Scar Island Novel Study: Digital + Printable vocabulary, comprehension, writing

Are you looking for an all-in-one unit for Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart? Look no further. This comprehensive unit includes vocabulary practice, comprehension quizzes, constructed response writing prompts with organizers for planning, and language arts lessons for grades 5-7.

Choose between printable activities or go paperless with digital resources compatible with Google Classroom.

✨  ‍ DIGITAL RESOURCES

This novel study includes links to digital resources. Boom Learning is used for multiple-choice, short answer, and fill-in-the-blank questions such as comprehension questions and vocabulary practice.

Activities that require more open-ended responses may be found in Google Slides. This includes all the writing prompts with organizers for students to plan responses.

✏️  PRINTABLE RESOURCES

Lesson Plans at a Glance

Vocabulary

• Vocabulary List (30 focus words)
• Vocabulary Bookmarks
• Vocabulary Word Cards
• Vocabulary Practice Booklet (16-page practice booklet)
• Vocabulary Test

Comprehension

• 15 Comprehension Quizzes (1 for every 2 Chapters) with multiple choice, sequencing, matching, and short answer

Writing

• 16 Constructed Response Writing Questions

Skill Practice Aligned to the Common Core State Standards

• Figurative Language Organizers
• Connotation and Denotation Organizer and Printable Practice
• Context Clues Organizers and Task Cards

Compare and Contrast Essay Unit

1. Two Ways to Compare Topics

This lesson goes over two methods for writing compare-and-contrast essays:

• Similarities and Differences
• Point-by-Point Method

2. Writing a Thesis Statement

Three graphic organizers are provided that go over the rules for writing a thesis statement.

3. Writing an Introductory Paragraph

Two graphic organizers and two practice pages are provided to help students learn how to write an introductory paragraph to an essay.

4. Writing Body Paragraphs

The lesson included will model the first paragraph of the essay (comparing Robinson Crusoe to Scar Island) Students will then write the next two paragraphs independently.

This lesson also includes an organizer for using transitional words.

5. Writing the Conclusion

A graphic organizer is included going over the parts of a concluding paragraph.

6. Editing and Proofreading

This lesson contains four tools/checklists for students to check their final essays.

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