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Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson planning journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This novel study includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of lessons. Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns it to the standards. We've filmed some training videos on (1) how to assemble a Novel Analysis Packet that is unique to the academic needs of your learners and (2) how to effectively use our Quickwrite writing prompts.
TEXT: THE WESTING GAME by Ellen Raskin
LEVEL: 5th - 7th
TOTAL: 218+ slides/pages
→ Based off 2001 Puffin Classics Edition [ISBN: 9780142401200].
→ Pacing Guide and Answer Keys included
Enjoy and remember, sometimes people aren't who they seem to be!
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Save $$$ and buy the bundle. → → → Print Version → → → Digital-only Version → → → Combo Bundle
Both versions & the combo bundle contain the same activities. The only difference is how they are optimized for print/in-person or digital distance learning. The print/in-person version is formatted to save you photocopies and ink, while the digital makes use of colorful, rich graphics and more space for working along with easy-grade forms. And the Combo bundle includes all of it to meet your shifting needs day-to-day.
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♥ A terrific product.
♥ This was just what I was looking for!
♥ This worked out really well for my group—thanks.
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LITERATURE PLAN CONTENTS
→ Suggested timeline of how a teacher could plan out the unit
→ Detailed explanations of the goals of each activity and how to conduct the activities
→ Meets Common Core Standards
→ Easy to differentiate for different learning levels: Honors, 2nd language learners, and Sped
★ Pre-reading Bias Intro Activity (→ print : → digital)
- answer thematic questions to get learners thinking about the story
- 13-page/slide engaging activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1
★ Plot Chart Analyzer Diagram Arc (→ print : → digital)
- analyze the 6 parts of the plot
- 1-page analyzer
- suggested answer key included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2,5
★ Conflict Graphic Analyzer - 6 Types of Conflict (→ print : → digital)
- analyze the 6 different types of conflict in stories
- 2-page analyzer
- suggested answer key included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2
★ Characters Analyzer (→ print : → digital)
- analyze the main characters using novel quotes
- 9-page analyzer
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3
★ Figurative Language Instructional Slideshow (→ print : → digital)
- We set out to make the most helpful, most compelling, most graphically attractive teaching resource for you to introduce your learners to all the various figurative language. This 70+ slide Slideshow will help you introduce how every many you need to teach your level of learners.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
★ Figurative Language Activity (→ print : → digital)
- analyze and complete 54 figures of speech specific to the novel
- 12-page bundle (3 parts)
- Similes vs. Metaphors
- Figurative Language Analysis
- Similes, Metaphors, Idioms, Hyperboles, Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Synecdoche, Allusion
- answer keys included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
★ Grammar - Commas in a Series (→ print : → digital)
- Using examples from the story, learners will study commas used in a series (list). They will learn to locate the lists in the sentences and use appropriate commas.
- 1-page activity practicing the commas in a series using examples
- answer keys included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1,2
★ Grammar - Commas w/ Introductory Elements (→ print : → digital)
- Using examples from the story, learners will study commas used with introductory elements at the beginnings of sentences. They will learn to locate the introductory elements in the sentences and use appropriate commas.
- 1-page activity practicing the commas w/ introductory elements using examples
- answer keys included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1,2
★ Grammar - Commas w/ Direct Address (→ print : → digital)
- Using examples from the story, learners will study commas used with direct address. They will learn to locate direct address in the sentences and use appropriate commas.
- 1-page activity practicing the commas w/ introductory elements using examples
- answer keys included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1,2
★ Grammar - Prepositions (→ print : → digital)
- Using examples from the story, learners will locate prepositions and prepositional phrases in the sentences, and they will practice using the appropriate preposition for the meaning of the sentence.
- 1-page activity practicing prepositions
- answer keys included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1,2
★ Grammar - Conjunctions and Interjections (→ print : → digital)
- Using examples from the story, learners will study conjunctions (coordinating, subordinating, and correlative) and interjections. They will learn to locate the various conjunctions and interjections in the sentences.
- 2-page activity practicing conjunctions (coordinating, subordinating, and correlative) and interjections
- answer keys included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1,2
★ Journal - Quickwrite Writing Prompts (→ print : → digital)
- 1/2 writing assignments to spur much deeper conversational thinking
- 27-slide engaging slideshow
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1
★ 10 Comprehension Pop Quizzes (→ print : → digital)
- a 5-question pop quiz per chapter
*-23-slides of slideshow quizzes
- 20-pages of printable quizzes
- The purpose of these is so learners who read the chapters recently would ace the quiz and learners who didn't read recently would not do well.
- answer keys included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2,10
★ Vocabulary List and Quiz Assessment (→ print : → digital)
- 80 vocabulary words from the story
- four 20-question lists & quizzes
- 16-page bundle includes list of words, quiz, and answer keys
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
★ Clue Tracker Activity (→ print : → digital)
- While reading, learners will track different clues they discover about the mystery, organizing them as facts or inferences.
- 1-page activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.10
★ Sunset Towers Map Activity (→ print : → digital)
- While reading, learners will organize who is living where in the building. This easy, fun resource helps readers get their bearings of the tenants living quarters.
- 1-page activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.10
★ Selfie Video Update Activity (→ print : → digital)
- Learners record selfie video of what that felt like (as if they’d just tried to experience what Leo had experienced).
- 1/2-page activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2,10
★ Hoo's on First Allusion Activity (→ print : → digital)
- On page 110, the characters are talking about naming the restaurant and someone alludes to the legendary Abbott and Costello comedy sketch. In this activity, learners will watch the sketch and organize who is at the various positions in the baseball field. This easy, fun resource helps readers get engaged in an allusion from the text.
- 1-page activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.10
★ Nonfiction Research - What Is a Will? Activity (→ print : → digital)
- Any time after your learners have read chapter 7, this activity will lead learners to read some information and assess a video about the process of a will. Learners will learn about estates, inheritance, custodians, probate, deceased, executors, heirs, and more. A great activity to engage them during the reading journey.
- Helpful research article
- URL links to YouTube interview about wills and trusts
- a 3-page analysis activity of the article
- suggested answer key included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2,3,6,7
★ America the Beautiful Poetry Song Analysis Activity (→ print : → digital)
- This is the poem that Sam Westing uses as the basis for so many of his clues about his fortune. After reading chapter 24, learners will listen to the song, read and analyze the lyrics, answer 14 questions to get them think deeper about the song, and write their own personalized stanza.
- Whether or not you choose the supplemental video/article links is up to you. We've done some interesting research around some of the more obscure lines. We've included some possibly unknown history of the author. And Beyonce's 2008 Presidential Inauguration performance feels fitting for some of the meanings in the poem.
- 4-page activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7, 10
★ Essay and Speech (→ print : → digital)
- 3 response to literature essay options for learners to choose from; optional delivery of essay as a speech
- Includes essay topics and speech grading rubrics
- 6-page bundle
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2,3
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1,9
- CCSS.ELA-SpeakingListening.SL.1,4,6
★ Movie vs. Novel Comparison (→ print : → digital)
- 2-page analyzer
- compare & contrast the movie and story
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
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OTHER WESTING GAME TRICKERY
OUR VAST NOVEL UNIT LIBRARY
→ We've got 35+ more complete novel units for you, ready to save you precious time and sanity so you can have your life back to do what you do best ... teach!
POETRY UNITS
→ Poetry Unit Complete PowerPoint and Packet - Genres, Forms, Techniques, Devices
Bored w/ Teaching GRAMMAR?
→ Introduce your learners to The Grammar Ninjas!
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Description
Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson planning journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This novel study includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of lessons. Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns it to the standards. We've filmed some training videos on (1) how to assemble a Novel Analysis Packet that is unique to the academic needs of your learners and (2) how to effectively use our Quickwrite writing prompts.
TEXT: THE WESTING GAME by Ellen Raskin
LEVEL: 5th - 7th
TOTAL: 218+ slides/pages
→ Based off 2001 Puffin Classics Edition [ISBN: 9780142401200].
→ Pacing Guide and Answer Keys included
Enjoy and remember, sometimes people aren't who they seem to be!
··········································································································································
Save $$$ and buy the bundle. → → → Print Version → → → Digital-only Version → → → Combo Bundle
Both versions & the combo bundle contain the same activities. The only difference is how they are optimized for print/in-person or digital distance learning. The print/in-person version is formatted to save you photocopies and ink, while the digital makes use of colorful, rich graphics and more space for working along with easy-grade forms. And the Combo bundle includes all of it to meet your shifting needs day-to-day.
··········································································································································
WHAT OTHER TEACHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS LITERATURE RESOURCE
♥ Perfect resource!. :)
♥ A terrific product.
♥ This was just what I was looking for!
♥ This worked out really well for my group—thanks.
··········································································································································
LITERATURE PLAN CONTENTS
→ Suggested timeline of how a teacher could plan out the unit
→ Detailed explanations of the goals of each activity and how to conduct the activities
→ Meets Common Core Standards
→ Easy to differentiate for different learning levels: Honors, 2nd language learners, and Sped
★ Pre-reading Bias Intro Activity (→ print : → digital)
- answer thematic questions to get learners thinking about the story
- 13-page/slide engaging activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1
★ Plot Chart Analyzer Diagram Arc (→ print : → digital)
- analyze the 6 parts of the plot
- 1-page analyzer
- suggested answer key included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2,5
★ Conflict Graphic Analyzer - 6 Types of Conflict (→ print : → digital)
- analyze the 6 different types of conflict in stories
- 2-page analyzer
- suggested answer key included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2
★ Characters Analyzer (→ print : → digital)
- analyze the main characters using novel quotes
- 9-page analyzer
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3
★ Figurative Language Instructional Slideshow (→ print : → digital)
- We set out to make the most helpful, most compelling, most graphically attractive teaching resource for you to introduce your learners to all the various figurative language. This 70+ slide Slideshow will help you introduce how every many you need to teach your level of learners.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
★ Figurative Language Activity (→ print : → digital)
- analyze and complete 54 figures of speech specific to the novel
- 12-page bundle (3 parts)
- Similes vs. Metaphors
- Figurative Language Analysis
- Similes, Metaphors, Idioms, Hyperboles, Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Synecdoche, Allusion
- answer keys included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
★ Grammar - Commas in a Series (→ print : → digital)
- Using examples from the story, learners will study commas used in a series (list). They will learn to locate the lists in the sentences and use appropriate commas.
- 1-page activity practicing the commas in a series using examples
- answer keys included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1,2
★ Grammar - Commas w/ Introductory Elements (→ print : → digital)
- Using examples from the story, learners will study commas used with introductory elements at the beginnings of sentences. They will learn to locate the introductory elements in the sentences and use appropriate commas.
- 1-page activity practicing the commas w/ introductory elements using examples
- answer keys included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1,2
★ Grammar - Commas w/ Direct Address (→ print : → digital)
- Using examples from the story, learners will study commas used with direct address. They will learn to locate direct address in the sentences and use appropriate commas.
- 1-page activity practicing the commas w/ introductory elements using examples
- answer keys included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1,2
★ Grammar - Prepositions (→ print : → digital)
- Using examples from the story, learners will locate prepositions and prepositional phrases in the sentences, and they will practice using the appropriate preposition for the meaning of the sentence.
- 1-page activity practicing prepositions
- answer keys included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1,2
★ Grammar - Conjunctions and Interjections (→ print : → digital)
- Using examples from the story, learners will study conjunctions (coordinating, subordinating, and correlative) and interjections. They will learn to locate the various conjunctions and interjections in the sentences.
- 2-page activity practicing conjunctions (coordinating, subordinating, and correlative) and interjections
- answer keys included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1,2
★ Journal - Quickwrite Writing Prompts (→ print : → digital)
- 1/2 writing assignments to spur much deeper conversational thinking
- 27-slide engaging slideshow
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1
★ 10 Comprehension Pop Quizzes (→ print : → digital)
- a 5-question pop quiz per chapter
*-23-slides of slideshow quizzes
- 20-pages of printable quizzes
- The purpose of these is so learners who read the chapters recently would ace the quiz and learners who didn't read recently would not do well.
- answer keys included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2,10
★ Vocabulary List and Quiz Assessment (→ print : → digital)
- 80 vocabulary words from the story
- four 20-question lists & quizzes
- 16-page bundle includes list of words, quiz, and answer keys
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
★ Clue Tracker Activity (→ print : → digital)
- While reading, learners will track different clues they discover about the mystery, organizing them as facts or inferences.
- 1-page activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.10
★ Sunset Towers Map Activity (→ print : → digital)
- While reading, learners will organize who is living where in the building. This easy, fun resource helps readers get their bearings of the tenants living quarters.
- 1-page activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.10
★ Selfie Video Update Activity (→ print : → digital)
- Learners record selfie video of what that felt like (as if they’d just tried to experience what Leo had experienced).
- 1/2-page activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2,10
★ Hoo's on First Allusion Activity (→ print : → digital)
- On page 110, the characters are talking about naming the restaurant and someone alludes to the legendary Abbott and Costello comedy sketch. In this activity, learners will watch the sketch and organize who is at the various positions in the baseball field. This easy, fun resource helps readers get engaged in an allusion from the text.
- 1-page activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.10
★ Nonfiction Research - What Is a Will? Activity (→ print : → digital)
- Any time after your learners have read chapter 7, this activity will lead learners to read some information and assess a video about the process of a will. Learners will learn about estates, inheritance, custodians, probate, deceased, executors, heirs, and more. A great activity to engage them during the reading journey.
- Helpful research article
- URL links to YouTube interview about wills and trusts
- a 3-page analysis activity of the article
- suggested answer key included
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2,3,6,7
★ America the Beautiful Poetry Song Analysis Activity (→ print : → digital)
- This is the poem that Sam Westing uses as the basis for so many of his clues about his fortune. After reading chapter 24, learners will listen to the song, read and analyze the lyrics, answer 14 questions to get them think deeper about the song, and write their own personalized stanza.
- Whether or not you choose the supplemental video/article links is up to you. We've done some interesting research around some of the more obscure lines. We've included some possibly unknown history of the author. And Beyonce's 2008 Presidential Inauguration performance feels fitting for some of the meanings in the poem.
- 4-page activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7, 10
★ Essay and Speech (→ print : → digital)
- 3 response to literature essay options for learners to choose from; optional delivery of essay as a speech
- Includes essay topics and speech grading rubrics
- 6-page bundle
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2,3
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1,9
- CCSS.ELA-SpeakingListening.SL.1,4,6
★ Movie vs. Novel Comparison (→ print : → digital)
- 2-page analyzer
- compare & contrast the movie and story
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
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OTHER WESTING GAME TRICKERY
OUR VAST NOVEL UNIT LIBRARY
→ We've got 35+ more complete novel units for you, ready to save you precious time and sanity so you can have your life back to do what you do best ... teach!
POETRY UNITS
→ Poetry Unit Complete PowerPoint and Packet - Genres, Forms, Techniques, Devices
Bored w/ Teaching GRAMMAR?
→ Introduce your learners to The Grammar Ninjas!
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