Best ideas this year?  I think one of mine was the format I finally settled on for my novel studies.  After some trial-and-error and trying various ideas, I’ve come up with a format that I like and that seems to work well for other teachers who have downloaded my novel studies.  I wrote about which skills I included and which types of activities in this post at Middle School Mob.  Click on the image above to read the post, and let me know what you think.