The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Book Unit: Hybrid Novel Study Activities

This 10-day City of Ember novel study unit will save time and help your students build essential reading comprehension skills. Ideal for literature circles or book clubs, each day's work is purposefully aligned to the text and targets one key comprehension skill and a single text-based vocabulary word.

The City of Ember Novel Companion includes both print & digital versions of the student response questions and is designed with differentiation in mind. It won't overwhelm your readers with countless chapter questions that just require them to regurgitate the text, making it an ideal format to use with struggling or reluctant learners

Standards-aligned & perfect for novel studies, small group book clubs or lit circles, independent reading, or as a way to monitor and teach during a read aloud.

Your download includes:

• Instructional planning guide

• 2 paper-saving novel study trifolds - up to 10 instructional days - color & blackline

• 2 weekly Word of the Day Flip Books for text-based vocabulary

• Matching cut & paste comprehension prompts for interactive journals

• Easy-to-follow directions for printing & prep

• Trifold Answer keys

• Digital student response sheets in Google Slides - perfect for the digital classroom

Comprehension Skills addressed:

Skills addressed:

✔Character Traits & Changes over Time

✔Analyzing Text Quotes

✔Compare and Contrast

✔Author's Craft - mood, perspective

✔Summarizing

✔Cause & Effect

✔Inferring

✔Theme

And more!

Benefits of Trifolds over Traditional Novel Units:

❑ Foldable format provides novelty and encourages student engagement

❑ Daily comprehension focus builds reading comprehension skills vs. plot recall

❑ Less overwhelming to reluctant readers and writers

❑ Requires deep analysis and application of text-based knowledge

❑ Encourages discussion about skills & strategies

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