The Lion of Mars

Jennifer L. Holm • Worldbuilding

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
• 3 Grammar or Punctuation Spotlights 
• Literary Device: Worldbuilding
• Writing Activity: Build Your Own World!
• 9 Discussion Questions
• Book Club Party Ideas
• 47 pages
• Publication Date: December 2021

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About the book 

Bell has spent his whole life—all eleven years of it—on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid—he loves cats and any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't they have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell—a regular kid in a very different world—to uncover the truth and save his family . . . and possibly unite an entire planet. – Amazon

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