readers. Students will dive eagerly into the story of Andrew's quest to get just one freckle! They will practice guided close reading, study text-based vocabulary, analyze characters and story elements, and much more while making cross-curricular connections to mathematics, science, social studies, and other areas. Strengthen your students' literacy skills by implementing this high-interest resource in your classroom!

"Curriculum connections, vocabulary, unit tests, critical thinking"--Cover.

Andrew wants freckles more than anything else, so Sharon offers to sell him her secret freckle recipe. When Andrew turns green and blue from the brew, it's doubtful he'll ever wish for freckles again. Full color. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

"Includes sample plans, author information, vocabulary-building ideas, and cross-curricular activites"--Publisher's web site.

In this Novel Study guide, introduce students to a gullible boy who will believe anything to get what he wants. Andrew wanted freckles like his classmate, Nicky. He was desperate enough to pay Sharon for a secret recipe for freckle juice. The disastrous result provides Andrew with a valuable lesson—and a new respect for his teacher! This unit contains story summary, author biography, objectives, chapter questions, vocabulary and follow-up activities. This resource is meant to introduce the author, Judy Blume, and her writing; to check the students' comprehension of the story; to allow the reader to relate to and critically explore personal and social issues; to develop empathy for characters; to allow the student to communicate his or her knowledge of the text by providing situations for creative thought and writing; to develop and increase the student's knowledge of vocabulary in meaningful and entertaining ways, and to make technological links to literature.