Dan's Reading Shop

The basic structure for a novel study of Katerine Applegate's "One and Only Ivan" including worksheets, comprehension questions, and a final project. Answer key is included.

Simple graphic organizers for teaching intermediate level students about biographies and autobiographies. The biography summary sheet helps students identify the important elements of a famous person's life story; works great with picture book biographies. The autobiography page can be used as a connected prewriting for students' own life stories, or as a single lesson activity to let students summarize their own lives, and share them with classmates (I've made class books of their autobiograp

A set of worksheets for a study of Jerry Spinelli's book "Wringer". Good as discussion starters or comprehension checks. I used these with an afterschool reading club to get 4th and 5th grade boys talking about the book.

The foundation for a novel study of Ellen Raskin's "The Westing Game" including group discussion prompts, comprehension activities, "10 question" comprehension check/support, and both a final and "during reading" project. (This is an improved and expanded version of "The Westing Game" Organizers formerly for sale on this page.)

A novel study of Katherine Applegate's novel about a boy dealing with the sudden return of his imaginary friend. Includes worksheets and comprehension checks, discussion questions, and a final project.

The foundation for a novel study of Neil Gaiman's "Coraline" including group discussion prompts, comprehension activities, "10 question" comprehension check/support, and a final project. (An expanded version of the worksheet set previously for sale here.)

The foundation for a novel study of Neil Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book" including group discussion prompts, comprehension activities, "10 question" comprehension check/support, and a final project. (An expanded version of the worksheet set previously for sale here.)

The foundation for a study of the book "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko. Includes discussion questions, activity worksheets, "10 question" quizes with answer keys, and a final project

A student packet for organizing a persuasive letter as a character from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Includes suggested characters and opinions and graphic organizers to get them ready to write creative and persuasive letters. As a culminating project after reading the play, this can lead to some excellent, and dramatic, letters - and some great persuasive writing!

Easy to use rubric for any persuasive writing project. Scores 0-4 points in 6 areas of writing. Suitable for grades 3 and up.

A set of worksheets for Gordon Korman's novel "Swindle". May be used as comprehension checks or discussion starters.

A set of worksheets for teaching Cynthia Lord's book "Rules". Can be used as comprehension builders, homework, or jumping off points for book discussions. I first created these for an after-school reading club as a way of getting students focused and our weekly "book talks" started.

Student instructions and grading sheet for Poetry collection project. Originally created as a culminating activity for the book "Love That Dog", but can be modified to be used with any poetry unit.

Simple form for students to fill out and post on a bulletin board near your classroom library to recommend books to one another. Two forms per page; half sheets make these easy for very young students to share their favorite book titles with others.

A simple worksheet to start students analyzing some of the character relationships in "The Tale of Despereaux".