The Dark Is Rising: An Instructional Guide for Literature
Item 40203
Grade 4-8
ISBN 9781425889760
Language English
The Dark Is Rising: An Instructional Guide for Literature introduces students to the Newbery Honor and Carnegie Medal Honor Book. This resource will aid students in comprehending this intriguing story, and engage them as they analyze Will's journey to defeat the dark. Appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities were written to support this story, and incorporate research-based literacy skills to help students become thorough readers. The lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and much more. Add rigor to your students' explorations of rich and complex literature with this resource.
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The Dark Is Rising Vocabulary Activities
These vocabulary activities for The Dark Is Rising incorporate key skills for college and career readiness. The activities integrate vocabulary with a study of the text. Includes text-dependent questions, definitions, and text-based sentences.
Item Number:40203_01
ISBN:9781480795075
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The Dark Is Rising Leveled Comprehension Questions
These leveled discussion questions about The Dark Is Rising require students to read closely, make connections, and share their analyses. Included are leveled comprehension questions and suggested answers.
Item Number:40203_02
ISBN:9781480795082
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The Dark Is Rising Reader Response Writing Prompts
Students respond to The Dark Is Rising through writing. Various writing prompts, which require students to make connections, are provided. Narrative, opinion/argument, and informative/explanatory prompts are included.
Item Number:40203_03
ISBN:9781480795099
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The Dark Is Rising Close Reading and Text-Dependent Questions
Students analyze The Dark Is Rising using key skills for college and career readiness. Close reading of the text is required to answer text-dependent questions. Included are student pages with the text-dependent questions as well as suggested answers.
Item Number:40203_04
ISBN:9781480795105
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The Dark Is Rising Making Cross-Curricular Connections
These cross-curricular activities for The Dark Is Rising incorporate key skills for college and career readiness. The activities integrate literature with social studies, science, mathematics, and more. Activity pages engage and challenge students.
Item Number:40203_05
ISBN:9781480795112
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The Dark Is Rising Studying the Story Elements
Students will enjoy studying the story elements of The Dark Is Rising. Through these engaging activities, students create products to share their understanding of the characters, plots, and settings of the novel.
Item Number:40203_06
ISBN:9781480795129
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The Dark Is Rising Post-Reading Activities
These assessment questions for The Dark Is Rising are modeled after current testing models requiring students to revisit the text for answers. Students have to support their opinions and inferences with examples from the text.
Item Number:40203_07
ISBN:9781480795136
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The Dark Is Rising Comprehension Assessment
These assessment questions for The Dark Is Rising are modeled after current testing models requiring students to revisit the text for answers. Students have to support their opinions and inferences with examples from the text.
Item Number:40203_08
ISBN:9781480795143
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Lara C.
Jan. 9, 2018
There are great question stems and activities for the sections in the book. I have found this to be very helpful in planning.