Eighth Grade Poetry and Verse Novel Mentor Text: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander 

This is an eighth grade novel study mentor text, and was created and aligned with the 6th, 7th. and 8th grade Common Core Standards. There is a 7th and 8th grade version and a 6th grade version of the novel study. 

Included in a separate file for teachers:

• The Socratic Seminar: research base and strategy in practice
• Using this resource in your classroom
• Different reading workshop set-ups
• Scripted lesson examples
• Reading response notebook examples from my classroom

What files are included:

1. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander 14 Lesson Reading Unit (teacher suggested answers and vocabulary included)
2. 40+ page Implementation Teachers Guide: Socratic Seminar, Tips and Tricks, Pacing, Student Examples, FAQs, scripted lesson examples, etc.
3. PowerPoint and PDF Display slides for all Guiding and Interpretive Questions (JPEG images included to upload to Google Slides as well)
4. Digital Student Reading Response Notebooks
5. Editable PowerPoint Reading Response Rubrics
6. Editable Google Slides Reading Response Rubrics
7. Small group and individual conference teacher forms