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Someplace to Call Home Novel Study Questions Google Slides™ Compatible

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Grade Levels
3rd - 6th, Homeschool
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Pages
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Great resource to use for in class discussions to help my students understand and think through what they are reading.

Description

This product includes 112 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts on cards for studying the novel Someplace to Call Home written by Sandra Dallas. This book is an engaging historical fiction novel with many important themes. This story opens the door to many important discussion opportunities for students within the classroom and beyond.

  • Book Themes: Family, Great Depression, Bullying, Self-Awareness, Empathy, Dust Bowl

  • This book is an especially useful vehicle for addressing a wide range of TEKS and Common Core standards and the questions provided allow differentiation and adaptation of how the book is used to address these standards in discussion, presentation, and composition.

  • This resource is great for classroom discussion, literature circles, book clubs, novel studies, task cards, book challenges, reflection journals, and/or student writing prompts.

  • This product is compatible with Google Slides™ and can be shared with your students. The resource can also be added to Google Classroom™. Further information is included in the product.

  • The questions are in order and labeled by chapter for chapter-specific questions.

  • General questions exploring themes, structure, literary elements, vocabulary, text connections, and the author's craft are included without reference to specific chapters.

  • The questions in this resource are purposefully designed for discussion and reflection. The questions prompt students to think critically about the story, share observations, express their understanding, and make connections and applications while exploring literary elements.

  • This resource is appropriate for use by:
    • Students
    • Classroom teachers
    • Reading teachers and reading specialists
    • Language therapists
    • Librarians
    • Parents
    • Tutors
    • Counselors
    • Individuals who work with students to encourage a love for reading!

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Total Pages
38 pages
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Teaching Duration
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Last updated Mar 13th, 2021
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).
Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.

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