Life As We Knew It Quizzes, Inference Worksheets, Research Project, and Test (Bundle)
This low-prep bundle covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer contains all the formative and summative assessments teachers need to assess general reading comprehension, support the development of close reading analysis skills, and facilitate student research on a range of relevant topics. Included are six plot-based multiple choice quizzes, six short answer alternate quiz options, twenty-one close reading worksheets, research project materials, an end-of-unit test, and answer keys for everything. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive bundle option is available.) By engaging with these resources, students will have opportunities to perform the following tasks:
Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly
Define complex words as they are used in the text
Isolate examples of figurative language
Explain the intended effect of figurative language in context
Explore how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact
Compare and contrast Miranda's childhood with her mother's
Apply knowledge of literary devices including idiom, pun, metaphor, simile, alliteration, allusion, onomatopoeia, cliché, euphemism, paradox, hyperbole, epiphany, juxtaposition, personification, foreshadowing, symbolism, situational irony, verbal irony, and dramatic irony
Determine the tone of given passages
Examine a significant shift in narrative tone
Discern the functions of given passages
Identify several narrative techniques that contribute to the development of suspense
Explore a range of relevant themes
Articulate connections between a research topic and the assigned novel
Develop successful methods of recording information
Evaluate the credibility of source work, taking into consideration readability, timeliness, relevance, expertise, and bias
Apply conventions of MLA formatting
Correctly site resources to avoid plagiarism
Organize information in a cohesive manner, using a note-taking system that includes summary, paraphrasing, and quoted material
Analyze, synthesize, and integrate information, generating a thoughtfully comprehensive report, free of generalities and redundancies
Respond to an essay prompt requiring students to examine the protagonist's emotional growth and transformation into a genuine hero
Cite relevant textual evidence in support of claims
Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Materials are available for teaching a variety of young adult and dystopian novels:
This low-prep bundle covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer contains all the formative and summative assessments teachers need to assess general reading comprehension, support the development of close reading analysis skills, and facilitate student research on a range of relevant topics. Included are six plot-based multiple choice quizzes, six short answer alternate quiz options, twenty-one close reading worksheets, research project materials, an end-of-unit test, and answer keys for everything. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive bundle option is available.) By engaging with these resources, students will have opportunities to perform the following tasks:
Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly
Define complex words as they are used in the text
Isolate examples of figurative language
Explain the intended effect of figurative language in context
Explore how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact
Compare and contrast Miranda's childhood with her mother's
Apply knowledge of literary devices including idiom, pun, metaphor, simile, alliteration, allusion, onomatopoeia, cliché, euphemism, paradox, hyperbole, epiphany, juxtaposition, personification, foreshadowing, symbolism, situational irony, verbal irony, and dramatic irony
Determine the tone of given passages
Examine a significant shift in narrative tone
Discern the functions of given passages
Identify several narrative techniques that contribute to the development of suspense
Explore a range of relevant themes
Articulate connections between a research topic and the assigned novel
Develop successful methods of recording information
Evaluate the credibility of source work, taking into consideration readability, timeliness, relevance, expertise, and bias
Apply conventions of MLA formatting
Correctly site resources to avoid plagiarism
Organize information in a cohesive manner, using a note-taking system that includes summary, paraphrasing, and quoted material
Analyze, synthesize, and integrate information, generating a thoughtfully comprehensive report, free of generalities and redundancies
Respond to an essay prompt requiring students to examine the protagonist's emotional growth and transformation into a genuine hero
Cite relevant textual evidence in support of claims
Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Materials are available for teaching a variety of young adult and dystopian novels:
This low-prep bundle covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer contains all the formative and summative assessments teachers need to assess general reading comprehension, support the development of close reading analysis skills, and facilitate student research on a range of relevant topics. Included are six plot-based multiple choice quizzes, six short answer alternate quiz options, twenty-one close reading worksheets, research project materials, an end-of-unit test, and answer keys for everything. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive bundle option is available.) By engaging with these resources, students will have opportunities to perform the following tasks:
Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly
Define complex words as they are used in the text
Isolate examples of figurative language
Explain the intended effect of figurative language in context
Explore how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact
Compare and contrast Miranda's childhood with her mother's
Apply knowledge of literary devices including idiom, pun, metaphor, simile, alliteration, allusion, onomatopoeia, cliché, euphemism, paradox, hyperbole, epiphany, juxtaposition, personification, foreshadowing, symbolism, situational irony, verbal irony, and dramatic irony
Determine the tone of given passages
Examine a significant shift in narrative tone
Discern the functions of given passages
Identify several narrative techniques that contribute to the development of suspense
Explore a range of relevant themes
Articulate connections between a research topic and the assigned novel
Develop successful methods of recording information
Evaluate the credibility of source work, taking into consideration readability, timeliness, relevance, expertise, and bias
Apply conventions of MLA formatting
Correctly site resources to avoid plagiarism
Organize information in a cohesive manner, using a note-taking system that includes summary, paraphrasing, and quoted material
Analyze, synthesize, and integrate information, generating a thoughtfully comprehensive report, free of generalities and redundancies
Respond to an essay prompt requiring students to examine the protagonist's emotional growth and transformation into a genuine hero
Cite relevant textual evidence in support of claims
Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Materials are available for teaching a variety of young adult and dystopian novels:
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This low-prep bundle covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer contains all the formative and summative assessments teachers need to assess general reading comprehension, support the development of close reading analysis skills, and facilitate student research on a range of relevant topics. Included are six plot-based multiple choice quizzes, six short answer alternate quiz options, twenty-one close reading worksheets, research project materials, an end-of-unit test, and answer keys for everything.