Rodman Philbrick
Lesson plans for Freak the Mighty

Reading strategies and activities, including an anticipation guide, an approach to vocabulary, and a photographic narrative writing task.

Summary, discussion questions, activities.

An extensive list of student projects to support the novel.

An extensive list of post-reading projects.

This very extensive resource includes word study, discussion questions, vocabulary, practice with inferences, printable learning logs, conflict analysis, character analysis, more. 180 pages of printable handouts; Adobe Reader required.

Skills addressed in this unit include the comprehension strategies of predicting with support and making personal connections, focusing on the use of voice in one's writing, figurative language, vocabulary development, and word study.

This site takes students through the process of writing a book review. (It uses a review of To Kill a Mockingbird as a model.) When they have finished, students can publish their reviews at the site.

Summary, discussion points, author interview, related titles.