Missing May Novel Study Unit - Common Core Aligned
Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom
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Grade Levels
5th - 8th, Homeschool
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSRL.5.1
CCSSRL.5.2
CCSSRL.5.3
CCSSRL.5.4
CCSSRL.5.5
Formats Included
- PDF
Pages
42 pages
Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom
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Beautifully done! The questions were thought provoking and led to excellent discussions. Nice job honoring the integrity of this wonderful novel!
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Description
A no prep, print-and-go novel unit for Missing May by Cynthia Rylant. Includes reader response questions, engaging journal prompts, setting analysis work, lesson plans, answer key, and more!
Summary: Missing May is a realistic fiction novel by Cynthia Rylant about an unlikely family coping with the loss of their matriarch. This amazing story shared from Summer, a 12 year-old girl's perspective is a perfect novel to share with your upper elementary to middle school students.
This Missing May Novel Unit includes:
• 14-pages of reader response questions
• a pacing guide for easy planning and implementation
• 7-pages of context clue word work to enhance vocabulary
• setting analysis work
• a story map
• simile and metaphor activity
• 3-post reading journals for student writing
• an answer key for quick checking of student work
• all CCSS for reading literature and writing standards covered
The novel is not included, but for novel info:
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 6.7
Lexile Measure®: 980L
DRA: 60
Guided Reading: W
Genre
Classics
Theme/Subject
Death, Grief, Loss
Extended Families
Travel and Vacations
Engaging your students in this short chapter novel will not be a challenge with this print and go unit.
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Summary: Missing May is a realistic fiction novel by Cynthia Rylant about an unlikely family coping with the loss of their matriarch. This amazing story shared from Summer, a 12 year-old girl's perspective is a perfect novel to share with your upper elementary to middle school students.
This Missing May Novel Unit includes:
• 14-pages of reader response questions
• a pacing guide for easy planning and implementation
• 7-pages of context clue word work to enhance vocabulary
• setting analysis work
• a story map
• simile and metaphor activity
• 3-post reading journals for student writing
• an answer key for quick checking of student work
• all CCSS for reading literature and writing standards covered
The novel is not included, but for novel info:
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 6.7
Lexile Measure®: 980L
DRA: 60
Guided Reading: W
Genre
Classics
Theme/Subject
Death, Grief, Loss
Extended Families
Travel and Vacations
Engaging your students in this short chapter novel will not be a challenge with this print and go unit.
*********************************************************************
Save big with my NOVEL UNIT BUNDLES:
• CCSS Novel Unit BUNDLE for Grades 4-8
• CCSS Novel Unit BUNDLE for Grades 3-5
• End of Novel Projects for ANY NOVEL
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I would LOVE your feedback on this classroom resource. Also, be sure to FOLLOW me so you are aware of all new products as soon as they are posted. Enjoy this product!
Happy Reading!
Total Pages
42 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
1 month
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSSRL.5.1
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSSRL.5.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
CCSSRL.5.3
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
CCSSRL.5.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
CCSSRL.5.5
Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
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