The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Novel Study Unit - 150+ Pages, No-Prep PDF
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Novel Study Unit - 150-page novel guide with student worksheets, activities, quizzes, tests, and teacher resources for teaching Mark Twain's classic, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Classroom-tested by over 650 teachers with a 4.9/5 Rating! This Printable PDF is perfect for in-person classrooms or distance learning but will need to be modified for use in Google Classroom.
In this comprehensive Adventures of Tom Sawyer Teaching Unit, you'll find:
Informational Text Articles and Pre-Reading Activities to engage students and to support and introduce themes and concepts before reading:
✳️ Pre-Reading Activities and Ideas List
✳️ Analysis of Mark Twain's humor in his speeches, as well as an Author Biography with Comprehension Check Questions
✳️ Evaluating Visual Presentations Activity with Questions on the Game of Marbles
✳️ Article on the Genre of Historical Fiction, with Comprehension Check questions
✳️ Article on Superstition in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, with Comprehension Check questions
✳️ Visualizing Life in the 1800s - an Internet Research Activity on life in the 1800s
✳️ Examining Historical Documents - a comparison of historical fiction vs facts
✳️ Note-Taking and Summarizing Graphic Organizers
✳️ Comprehension and Analysis Questions over the novel
✳️ Post-Reading Activities and Alternative Assessment Ideas
✳️ Essay Prompts and Writing Ideas List
✳️ Vocabulary Lists, with and without definitions
✳️ Glossary of Allusions, Terminology, and Slang
Novel-based Literary Analysis Activities that support student practice in text analysis and close reading and dig deeper into the text, specifically, activities on:
✴️ Comparing Print to Film
✴️ Analyzing Plot
✴️ Analyzing Poetry
✴️ Tone and Mood
✴️ Theme
✴️ Collecting Evidence
Novel-based Writing Activities that support student practice using the text, specifically on:
✴️ Introductions and Claims
✴️ Evidence and Organization
✴️ Using Transition Words
✴️ Narrative Writing
✴️ Maintaining Formal Style
✴️ Writing Conclusions
Novel-based Language and Grammar Activities that support student practice using the text of the novel, specifically on:
✴️ Determining the Meaning of Unknown Words
✴️ Active and Passive Voice
✴️ Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
✴️ Using Concise Language
✴️ Coordinate and Cumulative Adjectives
Standards-Based Speaking and Listening activities on:
✴️ Collaborative Discussion on whether Tom and Huck did the right thing after witnessing an incident from the novel
✴️ Poetry Analysis activity - students choose a poem to do a guided analysis of the poem, then present the poem out loud
✴️ Class Discussion - prompts and discussion guidelines for a conversation of Tom's growth throughout the novel
✳️ Reading Quizzes
✳️ Vocabulary Quizzes
✳️ Two Final Exam Options: one entirely Multiple Choice
✳️ Sample Agenda (Not all activities must be used! Customize for YOUR students/schedule)
✳️ Notes to the Teacher and Supplemental Resource List
✳️ Summary of the Novel
✳️ Project and Writing Rubrics
✳️ Answer Key
✳️ Common Core Alignment Documentation
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