Tuesday of the Other June: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic…

Identify the elements of plot and apply them to this story, naming its rising action and climax

Identify and apply literary terms related to characterization, distinguishing direct from indirect characterization

Define eight pre-reading words — croon, plea, rigid, torment, frisky, dazzle, mock, squawk — and write a sentence using each correctly in context

The story itself is supplied by the teacher: the lesson plan lists "Tuesday of the Other June text by Norma Fox Mazer" among its materials, alongside the worksheet and the organizers, so a textbook, anthology or class set is needed.

The plan is written for roughly two to three hours of class time and treats the projector as optional, with the fallback of writing the literary terms on the board.

The student worksheet, organizers and lesson plan are supplied in Word and PDF; the marked answer copy is PDF-only, so questions can be cut, reordered or reworded before printing.

Inference from character behaviour — worksheet questions ask what can be inferred about the narrator's relationship with her mother, about the family's finances from the line about the Mexican tray, and about why she invents stories rather than report the bullying.

Characterization analysis — the Characterization deck separates direct characterization ("Sherlock Holmes is clever and resourceful") from indirect, and the Characterization Chart asks students to log text examples against what each lets them infer.

Vocabulary in context — students write a definition and then an original sentence for croon, plea, rigid, torment, frisky, dazzle, mock and squawk before reading.