Refugees, The 6-pack Author: Janice Marriott ISBN: 9780478124163 Copyright Date: 2000 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 6 Reading Level: Y Strategy/Skill: Character study, Drawing conclusions, Making connections, Making inferences, Text structure Genre: Realistic Fiction Theme/Topic: Character Education, Different Lands, Overcoming Obstacles Classification: Fiction

Book Summary

A boy and his older sister are forced to leave their home after soldiers burn their house.  The children are separated from the rest of their family and have to make the long journey to a refugee camp by themselves.

Features of the Book

• The relevant, contemporary theme
• First person point of view
• The realistic illustrations
• The strong emotions of the characters
• The use of simile – forlorn as a foghorn; like a dog’s howl
• The use of metaphor – furnace of anger
• Alternatives to the word “said” – announced, replied, muttered, whispered

Purpose

The Refugees can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:

• identifying with a character in the story
• making inferences and drawing conclusions and supporting them with evidence from the text
• identifying problems and resolutions within a text
• interpreting and analyzing characters’ emotions and actions
• innovating on text

For more information please see our Lesson Plan