Novel Studies Resources : Page 2

After reading Lois Lowry’s The Giver, watch the movie adaptation in order to compare the written and visual forms of the story!

After reading the first few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with this two-page novel study guide!

After completing the novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts! 

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the third part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Support key literacy skills with these discussion questions as students continue their reading of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ponyboy From The Outsiders.

Use this discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of chapters 1–8 of Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water.

Help students reflect on chapters 1–4 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

After students read R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and film versions of the story!
 

Encourage critical thinking with this discussion guide as students read the next set of Anne’s diary entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

After students read S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, have them compare and contrast the greasers and the Socs using this two-page novel study extension activity!

After reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, students compare the movie adaptation to the written story.

Use these engaging discussion prompts to support literacy development as students read the next set of entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the major themes and events from The Giver.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.

Build background knowledge about social classes in the early 1900s as students prepare to read A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

After reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, students reflect on the major themes and events of Anne’s story with these response prompts.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–8 of Anne of Green Gables.

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from the next part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

After completing The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, have students reflect on the significant themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

Use these pre-reading discussion prompts to prepare students for reading Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Support critical thinking and literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

Students build critical thinking skills as they analyze the setting in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.