One Crazy Summer
By: Rita Williams Garcia
Copyright: 2010
Published: Amistad
Civil Rights, Black Panthers, Funny, Historical, Family
Reading Level
Lexile: 750L
DRA: 50
Guided Reading: T
Suggested Delivery
Small Group
Electronic Resources
This website has online lesson plans, interviews with the author and vocabulary lists
This is a teachers guide that gives character descriptions, background knowledge, and different activities to do that go along with the book
Teaching Suggestions
Vocabulary
Jab: Quick straight punch
Whimper: A complaint in a whining way
Spectacle: A mistake that causes attention
Terminal: stations where vehicles load or unload passengers
Riot: Public act of violence by an unruly mob
Revival: A meeting to reawaken interest in religion
Homely: Lacking in beauty
Surge: to move forward
Reading Strategies
Before Reading: KWL Chart
During Reading: Fishbowl Discussions
After Reading: Exit Slips
Writing Activity
Students can do research on the names of people mentioned in the book such as Martin Luther King Jr., the Black Panthers, Huey Newton and Cassius Clay, and have them talk about what these people did to influence how the United States is now.
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