Out of the Dust Pack
This Pack contains:
Out of the Dust Writing Guide
Out of the Dust Novel
by Karen Hesse
Billie Jo's life is changed forever by a terrible accident; she can't play "hot" piano anymore, and it feels as if she has lost her father's love. Will she find a way to survive or give way to hopelessness?
This Writing Guide for Karen Hesse's novel Out of the Dust focuses on poetry, including free verse and blank verse, and poetic devices like simile, metaphor, alliteration, consonance, and assonance. It is structured as a 16-day lesson plan, with daily activities and questions requiring critical and analytical thinking, personal response, and references to the novel.
This Pack contains:
Out of the Dust Writing Guide
Out of the Dust Novel
by Karen Hesse
Billie Jo's life is changed forever by a terrible accident; she can't play "hot" piano anymore, and it feels as if she has lost her father's love. Will she find a way to survive or give way to hopelessness?
This Writing Guide for Karen Hesse's novel Out of the Dust focuses on poetry, including free verse and blank verse, and poetic devices like simile, metaphor, alliteration, consonance, and assonance. It is structured as a 16-day lesson plan, with daily activities and questions requiring critical and analytical thinking, personal response, and references to the novel.
This Pack contains:
Out of the Dust Writing Guide
Out of the Dust Novel
by Karen Hesse
Billie Jo's life is changed forever by a terrible accident; she can't play "hot" piano anymore, and it feels as if she has lost her father's love. Will she find a way to survive or give way to hopelessness?
This Writing Guide for Karen Hesse's novel Out of the Dust focuses on poetry, including free verse and blank verse, and poetic devices like simile, metaphor, alliteration, consonance, and assonance. It is structured as a 16-day lesson plan, with daily activities and questions requiring critical and analytical thinking, personal response, and references to the novel.
More Information
Book Summary — 227 pages
Critical Thinking — Difficult
Focus — Poetry
Focus Guide — 3 weeks
Grade Level — 6th – 9th
