India: A Trilogy of Novel Studies (Lesson Plans)

A collection of Curriculum Units set in the country of India:

Lion: A Long Way Home (Saroo Brierley)

Homeless Bird (Gloria Whelan)

The Night Diary (Veela Hiranandani)

The novel studies are presented chapter-by-chapter and include:

- Before You Read,

- Vocabulary,

- Comprehension Questions (including many higher-level thinking questions);

- Extension Activities.

The novel study includes everything needed to teach the novel including concepts / activities such as: setting, literary devices, research assignments, cloze activities, creative writing assignments, character studies, parts of speech, analogies, synonyms & antonyms, crossword and word search puzzles, studies in conflict, constructing a storyboard and sequence chart.

Answer Keys are included.

Many Links with the Common Core Standards (U.S.)

You may wish to check out Island of the Blue Dolphins – a free offering on Teachers Pay Teachers done by the author in the same format as this novel study.

The writer of these novel studies has had more than 60 curriculum units published. These are available in many stores for teachers.