The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

By Avi

This book portrays a young thirteen year old girl who travels across the Atlantic Ocean with a merchant ship full of men in 1832.  Avi’s descriptive writing thrills all who read the story about Charlotte as she encounters difficult situations.  Share as a read aloud with your class, or use any age appropriate reading strategies.

Literature Guides and Lesson Activities

A basic site written for seventh or eighth grade readers. The site is broken down into Theme Openers, Crosscurricular Activities and Research projects.

http://www.mcdougallittell.com/disciplines/_lang_arts/litcons/true/guide.cfm

A site created by Glencoe Literature Library. A great PDF literature guide can be downloaded with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/trueconf.html

A HUGE collection of links to literature. Organized alphabetically, this site offers an enormous array of guides and activities for many elementary and secondary core literature books.

http://www.richmond.k12.va.us/readamillion/LITERATURE/literature_lesson_plans_f.htm