Description
Tale of Despereaux, The by Kate DiCamillo
Tale of Despereaux, The: A Novel Teaching Guide is a one-hundred-and-seven page resource for teaching Kate DiCamillo’s 2004 Newbery Medal Winner with eight different components.
Tale of Despereaux, The: A Novel Teaching Guide components
Detailed CHAPTER SUMMARIES written in bulleted format for easy reference.
PREREADING activities and ideas with a bulletin board suggestion.
VOCABULARY with word lists, definitions, dictionary activities, and usage worksheets.
Chapter-by-chapter SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS that require detailed factual responses.
A series of OBJECTIVE TESTS that cover the novel as chapter-by-chapter quizzes and as a whole book test and check for basic story comprehension. Students will find it necessary to read the material carefully and thoroughly for FACTUAL CONTENT in order to score well on these tests.
THINK, WRITE, CREATE open-ended prompts, both chapter-by-chapter and whole book, that require students to engage the HIGHER LEVEl THINKING SKILLS of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS for writing based on specific novel events or characters.
Full ANSWER KEYS.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Tale of Despereaux, The: A Novel Teaching Guide described above contains ALL of the material available in each of the following purchase options. Individual components are offered for those customers who do not wish to purchase the full Teaching Guide. Please do not unintentionally duplicate your order.
