Standard RL.LCS.9.2

RL.LCS.9.2 Analyze the impact of the author’s choice of words, word phrases, and conventions on meaning and tone.

Grade(s): 7

Year: 2015

The Poetry of Emily Dickinson with Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe

Lesson

As Cricket, the main character in Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe, searches for her mother, she is reminded of one of her mother’s favorite poems by Emily Dickinson, “Hope is the thing with feathers”...

Animal Migration with Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe

Lesson

Students will demonstrate understanding of animal migration patterns by using the book Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe.