Would you want to live forever? That is a question that Winnie, in Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting, must answer. Scholars read to find out what Winnie chooses and reinforce their knowledge with vocabulary activities, comprehension questions, and poem prompts.

Concepts

novels, studying literature, responding to literature, tuck everlasting

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Create an assignment for readers to write essays discussing if they would or would not like to live forever

Classroom Considerations

• Gives just a preview of the full novel study
• The courts schedule a character for execution/hanging

Pros

• Includes discussion of many literary devices such as alliteration, cliffhanger, foreshadowing, personification
• Offers a cover sheet and checklist for creating a portfolio

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.5.4 RL.5.10