The 72-page Kids Wings Unit for The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier is a deliciously scary Victorian ghost story, perfect for your middle graders! With strong character-building lessons, your kids will grow in understanding the difference between truth and lies and will come to appreciate the value of storytelling ... and storytellers!
The activities include:
- Teacher Page:
- Fairy Tale Elements;
- Pre-Reading Discussion Cards;
- Anticipation Guide;
- Setting Up a Dialectical Journal;
- Map Study: Where in the World Are England and Ireland?
- Character Studies;
- 3-Page Readers Theater Introduction;
- Chart the Story's Progress;
- Figures of Speech!
- Get the Picture!
- Complete Vocabulary List and Tic-Tac-Toe;
- 8 Grouped Chapter Vocabulary and Questions in Predict-Read-Confirm Format;Multiple Choice Chapter Check-ups;
- Listening for Point of View or Voice in the Story;
- Illustrating Chapters 33 and 34;
- Diagnosing Dr. Crouch;
- Illustrating Chapters 36-39;
- Creating Mood in The Story;
- Creating a Model of Ma and Pa's Ship;
- Plotting the Plot;
- Visualizing the Text;
- Crossword Puzzle;
- A Magical Mysterious Literary Form,
- A Logic Puzzle;
- Three Research Projects
- A Truth to Be Celebrated, Puzzle;
- Visualize and Label the Fairy Tale Elements;
- Writing Prompts;
- 5-in-a-Row Vocabulary Games for Parts 1 and 2;
- Character Poems;
- Answer Pages;
- Appendix;
- and MORE!
- Plus, a BONUS Interactive Jeopardy-type Game