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: PAPER TOWNS by John Green
LEVEL: 7th-12th
220+ slides/pages in lesson plan unit
→ Pacing Guide and Answer Keys included

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WHAT OTHER TEACHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS VOCABULARY RESOURCE
♥ It has been a life-saver! Lesson plans are so easy with these resources to choose from. There is more in the bundle than I need, but I am able to pick and choose what works for my classes. The Figurative Language activities have been especially beneficial.
♥ Great resource! This includes EVERYTHING you could possibly need to teach this unit! Thank you for sharing!!
♥ Excellent unit! I’m so happy that I found a unit full of everything that I wanted to teach and discuss with them.

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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

★ PAPER TOWNS Pre-reading Bias Intro Activity
– answer thematic questions to get students thinking about the novel
– 11-page/slide activity
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2

★ PAPER TOWNS Plot Chart Organizer Diagram Arc
– organize the 6 parts of the plot
– 1-page organizer & answer key
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2

★ PAPER TOWNS Conflict Graphic Organizer – 6 Types of Conflict
– Students analyze the 6 different types of conflict
– 2-page organizer & answer key
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2

★ PAPER TOWNS Characters Organizer
– analyze the main characters
– 5-page organizer
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3

★ Figurative Language Instructional PowerPoint
– 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 PowerPoint 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

★ PAPER TOWNS Figurative Language Activity
– analyze and complete dozens of figures of speech specific to the novel
– 10-page bundle (4 parts)
– Similes, Metaphors, Idioms, Hyperboles, Analogies, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Allusion
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4

★ PAPER TOWNS Journal – Quickwrite Writing Prompts
– 1/2 writing assignments to spur much deeper conversational thinking
– 49-question PowerPoint
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1

★ PAPER TOWNS Vocabulary List and Quiz Assessment
– 120 vocabulary words from the novel
– four 30-question quizzes
– 16-page Bundle includes list of words, quiz, and answer key
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4

★ PAPER TOWNS “Song of Myself” Analysis
– Students read an excerpt from Walt Whitman’s poem “Song of Myself” and analyze how it connects with Quentin and the theme
– 2-page activity
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7

★ PAPER TOWNS Selfie Video Update Activity
– Students record selfie video for the world to know what’s going on in the Glade
– 1/2-page activity
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,3

★ PAPER TOWNS 13 Comprehension Pop Quizzes
– a 5-question pop quiz per 3 chapters
* 28-slides of PowerPoint Quizzes & Keys
* 13-pages of Printable Quizzes
– The purpose of these is so students who read the chapters recently would ace the quiz and students who didn’t read recently would not do well.
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.10

★ PAPER TOWNS Persuasive Essay and Speech
– 7 essay options for students to choose from; optional delivery of essay as a speech
– Includes essay and speech grading rubrics
– 6-page bundle
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1

★ PAPER TOWNS Movie vs. Novel Comparison
– compare and contrast the movie and novel
– 2-page group comparison
– CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
Enjoy! And remember, if the doors won’t open, unscrew them from the jambs!

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