Shadow is a book by Michael Morpurgo. This book is at a 4.9 reading level, based off the Accelerated Reader scale. I designed this unit based on 5th grade standards, however, the pages are easily adaptable and you can pick and choose which ones are relevant for your class and the level of your students. This product took approximately 35 hours to compile. It is broken into 5 sections. Each section includes at least one page of the following: reading comprehension, vocabulary, cross-curricular, and co-curricular activities. Some of the skills addressed in this unit are: Researching Genre Author Study Point of View Compare and Contrast History of Monopoly Compiling and Interpreting Data Idioms Geography Synonyms & Antonyms Physical Education Descriptive Writing Social Studies: Seeking Asylum Setting Science: The Water Cycle Determining Theme Persuasive Writing Government Perimeter Also included: 12-page teacher's key! Each comprehension question includes the page number where the answer can be found based on the Scholastic edition that was printed in November 2012. Also included: 50 Vocabulary Word Wall cards I am excited to share this with you and hope you will notify me if you find any mistakes so that I may fix them. I appreciate your input! Have a wonderful week! Susanna Yust

Brian's Return is a book by Gary Paulsen. This book is at a 5.5 reading level, based off the Accelerated Reader scale. This product took me weeks to finish. Included in this document are 54 pages: 3 pages for each chapter. Now, the chapters themselves are fairly short, so I would suggest you choose one or two pages to use per chapter. Each chapter includes: 1 page of comprehension questions, 1 page of vocabulary work (presented in several different ways), and 1 page with a puzzle, cocurricular objective (language elements, writing, etc) or cross-curricular objective (math, art, social studies, music, etc). Also included: 22-page teacher's key! Each comprehension question includes the page number where the answer can be found. My students thoroughly enjoyed this book. I am excited to share this with you and hope you will notify me if you find any mistakes so that I may fix them. I appreciate your input! Have a wonderful week! ~ Wife Teacher Mom