Richard Peck
Lesson plans for A Year Down Yonder and other books

|Fair Weather| |The Ghost Belonged to Me| |A Long Way from Chicago| |No Safe Place on Earth| |"Priscilla and the Wimps"| |The Teacher's Funeral| |A Year Down Yonder|

Fair Weather

Fair Weather
Summary, book talk, and 7 discussion questions.

Fair Weather
Synopsis, 3 discussion questions, and 3 postreading activities.

The Ghost Belonged to Me

The Ghost Belonged to Me by Richard Peck
A summary and suggested activities.

A Long Way from Chicago

A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
Links to lesson plans and suggestions for interdisciplinary activities.

A Long Way from Chicago
Summary, booktalk, 12 discussion questions, and related titles.

A Long Way from Chicago and A Year Down Yonder
These lessons are designed for adult learners but include strategies that can be adapted for a middle school classroom. This 4-page document requires Adobe Reader or compatible application for access.

No Safe Place on Earth

No Safe Place on Earth
Summary and 7 discussion questions.

"Priscilla and the Wimps"

Not for Wimps! Using Using Drama To Enrich the Reading of YA Literature
This article from The ALAN Review suggests a variety of "out of the seat" activities to support "Priscilla and the Wimps." These strategies can be applied to many other works, as well.

Opening Texts: Student Writing Based on "Priscilla and the Wimps"
This article from The ALAN Review describes a lesson in which students rewrite the ending to a story to help them understand the writing process.

"Priscilla and the Wimps"
This lesson plan emphasizes how to deal with bullies. Adobe Reader or compatible application required for access.

Writer's Journal
This activity asks students to create a background for a fictional character.

The Teacher's Funeral

The Teacher's Funeral
Summary, booktalk, 10 discussion questions, and related titles.

The Teacher's Funeral
Summary, discussion questions, and follow-up activities.

A Year Down Yonder

Activities for A Year Down Yonder
Click on the title to find eleven activities to integrate into reading the novel.

A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
Ten discussion questions.

A Long Way from Chicago and A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
Introduction, commentary, discussion questions, and interdisciplinary links.

A Year Down Yonder
A variety of classroom activities and links to background information.

A Year Down Yonder
Warm-up activity, suggestions for discussion.

A Year Down Yonder
Summary and 10 discussion questions.

A Year Down Yonder
Summary, discussion questions, and follow-up activities.

A Year Down Yonder
A collection of reading strategies to use with the novel.