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Use Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein to turn your read aloud or small group work into a time to improve comprehension and talk about the text in purposeful ways.

Meet twelve year-old Kyle who, along with a few of his classmates, has won a chance to spend the night in the town's new library before it opens to the public. What this group of students doesn't realize, is that the over-night is really a race against the clock to solve numerous riddles and see who can get out of the library first. This engaging, relatable mystery is perfect for a Book Club focused on making inferences to learn more about the setting, characters, and author's purpose, and to solve the riddles and figure out how to escape the library.

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Meeting 1

When readers add clues in the text to their related background knowledge, they have a recipe for making logical inferences. This first Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Book Club meeting draws parallels between the inferences that students make in their everyday lives, and inferences that they make while reading.

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Meeting 2

Author Chris Grabenstein's Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library is perfect for practicing making inferences about the setting of the story. Specifically, readers will look for clues the author provided in the language that the characters use and the items that he put in the environment (computers, video games, etc.).

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Meeting 3

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library has a varied cast of characters; each with his/her own unique personality. Author Chris Grabenstein does a remarkable job of using each character's thoughts, dialogue, and actions to "show" the reader who each character really is. When readers pay attention to these important clues, they can make meaningful inferences that allow them to become more involved in the story.

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Meeting 4

Because logical inferences are more than just a guess at what is happening in the story, readers need to be able to cite the evidence in the text that is shaping their thinking. This Escape form Mr. Lemoncello's Library Book Club meeting introduces students to sentence starters to use when making inferences. This handy bookmark can be used by readers not only with this text, but also with with any book they read in the future.

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Meeting 5

Beyond understanding the setting and characters better, readers make inferences to determine the author's purpose. The strong messages that author Chris Grabenstein included related to friendship, teamwork, and bullying are all easily identifiable when readers follow the clues in Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library.

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Meeting 6

As the reader tries to escape the library with the characters, he/she must make inferences about how all the clues fit together to solve the mystery. When readers make the same type of inference repeatedly, they can use this recurring information to draw conclusions about the characters, setting, author's purpose, or how to escape and win the race.

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Meeting 7

This final Book Club meeting provides an opportunity for students to showcase the knowledge they gained related to making inferences while reading Chris Grabenstein's Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library. The culminating activity encourages students to write an essay to the selection committee about why they should be chosen for the next great escape!

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Focus Assessment and Rubric

Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with making inferences.

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Comprehension Assessment with Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library

This 9 question Common Core aligned assessment can be used to determine students' overall comprehension of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and their mastery of the Common Core State Standards.

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Running Record with Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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About the Book

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Title: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library

Author: Chris Grabenstein

Genre: Mystery

Themes: Adventure

ISBN: 9780141387673

Publisher's Summary:

Kyle Keeley is the class clown and a huge fan of all games - board games, word games, and particularly video games. His hero, Luigi Lemoncello, the most famous and creative gamemaker in the world, just so happens to be the genius behind the town's brand-new super library that is as much a home for tech and trickery as it is for stories. Kyle is lucky enough to win a coveted spot as one of twelve kids invited for a puzzle-packed lock-in on the library's opening night, hosted by Mr. Lemoncello. But when morning comes, the doors stay locked. Kyle and the other kids must solve every clue and figure out every secret riddle to find the hidden escape route . . . !

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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library