The Highlights of HomeschoolingNovel Literature Unit Study

and LapbookAmerican Girl Series

Juliewritten by Megan McDonald

Created by Teresa Ives Lilly Co-Authored by Carol Diana

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Everything in the unit can be used to create a file folder lap book.

Pre-Reading Skills ActivityAuthor Information ActivityTime line ActivityTheater Box Activity

Each Lesson covers one whole book and includes:Create a Newspaper Layout Activities including: Editorial, Travel, Advice Column,Comics, Society News, Sports, Obituary, Weddings, Book Review, Want Ads, Word Search. Creative Writing Activities including: Letter, Fairy Tale, Mystery, Science Fiction, Fable, Dream or Nightmare, Tall Tale, Memoir, Newberry Award ,A Different Ending.Writing Skills Activities including: Description, Expository, Dialogue, Process, Point of View, Persuasion, Compare and Contrast, Sequel, Climax and Plot Analysis.Poetry Skills Activities including: Couplet, Triplet, Quinzain, Haiku, Cinquain, Tanka, Diamanté, Lantern and Shape Poem.Literature Skills Activities including: Main Character, Main Setting, Main Problem, Possible Solutions, Character Traits, Character Interaction, Cause and Effect, Description, Pyramid of Importance, Villain vs. Hero.Art Expression Activities including: Main Character, Main Setting, Travel Brochure, Postal Stamp, Book Cover, Menu, Fashion Designer, Puzzle, Mini Book, Ten Commandments.Poster Board Activities including: Collage, Theater Poster, Wanted Poster, Coat of Arms, Story Quilt, Chalk Art, Silhouette, Board Game Construction, Door Sign, Jeopardy.Creative Art Activities including: Sculpture, Shadow Box, Mosaic, Mobile, Acrostic,Tapestry, Paper Dolls, Book Mark, Photography, Parade Float, Sketch.

Encyclopedia Skills ActivityJournal ActivityMain IdeaKey EventPredictionComparisonComprehensionTrue and FalseVocabulary Skills Activities including: Define,Synonym, Antonym, Syllables, Sequence of Events.HandwritingFinal Activities including: Sign Language Vocabulary, Literature Web, Bingo.

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To use this unit either print out all the pages or have the studentrecreate most of them in a notebook or on white or colored paper.

All of the pages can be added to the lap book project as shown in thephotos, or only use those items you want to use to create yourlap book and use a spiral notebook for the other pages.

The following are photos of how the work can be presented in thelap book format. You can make yours look different if you like.To create the lap book use 3-6 file folders (colored are best), construction paper or index cards, markers, glue and a stapler.

This is followed by a photos of how to do the newspaper layout.

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Vocabulary WordsMeet Julie ( All books are considered Lesson 1)Chapter 1. Practiced Gymnastics Exaggerated Exotic DebateChapter 2. Nonsense Demerit Cursive Confused RoutineChapter 3. Team Stuck Regular Alien GesturingChapter 4. Emergency Summoned Escort Law ChauvinistChapter 5. Tomboy Ignore Positions Weird PetitionChapter 6. Significance Share Search Ditto Mural

Julie Tells Her Story (All books are considered Lesson 2)Chapter 1. Memorize Geography Imitate Divorce InterviewChapter 2. Incense Incident Microphone Report TransplantChapter 3. Job Biography Concentrate Marathon LegendaryChapter 4. Deliberately Disappointed Loan Rough BallerinaChapter 5. Gingerly Adhesive Mummified Creative Editing

Happy New Year Julie (All books are considered Lesson 3)Chapter 1. Spicy Adopt Swamped Denim HollowChapter 2. Determined Psychedelic Stranger Fake MoodsChapter 3. Lonely Banners Admiration Carnival VendorsChapter 4. Invitation Worry Embarrass Guilty Collapsed

Julie and the Eagles (All books are considered Lesson 4)Chapter 1. Conservatory Stadium Crystals Rare NestChapter 2. Save Khaki Creatures Pesticides EffectsChapter 3. License Directions Fault Foreman CareChapter 4. Help Suggestion Awareness Endangered IdeaChapter 5. Sobered Donations Tour Humbled MagnificentChapter 6. Releasing Binoculars Fledged Preening Forever

Julie’s Journey (All books are considered Lesson 5)Chapter 1. Calico Pioneer Bicentennial Original JournalChapter 2. Flotilla Fog Parade Engulfing HistoryChapter 3. Ceremony Rhythm Graze Balance TrampledChapter 4. Scrolls Nagging Famous Honors HumanlyChapter 5. President Invented Costume Bluff Fiddle

Changes for Julie (All books are considered Lesson 6 )Chapter 1. Passing Difficulty Excuses Argue DeafChapter 2. Civics Elections Candidate Vote RuleChapter 3. Podium Microphone Audience Dump EchoChapter 4. Terrific Brilliant Lobby System DiseaseChapter 5. Tangle Answer Foreign Leery Deserve

There are many additional activities with this unit.

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Newspaper Activity: As the student completes the newspaper activitieshave them lay them out on a big board or on several poster boards. Don’t glue them on until the entire newspaper is laid out.Begin by creating a name for your newspaper. Type out the name of your newspaper, in big bold letters and place it on the board where you think it should go. Use tape or sticky clay to place articles and pictures on your poster board, until you are done with all of them. By using this method of placement, you can move them around as needed.

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Pre-Reading Activity: Have the student look at the books they willbe studying for this unit. Then have the student write the information required for this activity on the book patterns or in their notebook. The patterns may be cut out and placed on the lap book.

Title Illustrator

PublishingCompany

MainCharacter

Why areyou looking forwardto readingthis book

What do you think the book is about?

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Author Activity: Have the student use the book they are studying and information found on the internet. Then have the student write the information required for this activity on the patterns or in their notebook. The patterns may be cut out and placed on the lap book.

Write the author’s name on the correct pattern

Write the name of all the books by this author on the book pattern. If there are more than three books, just select the three most famous.

On the house pattern writeinformation about the author suchas where the author was born, lived and how they became anauthor.

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Time Line Activity: Have the student use the books they are study-ing to fill out the time line indicating when anything new, interesting or important happens in the book. This time line pattern can be cop-ied into the student’s notebook or this pattern can be printed smaller and placed on the lap book.

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Lesson 1 Activities: Have the student use the books they are studying and information found on the internet. Then have the student write the information required for this activity on the patterns or in their note-book. The patterns may be cut out and placed on the lap book.

Encyclopedia: Choose one subjectfrom this lesson that interested youand look it up on the internet or in an encyclopedia. Write the name of the subject across the top of the monitor pattern. On the monitor screen section, write three or more interesting facts about the subject.

Journal: Imagine that you are one of the characters from the story. After reading each lesson, write a short journal entry telling what happened from your character’s point of view. Draw a picture togo along with your journal entry.At the end of the book, staple allthe journal entries together to form a complete booklet. You can evencreate a special cover for it fromconstruction paper.

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Vocabulary word: ________________________________Definition of the word: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Antonym of the word: _____________________________How many syllables does the word have? ______________

Vocabulary Word: ________________________________Sentence using the word: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Synonym of the word: _____________________________

Vocabulary: Look up thevocabulary words from the listfor this lesson. On two patterns, or on two index cards write one word. On one card writethe definition of the word, theAntonym and how many Syllables the word has.

On the other card, write the sameword. Write a full sentence usingthis word and write theSynonym of the word.

Do this for all the vocabularywords. Place the patternsor cards in an envelopewhich can be glued into the student’s notebook or onto thelap book.

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Sequencing: At the end of the lesson write two of the main events on these two strips. Save them in an envelope which can be glued onto the lap book or in the notebook.At the end of the book, thesestrips can be taken out and the student can try to arrange them in the correct order as they occurred in the story.

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Handwriting: Have the student pick their favorite sentence they read in this lesson. Have them write the sentence in their best handwriting on this page or in their notebook.

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Main Idea: In a sentence or two, write what the main idea of this part of the book was.

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Key Event: What was the most important event?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Prediction: Predict what you think will happen in the next lesson. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Comparison: Compare two things in this lesson. Tell what makes them alike and what makes them different. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Fact or Opinion: Write one sentence that is a fact about the lesson and one sentence that is an opinion about the lesson.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Meet JulieChapter 1. Who lived in France for a year?

What does the letters A.F.A. mean for Julie and Ivy?

Where is Julie’s mother’s new apartment?

When did Julie, her Mother, and sister Tracy move?

Why is Julie, her Mom and sister moving?

How did Tracy straighten her hair?

T/F Julie’s father is an airplane pilot.T/F Nutmeg is Julie’s pet cat.

Chapter 2. Who is the principal of the school?

What was the name of Julie’s new school?

Where did Tracy take Julie for cupcakes?

When a student received three demerits, what do they have to do?

Why did the students have to learn the metric system?

How did Tracy and Julie decorate the cupcakes?

T/F Ivy is going to the same new school as Julie does.T/F Ms. Hunter is Julie’s new teacher.

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Meet JulieChapter 1. Who lived in France for a year?

What does the letters A.F.A. mean for Julie and Ivy?

Where is Julie’s mother’s new apartment?

When did Julie, her Mother, and sister Tracy move?

Why is Julie, her Mom and sister moving?

How did Tracy straighten her hair?

T/F Julie’s father is an airplane pilot.T/F Nutmeg is Julie’s pet cat.

Chapter 2. Who is the principal of the school?

What was the name of Julie’s new school?

Where did Tracy take Julie for cupcakes?

When a student received three demerits, what do they have to do?

Why did the students have to learn the metric system?

How did Tracy and Julie decorate the cupcakes?

T/F Ivy is going to the same new school as Julie does.T/F Ms. Hunter is Julie’s new teacher.

Chapter 3.Who went to the festival at Ghirardelli Square with Julie and Dad?

What event at Julie’s School is being held on Monday?

Where is the Ghirardelli Square?

When T.J. was bouncing the basketball back and forth, what did Julienotice about his feet?

Why did Tracy not go with Julie and Dad?

How did Julie, Ivy and Dad get to the festival?

T/F Julie’s dad is going to wear his pilots uniform for the Career Day.T/F Julie wants to join the basketball team.

Chapter 4. Who was the coolest parent on Career Day?

What career is Julie’s mom in?

Where were all of the sign-up sheets?

When it was time for Dad to give his Career Day speech what happened?

Why is Julie upset with Coach Manley?

How is the school going to make money to buy new uniforms?

T/F Coach Manley was very happy to have a girl join the basketball team.T/F Mom took Dad’s place on Career Day.

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Chapter 5. Who gave Julie the idea to start a petition?

What petition did Julie start?

Where did Hank serve in the war?

When Julie and Ivy bumped into Hank, what petition was he getting signatures for?

Why did some of the other girls at school call Julie a tomboy?

How did Hank get Julie to continue getting signatures for her petition?

T/F Ivy really thought it was exciting to ask people to sign the petition.T/F Everybody Julie asked to sign her petition was happy to sign.

Chapter 6. Who helped Julie get on the boys basketball team?

What did Julie show Mr. Sanchez to get his help?

Where did Mr. Sanchez present the petition?

When Julie gave Manley the petition, what did he do with it?

Why didn’t Julie have a back-up plan?

How did Ivy let Julie know she was still her friend?

T/F Julie was so excited she forgot the way home.T/F Mr. Sanchez told Julie the school was unable to start a girl’s basketball team.

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Chapter 5. Who gave Julie the idea to start a petition?

What petition did Julie start?

Where did Hank serve in the war?

When Julie and Ivy bumped into Hank, what petition was he getting signatures for?

Why did some of the other girls at school call Julie a tomboy?

How did Hank get Julie to continue getting signatures for her petition?

T/F Ivy really thought it was exciting to ask people to sign the petition.T/F Everybody Julie asked to sign her petition was happy to sign.

Chapter 6. Who helped Julie get on the boys basketball team?

What did Julie show Mr. Sanchez to get his help?

Where did Mr. Sanchez present the petition?

When Julie gave Manley the petition, what did he do with it?

Why didn’t Julie have a back-up plan?

How did Ivy let Julie know she was still her friend?

T/F Julie was so excited she forgot the way home.T/F Mr. Sanchez told Julie the school was unable to start a girl’s basketball team.

Physical appearance Concern or worry

Main character

Who they relate to Your opinion of them

Main Character: Write words in the circles to describe the main character.

Poetry Form: Write a poem about the book or characters using this format. Couplet: A Couplet is a two line poem witha fun and simple rhyming pattern. Each line has the same number of syllables and theirendings must rhyme with one another. Humor is often used in couplets. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ______________________________________________________________________________________

Example: If a seed could have its way it would grow in just one day.

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Newspaper Activity: Have the student use this form to write their newspaper piece on then paste it onto their newspaper lay out poster.

Editorial: An editorial is written by the editor of the newspaper. In an editorial the editor gives an opinion of something. Imagine you are the editor of your newspaper. Write your opinion of something that happened in the book so far.

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Creative Writing Activity: Have the student use this form or write in their notebook.

Dear ,____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________Sincerely,

Letter Writing: Write a letter from one character in the book to another.

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Writing Skills Activity: Have the student use this form or write in their notebook.

Descriptive: Descriptive writing uses words such as color and texture to describe something. Describe a person, place or thing from this lesson._____________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ______________________________________________________

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