This 21-page Kids' Wings unit for The Gorillas of Gill Park by Amy Gordon will enrich and extend your reading of this exciting citizen-in-action adventure. It is perfect for paired, group, or whole class study.
The unit includes:
- Working with a Literary Circle,
- Making Connections: Before Reading Quick Writes and Predict/Read/Confirm Chapter Questions, Summarizing: Write a Narrative Poem,
- Coach: Multiple Choice Comprehension Activities including
- Analogies,
- Making a Salt Map of Gloria,
- Math Logic Puzzle: Rosa's Market,
- What's in a Name?
- Picturing Figurative Language,
- Two Different Lives: Multiple Choice Comprehension Activities,
- Character Quotes,
- Identification, Character Poem,
- A Touch of Caring: Multiple Choice Comprehension Activities,
- Story Mapping,
- Adding My Voice, Writing from Another Point of View,
- Projects That Sprout from the Book,
- Horst's Hidden Things (Class Portraits Bulletin Board),
- A Fountain Dance,
- An Extraordinary Teenager,
- Research: The Dangers of Smoking,
- FIVE Writing Prompts,
- Answer Keys