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Use the print or digital version of this activity for ANY novel during a "First Chapter Friday" reading of a text. Students will determine genre, analyze characters, make predictions, and respond to the text.

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a historical fiction novel, or as par

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these FOUR First Chapter Friday activity packs with THREE activities for each novel! These activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. The four novels are: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling, The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, and The Iron Trial by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare. Wh

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel Ghost by Jason Reynolds, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a realistic fiction novel, or as part of book gro

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel Ban This Book by Alan Gratz, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a realistic fiction novel, or as part of book

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a historical fiction novel, or as pa

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel Cinder by Marissa Meyer, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a science fiction novel, or as part of book grou

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the prologue and first chapter of the novel Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a fantasy

This bundle features all of our resources for The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. These activities are useful for a novel study or even a first chapter Friday. Easily teach Common Core standards for Reading Literature 1, 2, 4, & 6. Eight pages of student activities with answer keys. Resources Included:Teacher Instructions for ProductsReading Log for The Bad Beginning (Student Handout)Characterization Analysis with The Bad Beginning (Activity and Answer Key)Literary Quote Analysis Activity for

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these FOUR First Chapter Friday activities! These four activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for studying imagery, foreshadowing, and irony. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the prologue and first chapter of the novel Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh Baskin, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a historical fic

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these FOUR First Chapter Friday activity packs with THREE activities for each novel! These activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. The four novels are: Ghost by Jason Reynolds, Front Desk by Kelly Yang, Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Schooled by Gordon Korman, and Ban This Book by Alan Gratz. While these activities were designed to pair

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these FIVE First Chapter Friday activity packs with THREE activities for each novel ( Nine, Ten has four)! These activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. The five novels are: The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani, Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder, The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, and Nine,

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a historical fict

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel Schooled by Gordon Korman, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a realistic fiction novel, or as part of book g

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the prologue and first chapter of the novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a fantasy novel, or as p

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the prologue and first chapter of the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a fantasy novel, or as p

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel Front Desk by Kelly Yang, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a realistic fiction novel, or as part of book gr

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the first chapter of the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a realistic fiction novel, or as part of book gro

Looking for a way to engage your students while reading Midnight Without A Moon by Linda Williams Jackson? Try this digital novel study. Help your student develop their higher order thinking skills while reading! NINE different activities that students can complete during and after reading Midnight Without A Moon. This Digital Novel Study was designed to be assigned on your learning management system (Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, etc.) for students to complete digitally. This is a gre

Engage your students and get them interested in reading with these THREE First Chapter Friday activities! These three activities will let students preview a new text and also let them practice skills for characterization and fantasy elements identification. While these activities were designed to pair with a reading of the prologue and first chapter of the novel The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare, they could be done as part of a genre study, giving students a taste of a fantasy