The Girl Who Drank The Moon Unit Plan

Week One: 

-Let's take a quick look at the book, what do we infer the book is about based on the title, back of the book, and cover? 

-Make a list of the class's book predictions and hang the big sheet of paper somewhere in the classroom where everyone can see it. 

-Read the first third of the book 

-On Friday, have everyone pick their favorite character and plan out how they're going to dress up like them for school on Monday. I will also have everyone bring in one small prop that they feel represents their character. I will have a sheet of paper designated for every character with some inspiration of things that could help students decide what to wear and what props to bring (keeping this pretty vague and left up for interpretation).

Week Two: 

-To start off, have the students write down what was their favorite part of the book that we read last week? Once everyone has their scene, I would have them draw it for 10-15 minutes and then have the class do an "art gallery" and walk around and look at everyone's favorite scene and their interpretations of what it looked like.

-Read the second third of the book 

-Spend a day in The Girl Who Drank The Moon world ( this is where the classroom is all decorated with glow-in-the-dark decorations and there are different stations around the room where the students can interact with different aspects of the book. For example, there would be a huge tube of slime in one section of the classroom where they could play with the swamp that Glerk lives in)

Week Three:

-We will have a recap of what we read last week, and then dive right into reading the last third of the book

-Finish the book 

-Roll play week! During this week we will act out the different major scenes as we read the chapters. Each student will have a chance to play a character in the role plays. This is meant to be a fun activity not an anxiety-provoking one.

Week Four:

-Final Discussion of the book (answer any last-minute questions) 

-Kahoot about the book to make sure everyone has a good understanding before diving into presentations. 

-To finish off the book and the week, group presentation on assigned chapters.