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The novel, Refugee, by Alan Gratz follows three separate characters through important times in history (WWII, Cuba, Syrian War). The characters all have their own stories, but their lives connect in the end. This packet contains 130 comprehension questions that span the entire novel. The questions are separated into chronological order by chapter. The questions range from "within the text" to "beyond the text" to "about the text." There are many stopping points where the student will have to pa

Introduce your students to 8 different genres (both fiction and nonfiction). Students will become detectives to identify the genre by first using the images of covers of novels to make educated guesses using text features. Next, on a separate page, students will read the synopsis of the book and adjust any of their first attempts at identifying the genre. (Genres: realistic fiction, historical fiction, mystery, fantasy, autobiography, biography, informational, and poetry) Book titles and synops