Description
If you want your students to do an in-depth The Wednesday Wars novel study, but you don’t want to give up your weekends digging for historical context videos, designing partner and group activities, and writing critical thinking comprehension questions, you are in luck! This no-prep novel study for The Wednesday Wars does all this and more! This comprehensive novel study for The Wednesday Wars includes the following resources for each chapter:
Teacher Instructions for The Wednesday Wars Novel Study:
- week-at-a-glance timeline
- Instructions for facilitating the in-class group discussion
- answer keys for comprehension questions
Pre-reading Slides and Worksheets for The Wednesday Wars Novel Study:
- Links to historical context videos about the people, places, and ideas of the late 1960s
- Background knowledge of any Shakespeare works alluded to in the chapter
- Vocabulary words for the chapter
- A snapshot summary of the chapter–think of it as the Netflix snippet on an episode that gives you just enough of a framework to anticipate what is coming without giving away any of the juicy details.
- A literary analysis focus to consider while reading
- A note-taking page for recording vocabulary and other big ideas
Comprehension Slides and Worksheets for The Wednesday Wars Novel Study:
- Critical thinking comprehension and discussion questions
- An interactive group activity to make the discussion engaging for students
- Comprehension questions in worksheet format just in case your students need that accountability to stay on task
Post-Reading Slides and Worksheets for The Wednesday Wars Novel Study:
- A fun, interactive group task for extension and relating to the text
If you’d like to try this Wednesday Wars Novel Study before you buy, Chapter 1-September is a FREE DOWNLOAD.
This novel study also comes with assessment ideas including a real-life application scenario (complete with a grading rubric) and prompts for traditional literary analysis essays.
Your students will love studying The Wednesday Wars with this novel study because the lively discussion questions offer them a fun alternative that truly gets them to discuss the book.
As a teacher you’ll love this study because it doesn’t require a lot of grading! Listening in on their answer to the discussion questions throughout the unit is a great way to collect all formative assessment information you need. You’ll also find that the true summative assessment at the end of the novel with an easy-to-follow grading rubric brings all their learning together and allows them to showcase their new knowledge and skills. Since the daily discussion questions are designed to be interactive and formative activities, a written answer key is not provided for those. However, a paper and pencil version of the discussion questions, vocabulary, and notes are included for teachers and students that need that daily accountability.
This The Wednesday Wars novel study includes PowerPoint slides, which can also be added to your Google Drive as Google Slides for Google Classroom users. There is also a PDF version of the slides. The novel study slides can be used as full lessons on their own, but there are worksheet versions of the comprehension questions as well as note taking guides and any other supplemental materials that you might want in a B&W printed version.
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