Dive into the captivating world of The Invention of Hugo Cabret with this engaging, three-week homeschool literature curriculum. This unit blends language arts with history, taking students through 1930s Paris and creative activities like building mechanical models.

Key Features:

• Creativity and Illustration: Your child enhances artistic skills through pencil drawing, capturing Parisian scenes and mechanical design while imagining their own automaton story. 
• Critical Thinking and Vocabulary: With detective-like precision, your child decodes complex words using Greek and Latin roots.
• Hands-on Learning and Exploration: Transform into travel planners by creating itineraries, or become film producers by creating a movie poster for a hypothetical film adaptation.
• Interdisciplinary Connections: This unit connects literature to history and art, exploring early filmmaking and discussing the myth of Prometheus to enrich your child's knowledge.

As students follow Hugo's story, they’ll write acrostic poems, decode vocabulary, and discuss connections between cinema, mythology, and history. This unit boosts language arts skills while sparking imagination and critical thinking, helping your child appreciate the blend of storytelling, history, and art. Encourage their imagination with this unit, often used as a fifth grade homeschool curriculum.

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