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High-Interest Literature Units: Survival [Paperback]

Joan Kanavy (Author), Susan Van Zile (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: March 2002

Teacher-Created Lessons and Activities That Use Favorite Novels to Motivate Kids to Read, Write, and Discuss
Meaningful, classroom-tested ideas!
Create a meaningful literature unit using five high-interest, survival theme novels - The Cay, Hatchet, Number the Stars, Banner in the Sky, and My Side of the Mountain. Everything you need is here: a survival simulation, reading strategy mini-lessons, literature group management tips, discussion and writing prompts, response projects, and creative activities for teaching literary elements. All projects and activities are designed to help you meet the language arts standards.

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Meaningful, classroom-tested ideas!
Create a meaningful literature unit using five high-interest, survival theme novels - The Cay, Hatchet, Number the Stars, Banner in the Sky, and My Side of the Mountain. Everything you need is here: a survival simulation, reading strategy mini-lessons, literature group management tips, discussion and writing prompts, response projects, and creative activities for teaching literary elements. All projects and activities are designed to help you meet the language arts standards.

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About the Author

Susan Van Zile was the 1998 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year. Joan Kanavy is a 6th grade language arts teacher from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.

Product Details

Paperback: 80 pages
Publisher: Scholastic (March 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0439185203
ISBN-13: 978-0439185202
Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #310,701 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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First Sentence:
At the beginning of our unit, we introduce students to the survival novels by giving a brief book talk about each one. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reader response journals, literature discussion groups, survival novel, survival unit, initiating conflict, rising action, plot diagram, falling action, literature unit, literature group, small questions, word wall

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Setting Pop-up, Task Master, Conflict Cards, Literature Group Assessment Sheet, Concept Vocabulary Exchange, Rudi Matt, Survival Scholastic Professional Books

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This book cites 21 books:

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry in Front Matter, and page 72
Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, 2nd edition by Thomas Armstrong on page 75, and Back Matter
Kagan Cooperative Learning by Spencer Kagan on page 9, and Back Matter
Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in the Student-Centered Classroom by Harvey Daniels in Back Matter
Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension by William E. Nagy in Back Matter

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