Novel Units

Swallowing Stones

Teacher Guide | Grades 7-8

Grades 7 - 8
Product Code NU-0344 ( MR #048496 )

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What makes Novel Units so popular with teachers?

With Novel Units in your classroom, you can immerse students in the best of classic and contemporary award-winning literature while challenging their thinking skills. Choose from the largest selection of literature guides for more than 650 novels. Each easy-to-use teacher guide and student packet includes everything you need to teach a novel.

Teacher Guides and Student Packets offer:

the best and latest in children’s and young-adult literature
engaging lesson plans, organized by chapter
higher-order reading, writing, and thinking activities
the latest in reading strategies
timesaving activities by teachers, for teachers
dozens of award-winning titles
the most content-based information and activities of all the literature guides

TEACHER GUIDES

Easy-to-use, inspiring lesson plans provide a comprehensive novel unit—the legwork is done for you. With an average 32-plus pages, the guides incorporate essential reading, writing, and thinking practice.

Each Teacher Guide includes:

summary of the story
about the author
character list
background information
pre-reading activities
vocabulary builders
discussion questions and answers
graphic organizers
writing activities
literary-analysis activities
post-reading discussion questions
cross-curriculum extension activities
assessment
scoring rubric
glossary (Grades 9-12)

STUDENT PACKETS

The packets feature multiple-level reproducibles for direct student use, including activity sheets, quizzes, and a final exam. The packets include an average of 44-plus pages.

Each Student Packet includes:

pre-reading activities
vocabulary activities
study guide
graphic organizers
literary-analysis activities
character-analysis activities
writing activities
critical and creative thinking challenges
comprehension quizzes
unit test
answer key
scoring rubric

FROM THE TEACHER'S DESK

Q: Should I purchase both the Teacher Guide and the Student Packet? What is the difference?

A: We highly recommend ordering both the Teacher Guide and the Student Packet for the novels you intend to teach. Each of these time saving products has 100% unique content, with no overlap between books. The Teacher Guide addresses the teacher, offering lesson plans, story and author background, discussion questions, and much more. The Student Packet directs activities to the student, including pre-reading activities, study questions, projects, quizzes and unit tests, and other challenges. Using the Teacher Guide and the Student Packet together will give you the quality tools you need to teach any novel thoroughly. Discover why Novel Units have been the first choice of teachers for more than 25 years!

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Swallowing Stones