1965 Newbery Honor book. 1966 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. 1965 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. 1964 Charles W. Follett Award. 1965 Clara Ingram Judson Memorial Award.
Through Irene Hunt's Civil War tale, Across Five Aprils , students will Author Learn about Irene Hunt. Vocabulary words used throughout the novel, utilizing a variety of activities to stimulate retention and growth. Literary In context, setting, similes, idioms, characterization, synonym, personification, foreshadow, mood, hyperbole, theme, juxtaposition, metaphor, thesaurus, irony, antithesis, paraphrase, plot, rising action, climax, denouement, conflict, motif. Moral Lessons and Character Compassion, peer pressure, setting aside revenge, hardships, growth, coming-of-age, authority, mercy, submission, forgiveness, peace, responsibility, maturity. Activities and Writing American Civil War, map work, slavery, Civil War battles and history, letter-writing, music, persuasive writing, mobs, Bible study, Gettysburg Address, field trips, biographies, essays. Suggestions for Further We include an in-depth reading list of more books by the same author(s) and other books that tie in with, or are similar to, Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt.
All of the unit lessons are written from a Christian worldview!