Helpful outlines of activities makes this resource easy to implement into any classroom. Find facts about the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Draw and color a picture of what the penny box may look like. Students explain the sentence "you worry me to death to play" in their own words. Complete a chart by matching vocabulary words to their meanings. Predict what like will be like for Michael with Aunt Dew for the next few months. Write a story describing Aunt Dew's move to Michael's home in her own point of view. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.
Each Literature Kit resource:
- is written to grade
- is curriculum based
- is based on Bloom’s Taxonomy
- contains an Assessment Rubric
- contains 3 full-colour overhead transparencies (some printings contain 3 full-colour pages instead of transparencies)
These terrific resources contain Chapter Activities in the form of reproducible worksheets. For each chapter or group of chapters there are Before You Read and After You Read activities.
The Before You Read activities prepare students for reading by setting a purpose for reading. They stimulate background knowledge and experience, and guide students to make connections between what they know and what they will learn.
The After You Read activities check students' comprehension and extend their learning. Students are asked to give thoughtful consideration of the text through creative and evaluative short-answer questions and journal prompts.
Writing Tasks and Graphic Organizers are also included to further develop students’ critical thinking and writing skills, and analysis of the text. Assessment Rubrics are provided as a useful tool for evaluating students’ responses to the Writing Tasks and Graphic Organizers.
An Easy Marking Answer Key is provided with each resource. Marking students’ worksheets is fast and easy with the Answer Key. Answers in the Answer Key are listed in columns that line up with the corresponding worksheet. It’s that simple!
All content is aligned to standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy.