Ghost Boys Novel Study Digital + Printable Book Unit (Jewell Parker Rhodes)

Are you looking for an all-in-one unit for Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes? Look no further. This comprehensive digital + printable unit includes vocabulary practice, comprehension quizzes/chapter questions, constructed response writing prompts, skill practice, and language arts lessons. This unit includes a tie-in nonfictional text with activities to practice informational comprehension and writing.

Lessons are aligned to the Common Core Standards for grades 5–6.

Check out all three Ghost Boys Book Unit versions to determine which best fits your teaching needs and style.

Version #1: This product contains the entire printable version + digital resources.

Version #2: This product contains the entire printable version.

Version #3: This product contains printable resources for vocabulary practice, comprehension quizzes, and constructed response writing prompts with organizers for planning.

✨ Digital Activities for Google Slides

Open-ended questions, such as constructed response questions and skill lessons are provided through Google Slides.

✨ Digital Activities for Boom Learning

Multiple-choice, matching, etc. type questions are provided through Boom Learning. Vocabulary practice and comprehension quizzes have been created using Boom Learning. Boom practice also includes decks on sequencing, foreshadowing, figurative language, and paragraph writing.

✏️PRINTABLE RESOURCES

Lesson Plans at a Glance

Vocabulary

• List (22 focus words – one from each chapter)
• Bookmarks
• Word Cards
• Practice Booklet (12-page booklet)
• Test

Comprehension and Writing

• 11 Comprehension Quizzes (1 for every 3 chapters) with multiple choice, sequencing, matching, and short answer
• 14 Constructed Response Writing Questions with Organizers for Planning Answers

Language Arts and Reading Skills

• Figurative Language Organizers
• Flashback and Foreshadowing

Informational Text Tie-In Mini Unit [RI.5.5, RI.5.6, and RI.6.9]

Skills include:

• Using a Venn Diagram
• Using a T-Chart
• Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts
• Organizing Information into an Outline to Write a Short One-Page Essay Comparing 2 to 5 Related Accounts or Related Topics
• Three Methods for Writing a Compare Essay

Compare and Contrast Writing topics include:

• Great Chicago Fire
• Accounts of Police Shootings
• Tamir Rice to Fictional Account of Jerome Rodgers from Ghost Boys
• Chicago in 1871 to Today
• Cities in the US – New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago
• Chicago’s Professional Sports Teams
• Modes of Transportation in Chicago
• Facts and Myths about the Great Chicago Fire

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