THE MAZE RUNNER Novel Study Unit Plan Activities PRINT & DIGITAL Characters
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Our Combination Maze Runner Unit Teaching Package has 700+ pages and slides (370+ print and 330+ digital Google Drive) that will get your learners enjoying the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson planning journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This novel study includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of lessons. Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns it to the standards. We've filmed some training videos on (1) how to assemble a Novel Analysis Packet that is unique to the academic needs of your learners and (2) how to effectively use our Quickwrite writing prompts.
To make your digital experience smooth, we include instructions (w/ screenshots!) of how to download and organize your resources in Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive. We've added Google Forms versions of each activity that auto-corrects their responses using a suggested answer key (which you can adjust afterward or modify your answer key) and compiles grades into a spreadsheet with learners' names and class periods to make things easier for you to grade all in one place (some types of question aren't able to auto-grade, though, because of the short-answer format). Our activities easily integrate w/ Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Canvas, Schoology, Edmodo, Blackboard, Moodle, Brightspace, Sakai, Showbie, Remind, & more.
TEXT: MAZE RUNNER by James Dashner
LEVEL: 7th - 9th
TOTAL: 700+ combined slides/pages in lesson plan unit
→ Based off the 2010 Delacorte Press Edition [ISBN: 978-0385737951].
→ Pacing Guide and Answer Keys included
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Save $$$ and buy the bundle. → → → Print Version → → → Digital-only Version → → → Combo Version
Both versions & the combo bundle contain the same activities. The only difference is how they are optimized for print/in-person or digital distance learning. The print/in-person version is formatted to save you photocopies and ink, while the digital makes use of colorful, rich graphics and more space for working along with easy-grade forms. And the Combo bundle includes all of it to meet your shifting needs day-to-day.
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WHAT OTHER TEACHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS LITERATURE RESOURCE
♥ A great resource! My students really enjoyed this unit...and so did I! It was all very easy to follow and engaging for the students. Thank you!
♥ Wow! Very comprehensive, much more than I will have time to use!
♥ This was a vital resource for teaching the Maze Runner. I liked the appealing format.
♥ WOW! Just finished using this packet with a small group of 5th grade students. Loved, loved, loved the packet! It saved me so much time and is extraordinarily well done! Thank you so much.
♥ My students LOVED this! We created teams, and the team with the highest amount of points at the end of the unit got to skip the test and watch the movie in a separate room! Talk about COMPETITIVE!
♥ This is an excellent resource and I highly recommend it. My students are reading a novel they enjoy and are learning so much as they do it. Thank you!
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LITERATURE PLAN CONTENTS
→ Suggested timeline of how a teacher could plan out the unit
→ Detailed explanations of the goals of each activity and how to conduct the activities
→ Meets Common Core Standards
→ Easy to differentiate for different learning levels: Honors, 2nd language learners, and Sped
★ Pre-reading Bias Intro Activity (→ print : → digital)
- answer thematic questions to get students thinking about the novel
- 11-page + 11-slides activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1
★ Introduction to Utopias Slideshow (→ print : → digital)
- Introduces learners to the concept of utopias and dystopias; provides examples from real life, novels, and film
- 23-slide slideshow + 23-slide Google slideshow
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5
- discuss the definitions of all the slang
- 2-page + 2-slide analyzer
- Suggested answer key provided
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
★ Plot Chart Analyzer Diagram Arc (→ print : → digital)
- analyze the 6 parts of the plot
- 2-slide analyzer
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2
- Suggested answer key provided
★ Conflict Graphic Analyzer - 6 Types of Conflict (→ print : → digital)
- analyze the 6 different types of conflict in stories
- 2-page + 2-slide analyzer
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2
- Suggested answer key provided
★ Characters Analyzer (→ print : → digital)
- analyze the main characters using novel quotes
- 5-page + 5-slide analyzer
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3
★ Mapping the Glade Activity (→ print : → digital)
- Students work in groups to map out the 4 quadrants of the Glade
- 3-page + 3-slide activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,3
★ Figurative Language Instructional Slideshow (→ print : → digital)
- We set out to make the most helpful, most compelling, most graphically attractive teaching resource for you to introduce your learners to all the various figurative language. This 70+ slides slideshow + 70+ slides Google slideshow will help you introduce how every many you need to teach your level of learners.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
★ Figurative Language Activity (→ print : → digital)
- analyze and complete dozens of figures of speech specific to the novel
- 18-slide bundle
- Similes, Metaphors, Idioms, Hyperboles, Analogies, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Puns, Symbols
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
★ Journal - Quickwrite Writing Prompts (→ print : → digital)
- 1/2 writing assignments to spur much deeper conversational thinking
- 70-question slideshow + 70-question digital slideshow
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1
★ 28 Comprehension Pop Quizzes (→ print : → digital)
- a 5-question pop quiz per 3 chapters
- 57-page + 86-slides/28 quizzes of Slideshow Quizzes
- The purpose of these is so learners who read the chapters recently would ace the quiz and learners who didn't read recently would not do well.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2,10
★ Vocabulary List and Quiz Assessment (→ print : → digital)
- 60 vocabulary words from the novel
- one 60-question quiz and two 30-question quizzes
- 16-page + 36-slide Bundle includes list of words, quiz, and answer keys
- matching, not multiple choice
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
★ Selfie Video Update Activity (→ print : → digital)
- record selfie video for the world to know what's going on in the Glade
- 1-page + 1-slide activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,3
★ Epilogue Response Activity (→ print : → digital)
- write or record a response to the Chancellor's memorandum to her associates about the success of the Maze Variables.
- 1-page + 1-slide activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,3
★ Persuasive Essay and Speech (→ print : → digital)
- 3 response to literature essay options for learners to choose from; optional delivery of essay as a speech
- Includes essay topics and speech grading rubrics
- 6-page + 11-slide bundle
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2,3
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1,9
- CCSS.ELA-SpeakingListening.SL.1,4,6
★ Movie vs. Novel Analyzer (→ print : → digital)
- compare & contrast the movie and novel
- 2-page + 2-slide analyzer
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
Enjoy! And keep running!
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WHAT IS CREATED FOR DIGITAL?
★ Our Created for Digital resources take all the trusted, quality instructional tools you know and love and convert them into the digital format you need for your online learners.
Why go Digital?
··· Paperless. No printing.
··· Instant saving ... students work in the file.
··· 1:1
··· Technology Proficiency
··· Easy integration w/ these Learning Management Systems (as of 9/24/2020): Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Canvas, Schoology, Edmodo, Blackboard, Moodle, Brightspace, Sakai, Showbie, Remind, & more
··· Works on Chromebooks, Android Tablets, and other devices
··· Engaged students
··· Easy group work
··· Paper trail of revisions for teacher to see
Includes:
··· Teacher Tutorial - access link and how to use this with your learners
··· Microsoft OneDrive user instructions - a step-by-step visual tutorial. This will only take minutes!
··· All slides can be used over and over again.
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