Crispin: The Cross of Lead Focus Guide
Focus Guide for Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Focus Guides center on specific character traits and/or writing skills. Some use extensive scripture. All take approximately 3 weeks to complete. The lessons do not include vocabulary or spelling worksheets; neither do they list optional activities such as field trips or hands-on suggestions found in our regular study guides.
Barbara's Notes: We didn’t need another title for the Middle Ages, but this novel is just too well-written not to offer. Adventure, mystery, intrigue: it has it all.
Focus Guide for Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Focus Guides center on specific character traits and/or writing skills. Some use extensive scripture. All take approximately 3 weeks to complete. The lessons do not include vocabulary or spelling worksheets; neither do they list optional activities such as field trips or hands-on suggestions found in our regular study guides.
Barbara's Notes: We didn’t need another title for the Middle Ages, but this novel is just too well-written not to offer. Adventure, mystery, intrigue: it has it all.
Focus Guide for Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Focus Guides center on specific character traits and/or writing skills. Some use extensive scripture. All take approximately 3 weeks to complete. The lessons do not include vocabulary or spelling worksheets; neither do they list optional activities such as field trips or hands-on suggestions found in our regular study guides.
Barbara's Notes: We didn’t need another title for the Middle Ages, but this novel is just too well-written not to offer. Adventure, mystery, intrigue: it has it all.
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
by Avi
Alone in the world after the death of his mother, Crispin must flee the only home he has ever known to save his life. As he leaves, the good priest drops hints about his identity, causing Crispin to question everything he thought he knew.
Book Summary — 297 pages
Critical Thinking — Difficult
Focus — Descriptive writing; identity
Focus Guide — 3 weeks
Grade Level — 6th – 8th
