James and the Giant Peach No-Prep Novel Study Unit - Over 100 Pages! This standards-based teaching guide includes worksheets, activities, assessments, and more for teaching James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl! This product is a printable PDF and will need modification for use in Google Classroom.
In this comprehensive James and the Giant Peach Teaching bundle, you'll get:
Texts and Pre-Reading Activities to engage students and to support and introduce themes and genre before reading
*Pre-Reading Ideas and Activities List
*Pre-Reading Activity - Researching Bugs
*Author Biography with questions on Roald Dahl
*Vocabulary Lists, with and without definitions
*Active Reading Organizers
Novel-based Literary Analysis Activities that support student practice in text analysis and close reading and dig deeper into the text, specifically, activities on:
- Setting
- Poetry
- Character Traits
- Inferences
- Connecting the Book and the Movie
Novel-based Language and Grammar Activities that support student practice, specifically on:
- Adverbs
- Commonly Confused Words
- Progressive Verb Tenses
- Helping Verbs
- Adjectives
- Prepositions
Novel-based Writing Skills Practice, specifically on:
- Narrative Writing
- Concrete Words and Phrases
- Using Technology to Create an Acrostic Poem
- Writing a Summary
- Informational Writing
- Writing and Opinion Piece
*Over 100 Comprehension Questions PLUS all Questions in Task Card Format!
*Reading Quizzes
*Vocabulary Quizzes
*25-Question Final Test that includes multiple-choice and short response questions
*25-Question Multiple Choice Final Test
*Post-Reading Ideas and Activities
*Essay Prompts and Creative Writing Ideas
*Teacher Notes
*Sample Teacher Agenda
*Chapter Summaries
*Writing Rubrics
*Complete Answer Key
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