Mary from The Secret Garden finds a key that could possibly unlock the door to a secret garden. Scholars read Frances Hodgson Burnett's class novel and match vocabulary words with definitions, answer comprehension questions, and create sentences using alliteration.

Concepts

studying literature, responding to literature, novels, the secret garden, frances hodgson

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Study the history and geography of India

Classroom Considerations

• Contains only a preview of the novel study rather than the entire book
  
• Suggests using Internet or library resources for research

Pros

• Introduces learners to Gandhi
• Includes a picture of a garden to give a visual of the story

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.5.4 RL.5.5