Description

Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson planning journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This novel study includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of lessons. Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns it to the standards. We’ve filmed some training videos on (1) how to assemble a Novel Analysis Packet that is unique to the academic needs of your learners and (2) how to effectively use our Quickwrite writing prompts.

TEXT: BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA by Katherine Paterson
LEVEL: 4th-8th
TOTAL: 216+ slides/pages
→ Pacing Guide and Answer Keys included

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WHAT OTHER TEACHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS LITERATURE RESOURCE
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LITERATURE PLAN CONTENTS
→ Suggested timeline of how a teacher could plan out the unit
→ Detailed explanations of the goals of each activity and how to conduct the activities
→ Meets Common Core Standards
→ Easy to differentiate for different learning levels: Honors, 2nd language learners, and Sped

★ Pre-reading Bias Intro Activity (→ print : → digital)
– answer thematic questions to get learners thinking about the novel
– 12-page/slide engaging activity
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2

★ Plot Chart Analyzer Diagram Arc (→ print : → digital)
– analyze the 6 parts of the plot
– 2-page analyzer
– suggested answer key included
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2

★ Conflict Graphic Analyzer – 6 Types of Conflict (→ print : → digital)
– analyze the 6 different types of conflict in stories
– 2-page analyzer
– suggested answer key included
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2

★ Characters Analyzer (→ print : → digital)
– analyze the main characters using novel quotes
– 5-page analyzer
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3

★ Setting Analyzer (→ print : → digital)
– analyze 6 of the main settings
– 2-page analyzer
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2

★ Figurative Language Instructional Slideshow (→ print : → digital)
– We set out to make the most helpful, most compelling, most graphically attractive teaching resource for you to introduce your learners to all the various figurative language. This 70+ slide Slideshow will help you introduce how every many you need to teach your level of learners.
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7

★ Figurative Language Activity (→ print : → digital)
– analyze and complete 47 figures of speech specific to the novel
– 10-page bundle (3 parts)
– Similes vs. Metaphors
– Figurative Language Analysis
– Similes, Metaphors, Idioms, Hyperboles, Analogies, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Puns, Allusion
– answer keys included
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7

★ Grammar – Commas in a Series (→ print : → digital)
– Using examples from the novel, learners will study commas used in a series (list). They will learn to locate the lists in the sentences and use appropriate commas.
– 1-page activity practicing the commas in a series using examples
– answer keys included
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2

★ Grammar – Commas w/ Introductory Elements (→ print : → digital)
– Using examples from the novel, learners will study commas used with introductory elements at the beginnings of sentences. They will learn to locate the introductory elements in the sentence
and use appropriate commas.
– 1-page activity practicing the commas w/ introductory elements using examples
– answer keys included
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2

★ Grammar – Commas w/ Direct Address (→ print : → digital)
– Using examples from the novel, learners will study commas used with direct address. They will learn to locate direct address in the sentences and use appropriate commas.
– 1-page activity practicing the commas w/ introductory elements using examples
– answer keys included
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2

★ Grammar – Prepositions (→ print : → digital)
– Using examples from the novel, learners will locate prepositions and prepositional phrases in the sentences, and they will practice using the appropriate preposition for the meaning of the sentence.
– 1-page activity practicing prepositions
– answer keys included
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1

★ Grammar – Conjunctions and Interjections (→ print : → digital)
– Using examples from the novel, learners will study conjunctions (coordinating, subordinating, and correlative) and interjections. They will learn to locate the various conjunctions and interjections in the sentences.
– 2-page activity practicing conjunctions (coordinating, subordinating, and correlative) and interjections
– answer keys included
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1

★ Journal – Quickwrite Writing Prompts (→ print : → digital)
– 1/2 writing assignments to spur much deeper conversational thinking
– 27-slide engaging slideshow
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1

★ 12 Comprehension Pop Quizzes (→ print : → digital)
– a 5-question pop quiz per chapter
* 27-slides of slideshow Quizzes
* 24-pages of printable Quizzes
– The purpose of these is so learners who read the chapters recently would ace the quiz and learners who didn’t read recently would not do well.
– answer keys included
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.10

★ Vocabulary List and Quiz Assessment (→ print : → digital)
– 60 vocabulary words from the novel
– three 20-question lists & quizzes
– 12-page bundle includes list of words, quiz, and answer keys
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4

★ Hippies & Peaceniks Nonfiction (→ print : → digital)
– This activity will lead learners to read some information about the Vietnam War and hippies. Learners will learn about their beliefs and their impact on the culture. Then they’ll also analyze Miss
Edmunds and themselves and have a great time discussing these things together as a class.
– 2 page activity
– suggested answer key included
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2,3,6,7

★ Free to Be You and Me Analysis (→ print : → digital)
– When Jesse is in class, his teacher Miss Edmunds sings the song, “Free to Be You and Me.” This activity will lead learners to analyze the meaning of this song and its lyrics, in the story for Jesse, and in the overall meaning of the novel’s theme. Learners will listen to the song, read and analyze the lyrics, then answer 6 questions to get them think deeper about the song and how it applies to Jesse’s story.
– 1-page of the song’s lyrics
– a 1-page analysis activity of the lyrics and Miss Edmunds
– suggested answer key included
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7

★ Essay and Speech (→ print : → digital)
– 3 response to literature essay options for learners to choose from; optional delivery of essay as a speech
– Includes essay topics and speech grading rubrics
– 6-page bundle
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1,3

★ Movie vs. Novel Comparison (→ print : → digital)
– 2-page analyzer
– compare & contrast the movie and novel
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
Enjoy! And remember, you’re the proverbial diamond in the rough.

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