The Westing Game
An Instructional Guide for Literature
Published on 1. June 2018
72 pages
978-1-4938-8259-5 (ISBN)
Description
This standards-based instructional guide provides teachers with rigorous activities and lesson plans to help students comprehend complex literature, as they read the 1979 Newbery Medal-winning mystery novel, The Westing Game. Students will learn how to analyze the text to determine meaning, make summaries, and more. Text-dependent questions help students analyze the text with higher-order thinking skills, with lessons focused on story elements, vocabulary, and more. Close reading activities throughout the literature units encourages students to use textual evidence as they revisit passages to respond more critically about the text. Support the rich exploration of literature in today''s classrooms with this resource.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Huntington Beach
United States
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: From Fourth Grade to Eighth Grade, Interest Age: From 8 to 16 years
File size
10,40 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4938-8259-5 (9781493882595)
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Book
06/2018
Shell Educational Publishing
€11.10
Shipment within 5-8 weeks
Content
- Cover
- Page 2 - Credits
- Page 3 - Table of Contents
- Page 4 - How to Use This Literature Guide
- Page 4 - Theme Thoughts
- Page 5 - Vocabulary
- Page 6 - Analyzing the Literature
- Page 6 - Reader Response
- Page 6 - Close Reading the Literature
- Page 7- Making Connections
- Page 7 - Creating with the Story Elements
- Page 8 - Culminating Activity
- Page 8- Comprehension Assessment
- Page 8 - Response to Literature
- Page 8 - Correlation to the Standards
- Page 8 - Purpose and Intent of Standards
- Page 8 - How to Find Standards Correlations
- Page 9 - Standards Correlation Chart
- Page 10 - TESOL and WIDA Standards
- Page 11 - About the Author-Ellen Raskin
- Page 11 - Possible Texts for Text Comparisons
- Page 12 - Book Summary of The Westing Game
- Page 12 - Cross-Curricular Connection
- Page 12 - Possible Texts for Text Sets
- Page 13 - Teacher Plans and Student Pages
- Page 13 - Pre-Reading Theme Thoughts
- Page 14 - Section 1: Chapters 1-6 .
- Page 24 - Section 2: Chapters 7-12
- Page 34 - Section 3: Chapters 13-18 .
- Page 34 - Section 4: Chapters 19-24
- Page 54 - Section 5: Chapters 25-30
- Page 64 - Post-Reading Activities
- Page 64 Post-Reading Theme Thoughts
- Page 65 - Culminating Activity: Clues, Clues, Clues
- Page 67 - Comprehension Assessment
- Page 69 - Response to Literature: Revenge?
- Answer Key
- Thank You Page
