A Literature Unit for Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (Paperback)

by Michael H. Levin (Author), Larry Bauer (Author)

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Product Description
This resource is directly related to its literature equivalent and filled with a variety of cross-curricular lessons to do before, during, and after reading the book. This reproducible book presents an exciting approach to teaching well-known literature! It includes sample plans, author information, vocabulary building ideas, cross-curriculum activities, sectional activities and quizzes, unit tests, and many ideas for culminating and extending the novel.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Teacher Created Resources; Tch edition (November 3, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557345376
• ISBN-13: 978-1557345370
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #275,204 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent ideas!!!, July 19, 2005

By	Brooke Griffiths - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There are so many great activities to go along with the reading of Maniac Magee. There are vocabulary words, art activities, science lessons, and quizzes. I will be looking for more literature units to go along with more class readings!

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars complete waste of money, July 27, 2002

By	"teknokelor" (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

don't even bother buying or reading this book. the lesson ideas given are useless and boring. they have little, if anything to do with the actual reading. if you want to do activities that are pointless then go ahead and buy this book. better yet, goto your teacher store and joint down the ideas there. don't spend your money

11 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maniac Magee; true maniac? (please read all of this.), June 8, 2000

By A Customer

This book is for all ages and is a good book that all people should read. I say this because I just got finished reading it because I thought it was going to be a good book, I was wrong; it was a great book. By far the best one that I have read. Taking place in the East Coast or something where little boy Jeffree Magee is waiting for his parents to come home but they never do. His parents have been killed in an accident on the bridge coming back home. He runs away and sleeps with the deers in a zoo and any other place that he is able to sleep in. He eventually meets up with the Beale family. Jeffery is a white boy and that Beales are a black family. He first met Amanda Beale and he wanted to read one of her books. He got a book from her and read it. A few weeks later Jeffery meets "Mars Bar" for the first time. He takes the book from Maniac and them Maniac snatches it back, ripping out a page. Amanda sees Jeffery and rides her bike over there. The rest is for you to read. I hope that this helped you in the decision to read this soon to be classic novel.