Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Book Club Focused on Story Elements
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Book Club Focused on Story Elements
Judy Blume’s beloved classic, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, has been enjoyed by readers of all ages and backgrounds since its release in 1972. With this highly relatable and always entertaining story of Peter Hatcher and his misbehaved little brother, Fudge, readers will meet a cast of well-developed characters. Judy Blume’s use of dialogue, perspective, and external descriptions make this the perfect book to use when teaching readers how authors use description to develop characters.
- Included in this resource
- Lesson plans for 6 book club meetings focused on Story Elements
- Chapter by chapter discussion questions and key vocabulary
- Book Club calendar
- Conversation prompts
- Student self-evaluations forms
- Reading response board
- Culminating activity
- Instructional focus assessment, answer key, and rubric
- Note: This set of instructional resources is for use with the book Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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Judy Blume’s beloved classic, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, has been enjoyed by readers of all ages and backgrounds since its release in 1972. With this highly relatable and always entertaining story of Peter Hatcher and his misbehaved little brother, Fudge, readers will meet a cast of well-developed characters. Judy Blume’s use of dialogue, perspective, and external descriptions make this the perfect book to use when teaching readers how authors use description to develop characters.
- Included in this resource
- Lesson plans for 6 book club meetings focused on Story Elements
- Chapter by chapter discussion questions and key vocabulary
- Book Club calendar
- Conversation prompts
- Student self-evaluations forms
- Reading response board
- Culminating activity
- Instructional focus assessment, answer key, and rubric
- This set of instructional resources is for use with the book Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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Book Club resources
The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an expectations for Book Club anchor chart.
The instructional overview includes instructional background for teaching readers about the ways authors use description to develop characters along with a list of instructional objectives for each of the book club meetings and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
The first book club meeting for Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume introduces students to the ways authors describe characters using dialogue, thoughts, other characters’ perspectives, and external descriptions.
Author Judy Blume uses dialogue as a strategy to develop characters in this book. In Meeting 2, students will practice identifying examples of dialogue as a character development strategy and consider how the dialogue in the book helps us understand the characters in a deeper, more meaningful way.
Author Judy Blume uses character thoughts as a strategy to develop characters in this book. In Meeting 3, students will practice identifying examples of thoughts as a character development strategy and consider how the characters' thoughts in the book help us understand the characters in a deeper, more meaningful way.
Author Judy Blume uses other characters’ viewpoints as a strategy to develop characters in this book. In Meeting 4, students will practice identifying examples of other characters’ perspectives as a character development strategy and consider how the other characters’ perspectives in the book help us understand the characters in a deeper, more meaningful way.
Author Judy Blume uses external descriptions as a strategy to develop characters in this book. In Meeting 5, students will practice identifying examples of external descriptions as a character development strategy and consider how the external descriptions in the book help us understand the characters in a deeper, more meaningful way.
In Meeting 6, students will reflect on the ways in which character development strategies contribute to character development. Students will also use what they have learned about the characters in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing to develop a character biography.
Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with describing characters using text evidence.
More about this resource
Book Title:
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Book Author:
Judy Blume
Grade Level:
4
Genre(s):
Realistic Fiction
F&P Guided Reading Level:
Q
DRA Level:
40
Reading Recovery Level:
40
Theme(s):
Family, Friendship, Laugh Out Loud, Decision Making, Self Management
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CCSS
TEKS
| Common Core Alignment: | RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.4.6, RL.4.7, RL.4.9, RL.4.10, SL.4.1a, SL.4.1b, SL.4.1c, W.4.8, L.4.4a, L.4.5c, L.4.6, W.4.9 |
| Vocabulary Connections: | L.4.4a, L.4.5c, L.4.6 |
| TEKS Alignment: | 4.1A, 4.1C, 4.1D, 4.6A, 4.6B, 4.6C, 4.6D, 4.6E, 4.6F, 4.6G, 4.6H, 4.6I, 4.7A, 4.7B, 4.7C, 4.7D, 4.7E, 4.7F, 4.7G, 4.8A, 4.8B, 4.8C, 4.8D, 4.9A, 4.9B, 4.9D(i), 4.9D(ii), 4.9D(iii), 4.9E(i), 4.9E(ii), 4.9E(iii), 4.9F, 4.10A, 4.10B, 4.10C, 4.10D, 4.10E, 4.10F, 4.10G, 4.13A, 4.13C, 4.13E, 4.13H |
| Vocabulary Connections: | 4.7E, 4.7F, 4.3A, 4.3B |
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