The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - An Instructional Guide for Literature

Grades 4-12.

Readers will be eager to analyze the well-known story of Tom Sawyer by completing fun, challenging activities and lessons provided in this instructional guide for literature. Exploring story elements in multiple ways, close reading and text-based vocabulary practice, and determining meaning through text-dependent questions are just a few of the many skills students will walk away with after interacting with the rigorous and appealing cross-curricular lessons and activities in this resource. Each activity and lesson works in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend complex literature. Correlated to the academic standards of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Dependents Schools, and all Canadian provinces. Teacher plan and student pages are broken down in sections or chapters depending on the book. Questions are written at two levels of complexity to allow the teacher to decide which questions best meet the needs of their students. In each section of lesson plans teachers will see activities to use literature as a writing prompt. 72 pages.