Novel Study

Introduction & Diary Assignment Booklet

Novel Study: Dear Mr. Henshaw

Dear. Mr. Henshaw is a novel, but not written in the same way as most. It is a collection of letters.


You will read through this novel bit by bit, creating a diary about your reading. In each section of your diary you will summarize what you read, and complete a few related activities.
This will be your only Novel Study Assignment.
Before you start reading, download and save a copy of the Novel Study Diary Assignment Booklet to your Documents folder. You can access the Diary Assignment Booklet by clicking the pink Diary button below. Be sure to browse through the Diary pages so you understand what will be required. You may complete your work electronically, or in print form.
When you are finished reading the novel, and have completed your diary assignments you will submit your diary to your teacher for assessment.

Diary Assignment Booklet and Websites


Click the coloured tabs to view the Websites and Diary Assignment Booklet for this novel study.

Websites

Websites

You might like to use this link Dear Mr. Henshaw to listen to the audio version of the book.

Diary Booklet

Download and save the Mr. Henshaw Diary.





Document: Mr. Henshaw Diary
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  1. Download the document Mr. Henshaw Diary
  2. IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
      • Click the "Open with" button.
      • Select "Adobe Reader".
      • Click "OK".
      • You will then be able to view the document Mr. Henshaw Diary
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You have already learned many reading strategies. Use the strategies you know when you read Dear Mr. Henshaw – predict, pause and check, connect, use what you know, decide what’s important, evaluate, ask questions, and summarize as you go through the pages. Using your reading strategies will help you learn, and allow you to understand the book more completely.

The name of the boy in the story is Leigh (pronounced Lee) Botts.