Speak Novel Study: A Novel Unit for Speak by Halse Anderson
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Grade Levels
7th - 10th
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Standards
CCSSRL.8.1
CCSSRL.8.2
CCSSRL.8.10
CCSSRL.9-10.1
CCSSRL.9-10.2
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This resource is perfect. It has everything I needed to engage the students in this novel study. The ready-to-go unit tests are so convenient!
This was my first year teaching Speak and while I truly enjoyed the novel- I was in need of engaging materials for teaching it. Luckily this resource had everything I needed. Thank you!
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Description
This Speak Novel Study unit will engage and challenge your students as they read Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel, Speak. This novel unit includes a variety of resources that will help your students understand and analyze the novel.
As students read Speak, they will engage in comprehension and literary analysis activities using the Speak Novel Analysis Bookmarks and sticky note analysis organizers.
Challenge your students to analyze the novel’s use of symbolism using the Speak Novel Symbol Analysis Stations activity.
This Speak Novel Study includes these teaching resources:
- Speak Novel Analysis Bookmarks - Use these engaging and interactive bookmarks as you read the novel to help students understand and analyze each marking period.
- Speak Symbolism Analysis Stations - After you read the novel, have students complete this symbolism analysis stations activity to further analyze and understand Anderson's use of symbols in the novel.
- Speak Marking Period Quizzes - After reading each marking period, assess students with these marking period quizzes.
- Speak End-of-Novel Test - Complete your novel study with a multi-part final assessment.
- Speak Final Analysis Essay - Get your students writing about the novel with this final literary analysis essay.
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Teaching Duration
1 month
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Standards
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CCSSRL.8.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRL.8.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSSRL.8.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSSRL.9-10.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRL.9-10.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.