My Brother Sam is Dead - 15 Chapter-by-Chapter Fun and Engaging Activities
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Grade Levels
4th - 7th
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Standards
CCSSRL.4.1
CCSSRL.4.2
CCSSRL.4.6
CCSSRL.5.1
CCSSRL.5.2
Formats Included
- PDF
Pages
54 (including cover pages)
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Description
If you’re looking for engaging and educational activities that will help your students deepen their understanding of the novel, My Brother Sam is Dead, then you’re in luck! This lesson and activity packet is filled with chapter-by-chapter plans and worksheets that will help your students connect to, analyze, predict, investigate, synthesize, evaluate and comprehend the novel.
The chapter-by-chapter activities tap into different learning styles and require students to become actively involved with their reading. Whether students are participating in small group discussions, creating character silhouettes, performing scenes from the novel, or writing poems, they’ll be having fun! Many of the activities result in work that can be displayed and showcased in your classroom.
Each activity is easily adaptable to an in-class activity, homework assignment, or authentic assessment.
Includes:
Pre-Read – Pre-Write Activity
Chapter 1 – Opinion Statements and Justification Activity
Chapter 2 – Character Analysis and Silhouette
Chapter 3 – Admiration Connection and Display
Chapter 4 – Small Group Discussions
Chapter 5 – Draw to Show Understanding
Chapter 6 – Perform a Chapter
Chapter 7 – War’s Impact Analysis
Chapter 8 – Compare and Contrast Characters Activity
Chapter 9 – Evidence-Based Predictions
Chapter 10 – Connection Chain
Chapter 11 – Historical Poem
Chapter 12 – Visual Theme
Chapter 13 – Character Transformation Analysis
End – Theme Representation and Discussion
These activities connect directly to Common Core Learning Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2 , CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6
FYI: - Check out this Expository Writing Unit . It's a perfect companion to the novel. In it, students learn about expository writing and then write their own news story about an event during the Revolutionary War. Check it out HERE.
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The chapter-by-chapter activities tap into different learning styles and require students to become actively involved with their reading. Whether students are participating in small group discussions, creating character silhouettes, performing scenes from the novel, or writing poems, they’ll be having fun! Many of the activities result in work that can be displayed and showcased in your classroom.
Each activity is easily adaptable to an in-class activity, homework assignment, or authentic assessment.
Includes:
Pre-Read – Pre-Write Activity
Chapter 1 – Opinion Statements and Justification Activity
Chapter 2 – Character Analysis and Silhouette
Chapter 3 – Admiration Connection and Display
Chapter 4 – Small Group Discussions
Chapter 5 – Draw to Show Understanding
Chapter 6 – Perform a Chapter
Chapter 7 – War’s Impact Analysis
Chapter 8 – Compare and Contrast Characters Activity
Chapter 9 – Evidence-Based Predictions
Chapter 10 – Connection Chain
Chapter 11 – Historical Poem
Chapter 12 – Visual Theme
Chapter 13 – Character Transformation Analysis
End – Theme Representation and Discussion
These activities connect directly to Common Core Learning Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2 , CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6
FYI: - Check out this Expository Writing Unit . It's a perfect companion to the novel. In it, students learn about expository writing and then write their own news story about an event during the Revolutionary War. Check it out HERE.
You may also like...
Independent Reading Program
Memoir Study and Writing Unit
"Casey at the Bat" Unit
Following is Fun!
Get the inside scoop on all store discounts, free products, and product launches. Just click the green “Follow Me” star under my store name on this page or click the green “Follow Me” star on my store homepage.
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Total Pages
54 (including cover pages)
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
2 Weeks
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Standards
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CCSSRL.4.1
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSSRL.4.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
CCSSRL.4.6
Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
CCSSRL.5.1
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSSRL.5.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
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