Elijah of Buxton

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page

Materials

Common Materials

• art materials* (2.3 - optional)
• art materials* (10.2 - Option 2)
• art materials* (4.3 - Option 2)
• construction paper
• scissors

Lesson 1

• 7 index cards
• atlas* (1.4 - optional)
• colored pencils* (1.2 - optional)
• highlighter

Lesson 2

• glue or tape* (2.3 - Option 1)
• basket* (2.3 - Option 2)
• colored paper* (2.3 - Option 1)
• markers or colored pencils* (2.3 - Option 1)

Lesson 3

• video recorder* (3.3 - optional)
• file folder* (3.3 - Option 1)
• glue
• markers* (3.3 - Option 1)
• index cards* (3.3 - Option 2)
• stapler

Lesson 5

• large sheet of paper
• colored pencils or markers

Lesson 6

• thesaurus
• two household objects* (6.2 - Option 1)
• Play-Doh or clay

Lesson 7

• puppets* (7.2 - optional)
• video camera* (7.2 - optional)

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used