Students explore the ways conflict leads to motivation and action in the novel. Conflict and Motivation Graphic Organizer.Students find evidence in the text to demonstrate character traits. Linking events, connotation and denotation, going beyond the novel. Making inferences, working with vocabulary, making predictions. Making predictions, connotations and denotations. Students monitor their reading, work with synonyms and connotations, and make predictions. Adobe Reader required for these resources.īackground information, character list, vocabulary words. Dragon's Bloodĭragon's Blood Reading Skills and Strategies. Designed for grade 7, includes handouts and assessment. This four-day lesson plan, days 2-5 in a unit, is centered around the question of why and how the shifting setting in the novel The Devil's Arithmetic affects both the characters and the plot. Setting and Plot in The Devil's Arithmetic In this interview Yolen begins by discussing time travel in science fiction, then moves to its relationship to The Devil's Arithmetic and life.

Reading strategies for approaching the novel such as an anticipation guide and guided imagery, and activities such as analyzing passages or creating a timeline.

Reading strategies including an anticipation guide and a writing task using a different point of view. Yolen discusses controversy related to Briar Rose and other works. Bird Watch: a Book of PoetryĪ Book Review and a Discussion with Jane Yolen, Author This document is very large let it load completely before you work with it. It includes pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading questions, a counting activity, and a take-home activity. A series of 8 short video interviews with Jane Yolenīiography, bibliography, video clips, and transcript.

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