Number the Stars Assignment - Postcard in Code Creative Writing Novel Activity
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Number The Stars Assignment Postcard In Code - Have your students demonstrate their understanding of the plot of Lois Lowry's best-selling novel, Number The Stars, with this fun, unique, and creative writing assignment. Students take on the perspective of Mrs. Johansen and write a postcard to Mr. Johansen back in Copenhagen. The postcard must be in code due to the Nazis monitoring the mail. This assignment requires higher-order thinking and challenges your students to be creative.
Included In This Number The Stars Assignment:
➡️ Postcard In Code Template: Students will use this template to write a postcard in code. Students take on the perspective of Mrs. Johansen and write a postcard to Mr. Johansen back in Copenhagen. The twist is that Mrs. Johansen must be very careful as the Nazis closely monitor the mail, so she must write the postcard using a code (as Mr. Johansen does with Henrik earlier in the novel). Students develop their own code and write a letter to Mr. Johansen to covertly tell him what has happened while she and the children have been visiting Henrik. The template includes a section for students to explain their code to you.
Included In This Number The Stars Assignment:
➡️ Postcard In Code Template: Students will use this template to write a postcard in code. Students take on the perspective of Mrs. Johansen and write a postcard to Mr. Johansen back in Copenhagen. The twist is that Mrs. Johansen must be very careful as the Nazis closely monitor the mail, so she must write the postcard using a code (as Mr. Johansen does with Henrik earlier in the novel). Students develop their own code and write a letter to Mr. Johansen to covertly tell him what has happened while she and the children have been visiting Henrik. The template includes a section for students to explain their code to you.
What Teachers Are Saying About This Number The Stars Assignment:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My students really enjoyed this activity. It was a unique way of having students think critically about the novel. Writing in code made them think a little more about what they wrote.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great supplement to our novel unit on Number the Stars.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My students loved the opportunity to write a letter in code.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My students really enjoyed this activity. It was a unique way of having students think critically about the novel. Writing in code made them think a little more about what they wrote.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great supplement to our novel unit on Number the Stars.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My students loved the opportunity to write a letter in code.
>>>This resource is included in my unit plan for the novel!
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