Description
Get your learners thinking! Our PRINT AND DIGITAL Ender’s Game teaching unit has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 7-week novel study — prereading questions, characters, vocabulary, projects, writing, and more. You’ll love the “print-and-go” activities in slideshow and .pdf. They are both fun and rigorous for your learners (433+ pages, slides, & forms for all your print and digital teaching needs).
And don’t forget the easy-grade Google Forms!
Get your learners enjoying the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson plan journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This literature guide includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of fun activities.
Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity. It also gives ideas for implementation and aligns the lesson plan 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.
To make your digital experience smooth, we include instructions (w/ screenshots!) of how to download and organize your activities in Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive. We’ve added easy-grade Google Forms versions of each activity that auto-corrects their responses using a suggested answer key. You can adjust or modify your answer key afterward. The forms compile grades into a spreadsheet with learners’ names and class periods. This makes grading easier for you in one place. Some types of questions aren’t able to auto-grade because of the short-answer format.
Product Details
TEXT: ENDER’S GAME by Orson Scott Card
LEVEL: 7th – 9th
TOTAL: 433+ combined slides/pages/forms in novel study unit → Based off the 2014 Edition [ISBN: 978-0-7653-4229-4].
→ Our activities easily integrate w/ Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Canvas, Schoology, Edmodo, Blackboard, Moodle, Brightspace, Sakai, Showbie, Remind, & more.
→ Pacing Guide and Suggested Answer Keys Included
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What Other Teachers Are Saying About This Novel Study Resource
- Absolutely fantastic resource! I love all the questions in the Comprehension Journal that use quotes from the book. It really forces the students to look deeply at what they have read. From the anticipation guide to the Movie vs. Novel comparison, this unit was perfect for reading Ender’s Game. I highly recommend it!
- An Awesome lesson plan package! It makes teaching this novel even more interesting and exciting!
- Utilized so many resources from this package. Very comprehensive and easy to use!
- My homeschoolers are enjoying these assignments.
- This is PERFECT for my 8th grade Literature Circles class. Thank you so much! Awesome work!
- This is what I need to provide some background for my ELL students.
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Ender’s Game – Novel Study Unit Contents
- Suggested timeline of how a teacher could plan out the unit book study
- Detailed explanations of the goals of each activity and how to conduct the activities
- Meets Common Core Standards (CCSS novel unit). Easy TEKS conversion.
- Easy to differentiate the lesson plan for different learning levels: Honors, 2nd language learners, and Sped
- Covers key themes including ethical dilemmas, leadership, manipulation, and the blurred line between games and reality
Before Reading
Pre-reading Bias Intro Activity
- Answer thematic questions to get learners thinking about the novel
- 11-page + 14-slide slideshow
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2 | CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1 |CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1
- Works as an anticipation guide to spark debate on topics like surveillance and violence before reading Ender’s Game
iPod Audio Tracks Tracker
- Audiobook iTunes tracks labeled w/ page #s
- A helpful tool that shows how the audiobook tracks match up with the pages in the book
- 1 screenshot image
During Reading
Comprehension Questions Journal
- 6 short-answer comprehension questions per chapter to help the learners think more deeply about characters, setting, and theme
- 15-page packet + 15 different 1-page Google Forms quizzes
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2,3,6,10
Plot Chart Analyzer Diagram Arc Activity
- Analyze the 6 parts of the plot
- 1-page + 8-slide analyzer (answer key included)
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2
Conflict Graphic Analyzer – 6 Types of Conflict Activity
- Analyze the 6 different types of conflict in stories
- 2-page + 5-slide analyzer (answer key included)
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2
Settings Analyzer Activity
- Analyze the main settings using novel quotes
- 2-page + 2-slide analyzer
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2
Journal Questions – Quickwrite Writing Prompts Slideshow
- Writing assignments to spur much deeper conversational thinking
- 58-question slideshow
- Includes creative writing prompts that encourage students to explore character analysis and themes from the novel
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2 | CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1
11 Comprehension Questions Pop Quizzes
- A 5 comprehension question pop quiz per chapter
- 47-page/slide + 22-Google slides
- Learners who read the chapters recently would ace the quiz. Learners who didn’t read recently would not show comprehension.
- Answer keys included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2,10
Vocabulary List and Quiz Assessments
- 60 beginner vocabulary words from the novel
- 60 advanced vocabulary words from the novel
- 12-page + 32-slide bundle includes 2 lists of words, quiz, and answer keys
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
Battle School Army Logo Project
- Design a logo for one of the armies in Ender’s Battle School
- 2-page + 6-slide bundle
- A creative writing and design activity that lets students connect with the story
Locke, Demosthenes, Veni Vidi Vici Slideshow
- Helps learners better understand the philosophers and generals in the story
- 16-slide + 16-slide Google slideshow
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9
Ansible Video Activity
- 1-page + 1-slide activity
- Record video to send to Earth about what evil is. Included in unit … not available individually
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1 | CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2 | CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1
After Reading
Final Discussion Activity – Slideshow
- Discusses the characters’ morality and right vs. wrong
- Discusses which characters are good or evil … and why
- 9-slide + 11-slide Google slideshow
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.10
- Students analyze the moral challenges of leadership as presented in the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Character Analysis Packet and Essay Writing
- 1 character analysis essay prompt w/ grading rubric
- 1 page of sample essay ideas
- 1 page with 4 rubrics on it for easy quartering
- 7 character analysis pages for them to keep track of quotations
- 6 slides for learners to practice Attentive Listening during speeches
- 10-page + 19-slide bundle
- Covers essay writing, literary analysis, and essay questions tied to character development in the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2,3 | CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1,9 |CCSS.ELA-SpeakingListening.SL.1,4,6
Movie vs. Novel Comparison Activity
- 2-page + 2-slide analyzer
- Compare & contrast the movie and novel
- A great way to engage students in critical thinking about the story by Orson Scott Card
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
Enjoy! And remember, the enemy’s gate is down!
