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Ready for an Esperanza Rising novel study that you can prep in minutes instead of all weekend? Ready to engage your students in reading Esperanza Rising with reading comprehension questions that spark deep thinking? How about top-notch Esperanza Rising activites as easy as hitting the print button? This no-prep novel study for Esperanza Rising is exactly what you’re looking for!

This no-prep Esperanza Rising novel study by Pam Nunoz Ryan includes vocabulary and reading comprehension questions by chapter. The activities in this Esperanza Rising novel study also include the opportunity to practice reading strategies, reading comprehension skills, literacy skills, respond to writing prompts, and review language skills. 

The flexible format makes it a breeze to assign reading comprehension skills to match the needs of your students, the literacy concepts most in need of reinforcing, or even the reading and writing skills demanded by the curriculum calendar.

WHAT’S INSIDE THIS ESPERANZA RISING NOVEL STUDY? 

Teaching instructions and ideas for implementing in your classroom

13 assignments for vocabulary and comprehension questions by chapter

19 reading skills assignments including:

• visualization
• inference
• prediction
• similes and metaphors
• sensory images
• connecting to text
• summarization
• generating questions
• character traits
• main idea and details
• compare and contrast
• cause and effect
• fact and opinion
• figurative language
• quests
• elements of plot
• signposts
• plot diagram
• theme

8 writing prompts and response pages including:

• response to reading (3 options)
• letter writing
• poetry
• persuasive writing
• narrative writing
• how-to writing

4 language/grammar skills including:

• nouns
• verbs
• adjectives and antonyms
• adverbs

The open-ended questions encourage deep thinking and result in varying student answers, therefore AN ANSWER KEY IS NOT INCLUDED.

A link to the bonus Google Slides digital version of this Esperanza Rising novel study is included.

You will absolutely love this Esperanza Rising novel study because it works well as a distance learning alternative, in a Daily 5/CAFE setting, as a literature circle reading group log, as well as in a traditionally structured reading class. Or even leave it as a reading activity for the substitute.

Quick and easy…just print and pass out! The ease of prep and format make this Esperanza Rising novel study perfect for Read with Someone stations, independent classwork, or send-home packets. Students will be eagerly interacting with the text and growing as readers! The hardest part of this Esperanza Rising novel study will be keeping students from reading ahead.

What teachers just like you are saying about novel studies by Curious Classroom Adventures:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  “Wonderful novel study. I use what works for my students and don’t use what I don’t need. There is so much provided, I can make that choice. Thank you!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  “Loved this! The kids were engaged and looked forward to what was next.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  “This was a great novel study. The questions were clustered in nice, readable chunks for the students.  They were also well-thought-out questions, not just easy comprehension questions.  It also looks fun and inviting to the students.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  “I love how this novel study accesses higher-order thinking skills. Will be using this as a book study with my enrichment students. Thank you for saving me so much time. 🙂 ”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  “An excellent novel study with a comprehensive abundance of activities and skills. I really enjoyed using it with my class this year.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I appreciated all the CCSS-aligned content. This is definitely a novel study I can use year after year, focusing on a variety of standards.”

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