I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 Book Club Focused on Story Elements
I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 Book Club Focused on Story Elements
This is the story of Lucas, a boy who loves football and whose father is a firefighter in New York City. When his parents tell Lucas he can no longer play football, he takes the train by himself into the city to talk about it with his dad's best friend, Benny, a firefighter and former football star. Just as he arrives, a disaster unlike any the United States has ever known hits downtown Manhattan. Like all of the books in the I Survived Series, this chapter book is the perfect blend of fact and fiction. The author's sequencing of events creates a fast-paced historical fiction that students will enjoy reading, making it a smart choice for mini lessons focused on sequence of events and conflict and resolution.
- Included in this resource
- Lesson plans for 4 book club meetings focused on Story Elements
- Chapter by chapter discussion questions and key vocabulary
- Book Club calendar
- Conversation prompts
- Student self-evaluations forms
- Reading response board
- Culminating activity
- Instructional focus assessment, answer key, and rubric
- Note: This set of instructional resources is for use with the book I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 by Lauren Tarshis. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
This is the story of Lucas, a boy who loves football and whose father is a firefighter in New York City. When his parents tell Lucas he can no longer play football, he takes the train by himself into the city to talk about it with his dad's best friend, Benny, a firefighter and former football star. Just as he arrives, a disaster unlike any the United States has ever known hits downtown Manhattan. Like all of the books in the I Survived Series, this chapter book is the perfect blend of fact and fiction. The author's sequencing of events creates a fast-paced historical fiction that students will enjoy reading, making it a smart choice for mini lessons focused on sequence of events and conflict and resolution.
- Included in this resource
- Lesson plans for 4 book club meetings focused on Story Elements
- Chapter by chapter discussion questions and key vocabulary
- Book Club calendar
- Conversation prompts
- Student self-evaluations forms
- Reading response board
- Culminating activity
- Instructional focus assessment, answer key, and rubric
- This set of instructional resources is for use with the book I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 by Lauren Tarshis. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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Common Core Alignment: | RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.4.6, RL.4.7, RL.4.9, RL.4.10, SL.4.1a, SL.4.1b, SL.4.1c, W.4.8, L.4.4a, L.4.5c, L.4.6, W.4.9 |
Vocabulary Connections: | L.4.4a, L.4.5c, L.4.6 |
TEKS Alignment: | 4.1A, 4.1C, 4.1D, 4.6A, 4.6B, 4.6C, 4.6D, 4.6E, 4.6F, 4.6G, 4.6H, 4.6I, 4.7A, 4.7B, 4.7C, 4.7D, 4.7E, 4.7F, 4.7G, 4.8A, 4.8B, 4.8C, 4.8D, 4.9A, 4.9B, 4.9D(i), 4.9D(ii), 4.9D(iii), 4.9E(i), 4.9E(ii), 4.9E(iii), 4.9F, 4.10A, 4.10B, 4.10C, 4.10D, 4.10E, 4.10F, 4.10G, 4.13A, 4.13C, 4.13E, 4.13H |
Vocabulary Connections: | 4.7E, 4.7F, 4.3A, 4.3B |