Novel Units FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER Teacher Guide

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  • 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 #7766


Grades 6-8From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler #3229 Claudia decided to run away. She decided to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She saved her money, and invited her brother Jamie to go. But, Claudia had two unexpected problems: She felt just the same, and she wanted to feel different; and she found a statue so beautiful she could not go home until she discovered its maker, a question that baffled the experts, too. The former owner of the statue was Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Without her, Claudia might never have found a way to go home.
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