Novel Units - By the Great Horn Spoon Teacher Guide Grades 6-8
Teacher Guides
Teacher guides provide the framework for the novel, including any background information necessary to prepare students for the text. Discussion questions help you delve into the novel's plot, conflict, theme, and character motivations/interactions. Plus, they're designed to elicit student thought, discussion, and participation!
Time-saving, inspiring lesson plans provide a comprehensive novel unit—created by teachers for teachers. The legwork is done for you. The chapter-by-chapter guides incorporate research-based, higher-order reading, writing, and thinking activities.
- 32+ pages
- Summary
- "About the Author"
- Character list
- Background information
- Initiating activities
- Vocabulary activities (Gr.1–8)
- Discussion questions and answers
- Graphic organizers
- Writing ideas
- Literary analysis
- Post-reading discussion questions
- Cross-curriculum extension activities
- Assessment Scoring rubric
See also Student Packet #7131
By the Great Horn Spoon #1972 This rip-snortin’ saga of 12 year-old orphan Jack Flagg, and his aunt's butler, Praiseworthy when they stow away on a side-wheeler in Boston bound for California during the great Gold Rush of 1849. Jack's Aunt Arabella is financially strapped so he is lout to strike for gold to help support her. They meet a cast of coots, codgers, geezers, and outlaws on the boat and learn to use their wit, intelligence and loyalty to each other to defend themselves against thieves and other colorful characters.Related product
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