The Night Diary Novel Study

This is a novel study for The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani.

Level 3 Novel Studies are designed for 5th to 8th graders. 

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The Night Diary Novel Study contains:

• Paragraph-Level Writing Activities
• Daily note-taking activities
  
• Guided Literary Analysis
• 5 Paragraph Essay Final Project
• Vocabulary Journal & Vocab Words
• Chapter Discussion Questions
• 8 End of Book Discussion Questions
• Book Club Activity Ideas

This novel study can be completed in 16 days spread over 3 or 4 weeks.

For 10 days, your student will read, take notes, complete paragraph-level writing activities, and study vocabulary. On day 11, your student will select the prompt for their five paragraph essay and brainstorm details for it. On day 12, they will outline their essay. On day 13, they will write the first draft of their essay. On day 14, they will revise their essay. Then on day 15, they will do a final edit and produce a polished final draft.

Required Books:

The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

How to Survive Middle School English by Nina Ciatto

We recommend doing 6 to 10 novel studies per year.

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About The Night Diary:

"It's 1947, and India, newly independent of British rule, has been separated into two countries: Pakistan and India. The divide has created much tension between Hindus and Muslims, and hundreds of thousands are killed crossing borders.

Half-Muslim, half-Hindu twelve-year-old Nisha doesn't know where she belongs, or what her country is anymore. When Papa decides it's too dangerous to stay in what is now Pakistan, Nisha and her family become refugees and embark first by train but later on foot to reach her new home. The journey is long, difficult, and dangerous, and after losing her mother as a baby, Nisha can't imagine losing her homeland, too. But even if her country has been ripped apart, Nisha still believes in the possibility of putting herself back together.

Told through Nisha's letters to her mother, The Night Diary is a heartfelt story of one girl's search for home, for her own identity...and for a hopeful future." - Amazon