"The City of Ember" Novel Study

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau will have your students begging you to keep reading. The novel follows the two main characters, Lina and Doon through a riveting tale where everything is not exactly how it seems. Lina and Doon find that they have been living in an underground world, created years earlier by the "Builders" so that a part of the population could escape disaster. This is a great novel for literature circles, a whole-class literature study or simply a read-aloud.

This 37-page novel study integrates all aspects of the reading process into engaging activities. It includes comprehension questions, motivating graphic organizers, writing assignments, parts of speech activities and art integration. Teachers may choose to use some of the activities as a basis for discussion, also.

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"Among the Hidden" novel study

Among the Hidden is a young adult novel written by Margaret Peterson Haddix. The novel takes place in a time where families are limited to two children and population is controlled by the Population Police. The main character, Luke, is a third child, or "shadow" child who lives his life in isolation until he meets another third child who convinces him differently.

This novel study includes 40 pages of exciting activities to complete before, during and after reading. Included are pre-reading activities, comprehension questions and questions involving higher-order-thinking. End-of-chapter questions are included for each two to three chapters, as well as engaging graphic organizers that encourage students to sequence events, infer and re-tell.

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