SHADES OF GRAY Novel Study Unit: Common Core Aligned

This post Civil War novel grabs the attention of students from the beginning. Here are questions and activities for every chapter:

- reading comprehension,

- fact retrieval,

- cause and effect,

- problem/solution,

- character analysis,

- opinion/validation,

and more.

There are no answers provided for these questions.

There is a quiz for each of the following:

Ch. 1 to 6;

Ch. 7 to 10;

Ch. 11 to 13;

Ch. 14 to 17

ANSWER KEYS INCLUDED.

There are vocabulary and spelling worksheets, and a mini-lesson and extensive worksheets for using past tense verbs, as past tense is discussed within the student responses - CCSS RL6.

Within the chapter responses there are charts for evaluating situations, a Venn diagram assignment, group and independent speaking opportunities, map making, and more.

I include an essential question on student hand-out stationery.

The poet Henry Timrod was considered the "poet laureate of the Confederacy." Here is a short lesson on his work that I sell.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Henry-Timrod-Poetry-Study-Unit-4434448

CCSS - ELA included in this unit:

RL 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 CCSS 6.7.8 Check List for RL skills included.

W 1, 2, 4, 5, 10

L 2b, 4a, c 5a, b

SL 1a, b, c