Activities for Novel Units Teaching Resources :: 745

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Orca Book Publishers: 'Dog Walker' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th

In Dog Walker by Canadian author Karen Spafford-Fitz, Turk starts a dog walking business to make money and so his friends can meet girls. But then he must decide how to deal with a local bully who wants to be part of it. This teacher's...

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Orca Book Publishers: 'Marked' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th

In 'Marked' by Canadian author Norah McClintock, Colin has a job cleaning up graffiti in a well-to-do neighborhood. He becomes a suspect in a rash of robberies and must solve the mystery himself. This teacher's guide includes a book...

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Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'The Moon Children' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th

"The Moon Children", a novel by Canadian author Beverley A. Brenna, is about the friendship between a Romanian immigrant girl and a boy with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. This teaching guide has ideas for discussion and learning activities.

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Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'The Savage River' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th

"The Savage River: Seventy-One Days with Simon Fraser", an historical novel by Marjorie Wilkins Campbell, begins in 1808 and follows Simon Fraser and his group of Voyageurs as they travel on the Fraser River in British Columbia. This...

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Orca Book Publishers: Klutzhood Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th

Klutzhood, a novel by British Columbia writer Chris McMahen, is about a boy who struggles to fit into a new school when he transfers mid-year. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, discussion points, and learning activities.

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Penguin Group Canada: 'Run' Teacher's Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

Run' by Eric Walters is a fictionalized account of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope run across Canada. This teacher's guide has discussion questions and response journal prompts for each chapter as well as extension activities for the novel....

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Orca Book Publishers: 'In a Flash' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th

In a Flash by Canadian author Eric Walters is about a boy who plans flash mob events where a large group of teens do something outrageous. The girl he wants to impress thinks these are not smart and he sets out to change her mind. This...

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Orca Book Publishers: 'Hypnotized' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th

In Hypnotized by Canadian author Don Trembath, a sibling rivalry prompts Rufus to have his sister Alexa hypnotized by his friend. Her subsequent behavior causes both boys to feel confused about their feelings towards her. This teacher's...

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Orca Book Publishers: 'Horse Power' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th

in Horse Power by Canadian author Ann Walsh, Callie Powers again has to go along with her mother as she takes part in a protest to save a country school. Callie has to help her cousin Del persuade her parents not to sell a horse she...

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Orca Book Publishers: 'Flower Power' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th

in Flower Power by Canadian author Ann Walsh, there is a protest to save a tree. Callie Powers is appalled that her mother has chained herself to the tree and at all the media attention this garnishes. This teacher's guide includes a...

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Orca Book Publishers: 'Crossbow' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th

In Crossbow by Canadian Author Dayle Campbell Gaetz, fourteen-year-old Matt sets out to live as a hermit in a cabin and encounters a stranger who has moved in. At first, they are friends but Matt realizes the stranger is hiding dangerous...

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Orca Book Publishers: 'Manga Touch' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th

In 'Manga Touch' by Canadian author Jacqueline Pearce, Dana tries to fit in at her school and with Japanese students she meets on a school trip to Japan. She feels excluded from the 'in' group of school peers. This teacher's guide...

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Orca Book Publishers: Chat Room Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th

Chat Room by Canadian author Kristin Butcher deals with the important issue of online safety. Linda, a teenager, develops a friendship online with someone who begins to send her gifts. This teacher's guide includes a book summary and...

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Schools of California Online Resources for Education

The Island of the Blue Dolphins: Mission Santa Barbara

For Students 6th - 8th

Explore the novel "The Island of the Blue Dolphins," by Scott O'Dell. This site offers an interactive technology related activity for this book.

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Read Write Think: Bright Morning

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards

Use this lesson to delve into the exploration of character development in fiction through the novel "Bright Morning," by Scott O'Dell.

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Book Club Unit: A View From Saturday e.l. Konigsburg

For Students 3rd - 8th

This site has a list of web sites that can be used to support the book "The View from Saturday," by E.L. Konigsburg.

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Connie Brummel Crook: 'The Hungry Year' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

"The Hungry Year", an historical novel by Connie Brummel Crook, begins in 1787 and is set in what is now Ontario. It follows the life of a Loyalist pioneer family that has fled into Canada. This teacher's guide has a book summary,...

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Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Zora Neale Hurston

For Teachers 9th - 10th

This detailed site offers lesson plans, rationales, teacher notes and various activities for teaching the novel to junior classes.

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Planet Book Club: Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'dell

For Students 3rd - 8th

This resource features book information, lesson plans and links to sites that can be used to enrich the book "Sing Down the Moon," by Scott O'Dell.

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Teaching Strategies for "The Giver" [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th

Four-page PDF document includes reproducible handouts and other ideas for exploring this complex novel.

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National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Bless Me, Ultima

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

Guide to Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima, including historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show,...

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National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Fahrenheit 451

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

A description and guide to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio...

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National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Wolff: Old School

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

Guide to Tobias Wolff's Old School, with historical information, author biographies, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, writing exercises, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show, with...

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National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: The Great Gatsby

For Students 9th - 10th

Guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, with historical information about the novel's Jazz Age setting, an author biography, and access to a radio program (audio plus transcript) of excerpts from the novel and analysis of its...

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