Teacher's pet or enemy? Holling, a character in The Wednesday Wars, feels his teacher is out to get him. However, he has to remain on his best behavior to ensure his father's business does not suffer. How will he ever survive 7th grade? Scholars learn new vocabulary words to use in sentences, answer comprehension questions, write poetry, and write sentences using literary devices.

Concepts

responding to literature, studying literature, novels

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Incorporate in a study of Vietnam 
• Add a unit study on Robert Louis Stevenson (mentioned in the novel)

Classroom Considerations

• Contains just a preview of a full novel study

Pros

• Lists a link to more information about the book
• Suggests themes to teach along with the novel

Cons

• None

Common Core

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