Course Description

In James and the Giant Peach, young James Henry Trotter loses his parents and is forced to live with his evil aunts. Luckily, he is given magic crystals, which he accidentally spills on his aunt's peach tree. One of the peaches begins to grow, and grow, and grow. Finally, James climbs into the peach and it rolls away from his aunt's yard and his miserably lonely life. With the giant peach, he begins a new life, making friends along the way with hilarious characters like the Grasshopper and the Earthworm. Each student will be assigned a Literature Circle job to do at home during the week and then share the next week with the class. Jobs are: Discussion Leader, Real Life Connector, Word Wizard, Imaginative Illustrator, Star Summarizer, Character Catcher. It will be expected that the students will come prepared with having completed the assigned reading and ready to share their job and participate in the discussions and group work.

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