Wishtree by Katherine Applegate - Wishtree Novel Study Questions - Activities

This Wishtree Novel Study unit contains a complete unit for Wishtree by Newberry Award winner Katherine Applegate. These Wishtree activities are perfect for an interactive notebook and contain graphic organizers, Wishtree questions, and printable assignments. These Wishtree questions focus on reading comprehension and encourage students to think critically and engage with text.

All activities include lots of opportunities for differentiated instruction and reading strategy practice - creative handouts, graphic organizers, detailed instructions, and templates! These can easily be put together into a student packet for independent learning or literature circles. Very little teacher prep is needed – simply print and teach!

Resources included in this package can be easily aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

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This creative and engaging 100+ page package includes the following:

⭐Reading and Comprehension Strategy Based Questions: These handouts include a variety of Reading Strategy and Comprehension Strategy based questions, and require students to really THINK about the reading. Students are asked to make predictions, inferences, and connections (text to self, text to world, and text to text). Students are asked to visualize, through words and illustrations. Activities relating to summarizing, synthesizing, determining importance, and questioning are also included.

⭐Reading Response Posters: A full set of reading response posters are included. Students answer the questions and color the graphics. These are great additions to interactive notebooks, and make gorgeous classroom displays. 3 different pages for each key reading and comprehension strategy are included - connecting, summarizing, visualizing, determining importance, synthesizing, inferring, and questioning.

⭐Wishtree Comprehension Questions: A full set of comprehension questions for each section is included. DETAILED ANSWER KEY INCLUDED!

⭐Wishtree Graphic Organizers: Lots of different graphic organizers to go along with the novel are included. Students can use these at any point during their reading, or as review at the end of the novel. These make great additions to Interactive Notebooks!

⭐Vocabulary Lists and Activities: A full set of vocabulary words, broken up into chapter groups, are included, along with several different vocabulary activities to use along with them.

⭐Writing Prompts: Several different writing prompts to go along with the novel are included. Students can use them to respond to text while reading, or can complete them as review at the end of the novel.

⭐Cover Page: A cover page for your novel study is included

⭐Class Bookmark: A fun bookmark to print, color, and use along with the book is included.

⭐Interactive Notebook Information: Several pages on Interactive Notebooks are included - a great resource to help you plan your student notebooks.

⭐Foldables: Several different foldables to use along with the novel are included. These are great for Interactive Notebooks!

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Thank you so much for putting together a wonderful novel study product! I love that it includes multi-level questions that prompted students to develop deeper and meaningful responses to their reading. I will definitely use this product again in the future!"

- AnnMarie L

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"This resource is very simple to pick up and use right away. It has many excellent activities to support reading the novel. I love the use of art incorporated into the reading responses. Students enjoy the element of choice in these activities. I also love that some of the sheets can be used with other books"

-Tara T

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-Maureen P

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"So many different things to do. Can't wait to get started on this novel study. Best one I have purchased so far. Thank you!"
-Megan M

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