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