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Study Guide
Spark Notes

Sounder by William Armstrong: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 5th - 10th
In this online interactive literature instructional activity, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about William Armstrong's Sounder. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to Sounder [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A mini-guide over the famous novel "Sounder" by William Armstrong. Includes comprehensive information about characters, historical/biographical context, chapter study questions, and post-reading activities.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Book Files: Sounder

For Students 9th - 10th
Newbery Award Winner, "Sounder", by William H. Armstrong, is about a sharecropping family and their hunting dog, Sounder. Overarching themes of this novel are courage, family, racial injustice, the importance of education, and hope. Make...
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Handout
Scholastic

Scholastic: Sounder by William H. Armstrong

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Check out this site featuring the book Sounder by William H. Armstrong. This resource offers a description of the book, a teaching plan and a booklist.
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Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature: "Sounder" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Teachers can share the award-winning young adult novel "Sounder" with their students through the use of this 40 page study guide. "Sounder", by African American author William H. Armstrong, is about a young boy in the American South who...
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Unit Plan
The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Sounder by W. H. Armstrong

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel Sounder by W. H. Armstrong including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Reading, Writing, and Sounder

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The activities included in this lesson plan require the reading of William Armstrong's Sounder. This technology-based lesson fosters critical thinking and includes journal writing, student-led discussions with another class via video...
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Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Sample Lessons for Sounder

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Vocabulary, close reading questions, literary techniques and class discussion questions are features of this site. Actual lessons are not included.