A Kind of Spark

Elle McNicoll • Alliteration, Consonance, and Assonance

The Arrow is the monthly digital product that features copywork and dictation passages from a specific read aloud novel (you purchase or obtain the novels yourself). It’s geared toward children ages 11–12 and is an indispensable tool for parents who want to teach language arts in a natural, literature-bathed context.

This guide contains the following features:

• 4 Passages (one per week) for copywork/dictation
• Notes about punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, and literary devices
• Weekly Reading Guide
• Arrow Planner and Skills Tracker
• 3 Grammar or Punctuation Spotlights 
• Literary Device: Alliteration, Consonance, and Assonance
• Writing Activity: Wiggly Words Wants to Whirl: Alliteration
• 9 Discussion Questions
• Book Club Party Ideas
• 51 pages
• Publication Date: March 2023

How does the Arrow fit into the Brave Writer complete language arts program? Learn more on our Getting Started page.

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About the book 

Ever since Ms. Murphy told us about the witch trials that happened centuries ago right here in Juniper, I can’t stop thinking about them. Those people weren’t magic. They were like me. Different like me.
 
I’m autistic. I see things that others do not. I hear sounds that they can ignore. And sometimes I feel things all at once. I think about the witches, with no one to speak for them. Not everyone in our small town understands. But if I keep trying, maybe someone will. I won’t let the witches be forgotten. Because there is more to their story. Just like there is more to mine.
 
Award-winning and neurodivergent author Elle McNicoll delivers an insightful and stirring debut about the European witch trials and a girl who refuses to relent in the fight for what she knows is right. – Amazon

Purchase the A Kind of Spark novel here.