Discussion Questions & Creative Writing Prompts for Korman's Masterminds

Description

Motivate your students towards active, engaging discussion with these open-ended discussion questions to accompany Gordon Korman's middle-grade book Masterminds!

This product contains:

- three questions per chapter in an easy-to-use printable chart, along with suggestions for encouraging your students to participate in discussions.

- these questions created as printable handouts for students, so that they can be used for homework, comprehension checks, essay prompts, or even as group preparation for discussion.

- creative writing prompts asking your students to write essays, letters, advertisements, diary entries and a Serenity Day project.

- rubrics for each type of writing

- a digital version created with TpT's digital conversion tool.

This product is suitable for upper-elementary and middle-school students in book clubs, literature circles, classrooms, and co-ops.

Check out my Discussion Questions & Writing Prompts Packets to accompany other books:

Tara Dairman's 'All Four Stars'

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman's 'Book Scavenger'

Gennifer Choldenko's 'Chasing Secrets'

Gordan Korman's 'WhatsHisFace'

Chris Grabenstein's 'Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics'

Joan Bauer's 'Soar'

Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time'

For more in-depth novel study, check out these linked unit studies:

Tara Dairman's "All Four Stars"

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman's "Book Scavenger"

Beth Fantaskey's "Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter"

Elise Broach's "Missing on Superstition Mountain"

Chris Grabenstein's "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics"

Joan Bauer's "Soar"

Elise Broach's "The Wolf Keepers"

Intended for individual or single classroom use ONLY.

Please ask any and all questions before purchasing. I answer as promptly as possible.

These files are not editable.

Click the green 'Follow Me' button above to receive notifications about sales and new products being added to the A Nest in the Rocks store.

Enjoy!

*Edited 2019.

What are people saying about this product?

Jennifer calls it a "Good resource! We used these to drive our discussions. Thanks!"

Kim says it has "Great comprehension questions to use with a wonderful book!"

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Discussion Questions & Creative Writing Prompts for Korman's Masterminds

Name: Discussion Questions & Creative Writing Prompts for Korman's Masterminds
Brand: A Nest in the Rocks
SKU: 2376298
Price: 4.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.83 (40 reviews)

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Highlights

Digital downloads

Easel Activities, PDF

Grades

5th - 7th

Subjects

Speaking & Listening, Writing-Essays

Standards

CCSSRL.6.1

CCSSRL.6.2

CCSSRL.6.3

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Description

Motivate your students towards active, engaging discussion with these open-ended discussion questions to accompany Gordon Korman's middle-grade book Masterminds!

This product contains:

- three questions per chapter in an easy-to-use printable chart, along with suggestions for encouraging your students to participate in discussions.

- these questions created as printable handouts for students, so that they can be used for homework, comprehension checks, essay prompts, or even as group preparation for discussion.

- creative writing prompts asking your students to write essays, letters, advertisements, diary entries and a Serenity Day project.

- rubrics for each type of writing

- a digital version created with TpT's digital conversion tool.

This product is suitable for upper-elementary and middle-school students in book clubs, literature circles, classrooms, and co-ops.

Check out my Discussion Questions & Writing Prompts Packets to accompany other books:

Tara Dairman's 'All Four Stars'

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman's 'Book Scavenger'

Gennifer Choldenko's 'Chasing Secrets'

Gordan Korman's 'WhatsHisFace'

Chris Grabenstein's 'Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics'

Joan Bauer's 'Soar'

Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time'

For more in-depth novel study, check out these linked unit studies:

Tara Dairman's "All Four Stars"

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman's "Book Scavenger"

Beth Fantaskey's "Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter"

Elise Broach's "Missing on Superstition Mountain"

Chris Grabenstein's "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics"

Joan Bauer's "Soar"

Elise Broach's "The Wolf Keepers"

Intended for individual or single classroom use ONLY.

Please ask any and all questions before purchasing. I answer as promptly as possible.

These files are not editable.

Click the green 'Follow Me' button above to receive notifications about sales and new products being added to the A Nest in the Rocks store.

Enjoy!

*Edited 2019.

What are people saying about this product?

Jennifer calls it a "Good resource! We used these to drive our discussions. Thanks!"

Kim says it has "Great comprehension questions to use with a wonderful book!"

Report this resource to TPT

Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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Rated 4.83 out of 5, based on 40 reviews

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Mostly used with 5th and 6th grades

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Rated 5 out of 5

September 11, 2024

Thank you for creating these writing prompts to go with the novel! I appreciate this resource.

Tiffany F.

1,301 reviews

Grades taught: 6th

Rated 5 out of 5

July 26, 2023

Used this for a book club and the students really were able to take a deeper dive into the story with the questions in this packet. It was a great resource!

Kristi Robinson

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228 reviews

Grades taught: 4th

Response from

A Nest in the Rocks

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Jul 28, 2023

Kristi, Thanks for sharing! I'm glad this resource helped your students. ~ Amy @ A Nest in the Rocks

Rated 3 out of 5

October 4, 2022

A decent resource, but did not provided enough challenging material.

Deborah F.

130 reviews

Grades taught: 7th

Response from

A Nest in the Rocks

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Nov 2, 2022

Deborah, I'm sorry that this resource wasn't challenging enough for your students. I love to keep things open-ended so that my students can really dig into the issues. This is the best way that I've found to keep my students engaged and digging deeper. I'm sorry that it wasn't a better fit for yours. ~ Amy @ A Nest in the Rocks

Rated 5 out of 5

August 29, 2022

It was an amazing resource!

Julia L.

8 reviews

Grades taught: 4th

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A Nest in the Rocks

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Aug 30, 2022

Thank you, Julia! ~ Amy @ A Nest in the Rocks

Rated 5 out of 5

June 16, 2022

Quality and thoughtful questions! My students were engaged and really helped them discuss and understand the story better. Thanks for this wonderful resource.

Catherine M.

380 reviews

Grades taught: 6th

Rated 5 out of 5

April 26, 2022

Thank you so much!

Nala Bella Teaching

(TPT Seller)

132 reviews

Grades taught: 4th

Rated 5 out of 5

March 24, 2022

Great discussion questions for the novel - thank you!

Jill F.

65 reviews

Grades taught: 6th

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A Nest in the Rocks

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Mar 25, 2022

Jill, You're welcome! Thank you for the feedback. I'm happy to hear that these questions are meeting your needs. ~ Amy @ A Nest in the Rocks

Rated 4 out of 5

January 27, 2022

My students are enjoying these activities. We are running small group novel studies, and this is a good fit. The chapter questions encourage reflection and attention to details in the chapter.

Laura D.

67 reviews

Grades taught: 5th, 6th

Student populations: Learning difficulties

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Jan 27, 2022

Thank you for your feedback, Laura D.! ~ Amy @ A Nest in the Rocks

Questions & Answers

Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSSRL.6.1

Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

CCSSRL.6.2

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

CCSSRL.6.3

Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.