The Jumbies Tracey Baptiste | Discussion Questions |Vocabulary (Editable)
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Description
A Common Core-aligned set of discussion questions & vocabulary activities for use with the novel, The Jumbies, by Tracey Baptiste. Prompts appear in order of complexity, and simplified language appears in parentheses (delete or modify as needed). The resource is editable so you can pick and choose which elements and prompts will work best for you.
After purchase you will download a PDF with a link to the resource a Google doc.
Resource Components & Features
LITERATURE RESPONSE QUESTIONS
A set of 5-8 questions for each chapter of the novel. Grouped for differentiated instruction, prompts are split into these three sections:
- The Comprehending questions ask about plot.
- The Analyzing questions ask students to draw conclusions and support their thinking with textual evidence.
- The Connecting prompts ask students to explore how their own worlds and lives reflect themes and raise questions that surface in the book.
Though the elements of horror in the novel are tween-appropriate, the book does raise some tough and complicated questions about violence, family, and the legacy of the Atlantic slave trade. The literature response prompts ask students to grapple with and reflect on personal experience with themes the reading raises.
Literature Responses are available in both digital and printer-friendly formats.
VOCABULARY
Each chapter’s vocabulary words are available as illustrated study sheets with easy to understand definitions. Practice games for each chapter’s vocabulary words are available to play on Kahoot. Find the list & game links in the Vocabulary section of each literature response.
EDITABLE CONTENT & FLEXIBLE FORMATTING
This resource is a Google document, so you can easily modify anything here to fit your own class’s needs. Have students make their own digital copies of the unit to use as interactive notebooks and/or differentiate instruction by assigning selected activities to individual students or groups. If you are new to Google docs, check the quick tips for navigating and editing this rsource here.
NOTE: This Google doc includes links to other Google docs. To edit those, make your own copy of the linked doc first then edit your copy. If you want students to click your edited version, make sure to replace the old link with your new one in the doc students will access.
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