Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Novel Study Unit

This Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr novel study includes reading comprehension questions and chapter vocabulary. Students also practice other reading skills like locating examples of foreshadowing and cause and effect. The low prep literature guide works well for reading groups, book clubs, or as a class read aloud. Students respond to the text as well as complete activities that give insight into life in Japan following World War II and the effects of the nuclear bomb on families in Japan.

Students do not have to have a broad background of World War II and the atomic bomb to understand the story and appreciate Sadako. Students engage easily with the historical fiction text because Sadako has many character traits that are similar to students in all classrooms.

Resource Includes:

Common Core Standards (4th Grade)

Vocabulary List

Reading Comprehension Questions

Character Charts and Paragraph Writing Activity

Foreshadowing and Making Predictions

Comparing Japanese Customs to Our Own

Origami Crane Folding and Math Activity

Letter from Sadako Creative Writing Activity

Furoshiki Context Clue Activity

Fact v. Fiction - Compare and Contrast the novel to non-fiction articles (Sadako article included)

Cause and Effect Handout

Haiku Writing Activity with suggestions for publishing the haiku poems

The printable pages and graphic organizers included in the novel guide are easy for students to read and use. The suggested responses in the answer keys are a real timesaver for teachers!

**Teacher notes, answer keys, and student samples included**

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Educators are saying, "Very easy to follow... great activity ideas... very helpful with lessons... great supplemental activities for the book."

If you are looking for more historical fiction novel units for your language arts class, try some of my favorites!

- In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Betty Bao Lord

- Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

- Morning Girl by Michael Dorris

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