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World history Common Core L.3.1 activities

Teaching Guide for The Genie's Gift, middle grade historical fantasy

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The Genie’s Gift is a lighthearted action novel set in the fifteenth-century Middle East, drawing on the mythology of The Arabian Nights. Shy and timid Anise determines to find the Genie Shakayak and claim the Gift of Sweet Speech. But the way is barred by a series of challenges, both ordinary and magical. How will Anise get past a vicious she-ghoul, a sorceress who turns people to stone, and mysterious sea monsters, when she can’t even speak in front of strangers? “The kids in my class were s

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Literature, World History

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.3.6

, RL.4.3

, RL.4.6

, RL.5.1