Book Study: A Bad Case of Stripes

Looking for a mentor text or read aloud that you can refer back to and assign responses to all year long? The book responses for this year-long favorite are just what you need!

This book study on A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon is full of reading response pages that can be used to familiarize students with cause and effect, character analysis, plot elements and a great jump start to many fundamental reading comprehension skills.

Includes 8 ANSWER KEYS to make this an easy quick and print activity to leave for a substitute -or- for advanced readers who are completing an independent book study who are ready for critical and challenging questions.

Featured Pages:

Vocabulary

-vocabulary cards

-What does it Mean? worksheet

Story Retell Cards and Interactive Journal

Reading Strategy Worksheets

• Story Retell: Characters, Setting, Problem and Solution
• Story Sequencing: Beginning, Middle and End
• Book Summary: Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then
• Central Idea: Identify Central Idea and support with Three Details
• Character Traits: Camilla, feelings and reasons for feelings
• What Will Happen Next: Make a Prediction
• Book Review: Favorite Part and Author's Purpose

Creative Writing Activities

• My Favorite Food: What is your favorite food?
• My Case of Stripes: If you had a case of stripes, what would they look like?
• My Cure for Stripes: How would you cure a case of stripes?
• How to make ___: How to cook and eat your favorite food

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For Texas Teachers, this resource relates to the following TEKS:

1.6A (K.5A, 2.6A) Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts with adult assistance.

1.6C (K.5C, 2.6C) Make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures with adult assistance. 

1.6E (K.5E, 2.6E)  Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society with adult assistance.

1.7D (K.6D, 2.7D) Retell texts in ways that maintain meaning. 

1.7E (K.6E, 2.7E) Interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing. 

1.8B (K.7B, 2.8B) Describe the main character(s) and the reason(s) for their actions. 

1.8C (K.7C, 2.8C) Describe plot elements, including the main events, the problem, and the resolution, for texts read aloud and independently. 

1.9Di (K.8Di, 2.9Di) Recognize the central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance.

This resource relates to the following Common Core Standards:

RL.1.2(K.2, 2.2) Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

RL.1.3(K.3, 2.3) Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

RL.1.7(K.7, 2.7) Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

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