It is the goal, through the course of this lesson series, to not only get the students to think about the book, but also learn some strategies for more effective writing. Students will listen and react to the book Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry. Students will use comprehension skills to predict the outcome of each chapter. Students will choose from various journal prompts related to the book to create journals on the word processor. For the culminating activity students will have the option to do a few different projects. All, however, will be guided by this novel and the activities that were done. (Quite possibly the options will be to create a newspaper publishing, story, diary, interview, poem, etc.) This should give the students the opportunity to show higher order thinking skills. The students will acquire an understanding and respect for the Jewish culture and its ethnic diversity.