Our fourth grade has been reading the book "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate. In the book, the main character Jackson is dealing with some crazy big issues in his life as his family faces the prospect of living in their car, again. In the meantime, Jackson's imaginary friend-- a large, surfing, jelly-bean-loving, talking cat-- has reappeared. Jackson's not happy about this. He's about to enter the fifth grade and has enough to deal with. So how does he get his feline friend to go away? And how is he going to handle the problems his family is having?
We absolutely loved this book! It was serious with just the right amount of humor to balance it out while delving into some deep issues. We kept a Reader Response Journal that led to some GREAT writing, and then culminated the unit with a Baggie Quilt Project where we displayed important themes, events and character traits from the book.
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