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Joan Procter Dragon Doctor Book Companion
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for Patricia Valdez’s book, Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles.
With 60 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, conduct research, practice plotting story events, analyze characters, make predictions and connections, respond to writing prompts, and much more!
It’s the ideal interactive read-aloud for educating students about the scientist Joan Procter, pursuing a passion, dedication, overcoming obstacles, reptiles, and so much more! It’s a great addition to units on Women’s History Month, women in science, zoology, reptiles, influential people in history, or biographies. Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time saved hunting for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students frequently struggle with.
The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, to encourage students to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and to challenge students to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
Grace Hopper "Queen of Computer Code" Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for Laurie Wallmark’s book, Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code. It’s an amazing interactive read-aloud for introducing students to the brilliant scientist, mathematician, inventor, and Navy admiral, Grace Hopper!
With 50 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic ability. Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine theme, conduct research, practice plotting story events, analyze characters, make predictions and connections, write poems, respond to writing prompts, and much more!
The included activities, paired with the story, will lead to impactful discussions about pursuing passions, dedication, overcoming obstacles, and more! It’s also a great addition to units on women in science, influential people in history, biographies, and Women’s History Month. Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time saved hunting for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students frequently struggle with.
The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, to encourage students to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and to challenge students to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
Home of the Brave Vocabulary and Figurative Language Activities
This word study companion encompasses vocabulary practice activities and quizzes along with figurative language notes and activities for each of the 4 parts of the novel, Home of the Brave, by Katherine Applegate. The included activities were designed to promote higher-level thinking skills in addition to providing more in-depth class and peer discussions and writing experiences.
This resource includes printable PDFs and Google Slides (digital) versions of the following activities:
VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES - Each Part (1-4) includes the following activities
Vocabulary Study
Vocabulary Practice (ANSWER KEY Included)
Vocabulary Crossword Puzzles (ANSWER KEY Included)
Vocabulary Word Search Puzzles (ANSWER KEY Included)
Vocabulary Quiz (ANSWER KEY Included)
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES
Figurative Language Notes: Includes handouts for idiom, metaphor, simile, and personification.
Part 1 - Figuring Out Figurative Language: Students read the text taken from the story, describe what it looks and/or feels like, and explain why the author described the example using figurative language (ANSWER KEY Included).
Part 2 - Figuring Out Figurative Language: Students read underline the figurative language in the given text, identify the type(s), determine the meaning(s), and explain how the author’s use of the figurative language helps the reader gain a better understanding of the text (ANSWER KEY Included).
Part 3 - Finding Figurative Language: Students will look for how the author incorporates figurative language in the text and fill in the chart with the quote, page #, type, meaning, and the author’s purpose for including it.
Part 4 & Epilogue - Figuring Out Figurative Language: Students read the given text from the story, circle the type of figurative language used, determine what is being compared, state the meaning, and answer the extension question for each example (ANSWER KEY included).
Chasing Vermeer Novel Study S.T.E.A.M. Activities
Influenced by the novel* Chasing Vermeer,* the S.T.E.A.M.-based activities included in this product focus on the content areas of math and art. Students will investigate Vermeer’s paintings, learn about pentominoes, complete a pentomino challenge, engage in an artist study, and mimic their style of art. Finally, students will integrate art and math using what they learned about pentominoes in combination with their knowledge regarding Vermeer’s artistic style to create a pixel art masterpiece.
This Resource Includes:
Math
Crack Calder’s Code: Uncover Calder’s code by studying the art and patterns in the odd numbered chapters of Chasing Vermeer. (Includes Answer Key)
What Are Pentominoes?: An explanation of what pentominoes are, a guided pentomino challenge, pentominoes that can be cut out, on cardstock, and used as manipulatives.
Art
Investigating Vermeer’s Artwork: Using Vermeer’s art, students will analyze, compare and contrast, and use art to inspire poetry.
Artist Study, Henri Matisse: Students will watch a video introducing the artist and his artistic style. Picture books are suggested for a read aloud to get to know more about the artist and their work. For the activity component, students will create a Matisse inspired paper collage to represent an idea from the novel, Chasing Vermeer.
Math & Art Combined
Pixel Paintings: Students will synthesize what they have learned about Vermeer, his artistic style, and artwork in combination with their knowledge about pentominoes, to create a pixelated replica of one of Vermeer’s famous paintings.
The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe | Literary Analysis | Close Reading | Annotating
This step-by-step print-and-go resource is great for modeling and guiding students to break down and analyze the poem “The Raven,” by Edgar Allan Poe. This 5-day lesson plan will help you guide your students through close reading and annotating to gain a deeper understanding of a well-known piece of literature.
The lessons focus on different literary and sound devices, such as alliteration and internal rhyme. Students also take a deeper look at the impact figurative language, such as metaphors, personification, and allusion, has on the meaning of a text. Students will analyze how the author creates the tone and mood through word choice, repetition, and more!
This resource includes the following:
Teacher Directions - A five-day lesson plan that outlines the close reading and annotation process.
Who was Edgar Allan Poe? - This is a one-page short biography of Edgar Allan Poe that briefly explains what he is known for.
Sound Devices, Figurative Language, & Tone/Mood - Note pages, or posters, for the types of sound devices, figurative language found in the poem, as well as mood and tone. The note pages/posters include definitions, examples, and non-examples.
The Raven Poem & Annotation Color-Coded - Copy of the poem, with vocabulary definitions, and room for annotations. The color-coded key for annotations matches the colors of the note/anchor chart handouts. A key for suggested annotations is included.
Plot Sequencing Activity - This activity includes plot pictures, event descriptions, plot map and a teacher key.
Assessment - The assessment includes vocabulary, plot, and comprehensive questions. It includes a teacher key.
River Story Interactive Read-Aloud Book Companion Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book River Story by Meredith Hooper.
With 24 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will identify narrative vs. nonfiction details, write poetry, make inferences and connections, learn and apply new vocabulary, identify and gain information using text and graphic features, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and so much more!
Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time saved hunting for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students frequently struggle with. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau Read Aloud Book Companion Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau, by Jennifer Berne.
With 28 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, practice plotting story events, compare & contrast, make predictions, inferences, & connections, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and much more!
Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time saved hunting for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students frequently struggle with. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
This Resource Includes:
Making Predictions
Making Inferences
Making Connections
Sketch a Scene From the Story
Theme
Story Event Sort
Character Inside & Out
Character Feelings
Character Development
Overcoming Obstacles
Character Acrostic Poem
Thinking About the Text
3-2-1
Sensory Details
Timeline of Jacques Cousteau’s Life
Dear Diary
Reading Text and Illustrations
Book Review
Prep for a Podcast
Biography Brochure
Biography One-Pager
Investigating Images
Jacques on Social Media
Plastic Pollution Project
Protect Our Planet
Quote Connection
3-Writing Prompts
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick Book Companion
This picture book companion is a fantastic supplemental resource for the book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, by Chris Van Allsburg. It’s the perfect interactive read-aloud for the days or weeks leading up to Halloween. Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time it saves you looking for high-level activities to teach reading, grammar, and writing concepts that students often struggle with.
With 35 reading, writing, and grammar exercises to select from, this resource is ideal for personalizing instruction based on your student’s needs and academic capabilities. Students will practice adverbs, adjectives, and abstract nouns; identify story elements; determine tone and mood in images; apply the elements of plot to write creative stories; sequence events from their own creative writing; research the author; practice reading text and illustrations to gain a better understanding; and so much more! The included activities were designed to encourage students to use higher-level thinking skills, require students to provide evidence to support their thinking, challenge them to provide their own opinions and/or perspectives, and inspire them to use art and their imaginations to become creative writers.
This is Our House Read Aloud Book Companion Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book This is Our House, by Michael Rosen.
With 21 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, practice plotting story events, compare & contrast, make predictions, inferences, & connections, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and much more!
Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time saved hunting for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students frequently struggle with. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
This Resource Includes
Making Predictions
Story Elements
Sequencing
Making Inferences
Making Connections
Summary
Story Event Sort
Character Inside & Out (George)
Character Feelings (George)
Character Feelings (Kids)
Character Change (George)
Character Change (Kids)
Character Summary
Sketch a Scene from the Story
Setting Influences the Plot
Problem & Solution
Theme
Thinking Beyond the Text
Before & After
Wait… There’s More!
Comic Recall
"I Have A Dream" Picture Book Companion MLK
This picture book companion for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have A Dream” speech includes activities that allow students to explore the power of Dr. King’s words by analyzing some of his most notable quotations. This interactive read-aloud resource is perfect for teaching rhetorical analysis and annotations in upper elementary and middle school. It can be used any time of the year to educate your students about influential leaders, the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., persistence, equality, standing up for what they believe in, kindness, courage, and more. Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time saved hunting for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students frequently struggle with.
With 24 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic ability. Students will analyze and annotate the rhetoric in a speech, investigate leadership traits, determine the theme, conduct research, explore and use new vocabulary, analyze quotes, and much more! The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, to encourage students to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and to challenge students to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
Town Mouse Country Mouse by Jan Brett Interactive Read-Aloud Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan Brett.
With 34 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will identify story elements, determine the theme, analyze characters, compare and contrast, make predictions, inferences, and connections, answer questions that require them to think within and beyond the text, and so much more!
Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time saved hunting for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students frequently struggle with. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
Edward the Emu Interactive Read-Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles.
With 36 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, sequence story events, compare & contrast, make predictions, inferences, & connections, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, conduct research on emus, and much more!
Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time saved hunting for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students frequently struggle with. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:
Making Predictions
Story Elements
Sequencing
Summary
Recalling events in Chronological Order
Story Event Sort
Problem & Solution
Making Inferences
Making Connections
Character Inside & Out
Character Feelings
Character Traits
Character Change
Character Acrostic Poem
Sketch a Scene From the Story
Setting Influences the Plot
Setting the Scene
3-2-1
Author’s Message
Theme
Thinking About the Text
Tomorrow I’ll Be…
The Best Exhibit at the Zoo
Wait… There’s More!
Book Review
Crossword Puzzle (answer key included)
Compare & Contrast
Long Research Project on Emus
One-Page Research Project on Emus
The Whispering Town Interactive Read-Aloud Activities and Book Companion
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book The Whispering Town, by Jennifer Elvgren.
With 56 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will identify story elements, determine the theme, analyze characters, compare and contrast, make predictions, inferences, and connections, answer questions that require them to think within and beyond the text, and so much more!
Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time saved hunting for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students frequently struggle with. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
Zane and the Hurricane Novel Study STEAM Based Activities
This resource includes:
Let’s Build a Levee
Teacher’s Guide (3 pages): includes a list of suggested materials and step-by-step instructions.
Play money (6 pages): color and B&W
Student Handouts (4 pages)
Measure the Wind
Teacher’s Guide (3 pages): includes a list of suggested materials and step-by-step instructions.
½ inch graph paper
Student Handouts (5 pages)
Tough Towers
Teacher’s Guide (1 page): includes a list of suggested materials and instructions.
Student Handouts (3 pages)
Finding the Fibonacci Number Sequence and the Golden Spiral in Nature
Teacher’s Guide (3 pages): includes a list of suggested books, websites, videos, materials, and instructions for 3 differentiated activities.
Cube Template
Cube Example
Fibonacci Sequence & Fractural Spirals in Nature - Information Guide (4 pages)
Pictures of Things Found in Nature with Fractal Spirals (3 pages)
Student Handout: “Fibonacci Sequence & Fractal Spirals” (3 pages)
Answer Key: “Fibonacci Sequence & Fractal Spirals” (3 pages)
Tall Tale: Brainstorm
Tall Tale: Story Board Draft (2 pages)
Tall Tale: Final Draft (3 pages)
Myth: Planning Sheet (1 page)
Myth: Final Draft (2 pages)
Comic Storyboard (4 pages)
Pi Skylines
Teacher’s Guide (2 pages): includes a list of suggested videos, websites, materials, instructions, and student examples.
Pi Handout
½ inch graph paper
¼ inch graph paper
5mm graph paper
Trash Art
Teacher’s Guide (1 page): includes a list of suggested videos, materials, and instructions.
Examples of Art Made from Natural Disaster Debris (2 pages)
Student Handout “Trash Art Ideas” (1 page)
Natural Disaster Research Project
Teacher’s Guide (3 pages): includes a list of suggested websites, videos, books, reading passages, extension articles, materials, and step-by-step instructions.
Art Inspired by Disaster
Student Examples
Fact File Student Handout
Fact File Example (Tornadoes)
Informational Essay Planning Sheet (3 pages)
Informational Essay Final Draft (2 pages)
Bundle
The Importance of Friendship Interactive Read Aloud Activities BUNDLE
This interactive read aloud BUNDLE includes over 110 no-prep activities that are ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. The included activities were created to be used with the following interactive read-aloud picture books:
First Come the Zebra, by Lynn Barasch
A Weekend With Wendell, by Kevin Henkes
This is Our House, by Michael Rosen
Horace and Morris, But Mostly Dolores, by James Howe
The Old Woman Who Named Things, by Cynthia Rylant
You save over 30% off the individual price of each product by purchasing this BUNDLE of interactive read-aloud book companion activities for the text set, The Importance of Friendship.
The included reading activities can be used as a supplemental resource during your interactive read-aloud lessons. Most of the lessons are best suited for students in the 2nd and 3rd grades. However, some of the included activities focus on applying crucial reading skills, digging deeper into the text, and critical thinking, so they will be great for gifted and talented students, enrichment activities, or for any of your students who are ready for a challenge. Quick and easy setup, plus clear student directions, make these activities perfect for centers or substitute days, too!
With over 110 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for differentiating and customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, practice plotting story events, compare & contrast, find cause & effect relationships, make predictions, inferences, & connections, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and much more!
Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time saved hunting for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students frequently struggle with. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
You will get TONS of print-and-go activities for each picture book, saving you valuable time you already don’t have to spare.
Cactus Hotel Read Aloud Book Companion Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. Guiberson.
With 19 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will investigate elements of narrative nonfiction texts, sequence story events, compare & contrast, make predictions & connections, infer, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and much more!
Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time saved hunting for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students frequently struggle with. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
This Resource Includes:
Making Predictions
Story Elements
Sequencing
Making Inferences
Making Connections
Sketch a Scene From the Story
Setting Influences the Plot
Animals of the Cactus Hotel
Animals Depend on the Cactus
Habitat Homes
Thinking About the Text
Before & After
Wait… There’s More!
Author’s Message
Timeline of the Saguaro Cactus’s Life - (ANSWER KEY INCLUDED).
Timeline of the Saguaro Cactus’s Life (simplified version) - (ANSWER KEY INCLUDED).
Trip to the Sonoran Desert
Saguaro Cactus Bingo Challenge - (ANSWER KEY INCLUDED).
Text-to-Text Connections
Think of an Eel Read Aloud Book Companion Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Thinking of an Eel by Karen Wallace.
With 17 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will investigate elements of narrative nonfiction texts, sequence story events, compare & contrast, make predictions & connections, infer, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and much more!
Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time saved hunting for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students frequently struggle with. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
This Resource Includes:
Making Predictions
Story Elements
Sequencing
Making Inferences
Making Connections
Sketch a Scene From the Story
Setting Influences the Plot
Narrative and Nonfiction Details
The Life of an Eel
Thinking About the Text
Before & After
Wait… There’s More!
Author’s Message
Narrative Details Word Search Puzzle - (ANSWER KEY included)
Nonfiction Details Crossword Puzzle - (ANSWER KEY included)
Text-to-Text Connections
Life Cycle
The Bugliest Bug Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book The Bugliest Bug by Carol Giggory Shields.
With 34 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will investigate various bugs and insects, investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, compare & contrast, make predictions, inferences, & connections, learn and apply new vocabulary, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and much more!
Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time saved hunting for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students frequently struggle with. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
This Resource Includes:
Making Predictions
Story Elements
Recalling Events in Chronological Order
Sequencing
Summary
Story Event Sort
Problem & Solution
Using Details to Make Inferences
Making Inferences
Making Connections
Notice & Note
Spider Sleuth
Character Inside & Out
Character Feelings
Character Development
Character Change
Character Summary:
Sketch a Scene From the Story
Setting Influences the Plot
Setting the Scene
3-2-1
Author’s Message
Theme
Thinking About the Text
Then & Now
The Bugliest Bug Yearbook
Wait… There’s More!
Bugliest Bug Contest Flyer
2 - Crossword Puzzles: Answer key included
Word Search Puzzle: Answer key included
Book Review: Students will rate and review the book.
The Bugliest Bug Matching/Memory Game (Color and B&W versions included)
28 - Bug Bingo Cards (Color and B&W versions included)
Bug Bingo PowerPoint Presentation: This PowerPoint presentation can be used when you play Bug Bingo to project random bugs from the book onto the screen. Just open PowerPoint in presentation mode and click the button to show randomized slides of the bugs.
"Bonaparte Falls Apart" Book Companion Activities
This picture book companion is a fantastic supplemental resource for interactive read-aloud lessons using the book Bonaparte Falls Apart, by Margery Cuyler. It’s the perfect read-aloud for the days or weeks leading up to Halloween or for teaching your students about friendship and kindness. Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time it saves you looking for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students often struggle with.
With 26 print-and-go reading activities to select from, this resource is ideal for personalizing instruction based on your student’s needs and academic capabilities. Students will dig into characterization; identify story elements; determine the theme; sequence events from the story; gain and apply new vocabulary; find cause-and-effect relationships; practice elements of plot; and so much more! The included activities were designed to encourage students to use higher-level thinking skills, require students to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to provide their own opinions and/or perspective.
This Resource Includes:
See, Think, Wonder Pre-reading activity
Story Elements - 2 differentiated versions are included for this activity
Making Connections
Character Traits - 3 differentiated versions are included for this activity
Problem & Solution
Cause & Effect - 3 differentiated versions are included for this activity (ANSWER KEYS included)
Making Inferences
Theme - 3 differentiated versions are included for this activity
Thematic Statements
Retell the Story (ANSWER KEY included)
Sequencing
Plot Map (ANSWER KEY included)
Summarizing
Wait… There’s More!
A Bone-a-fide Book Review
Vocabulary Matching Cards
Sayings and Phrases Matching Cards (COLOR and B&W)
Silly Sayings (ANSWER KEY included)
Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle (ANSWER KEY included)
Vocabulary Word Search Puzzle (ANSWER KEY included)
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate Quizzes & Writing Prompts
This novel study companion encompasses comprehension quizzes, a final test, and writing prompts to use with the novel, Home of the Brave, by Katherine Applegate. The included activities were designed to promote higher-level thinking skills in addition to providing more in-depth class and peer discussions and writing experiences.
The comprehension quizzes are divided into the four parts of the novel and feature multiple-choice and short-answer questions. The final test covers the entire book. The writing exercises require that students defend their ideas, viewpoints, and/or perspectives in addition to providing text evidence when appropriate.
This resource includes printable PDFs and Google Slides (digital) versions of the following activities:
Part 1 Comprehension Quiz (2 pages) - Students will answer multiple choice and short-answer questions related to part 1 of the novel (ANSWER KEY included).
Part 2 Comprehension Quiz (2 pages) - Students will answer multiple choice and short-answer questions related to part 2 of the novel (ANSWER KEY included).
Part 3 Comprehension Quiz (2 pages) - Students will answer multiple choice and short-answer questions related to part 2 of the novel (ANSWER KEY included).
Part 4 & Epilogue Comprehension Quiz (2 pages) - Students will answer multiple choice and short-answer questions related to part 2 of the novel (ANSWER KEY included).
Final Test (4 pages) - Students will answer multiple choice and short-answer questions over the entire novel (ANSWER KEY included).
7 Writing Prompts (7 pages) - Students will respond to the writing prompts and provide evidence from the text to support their thinking.
Writing Response Rubric (1 page)