The challenging level focuses on a variety of reading strategies to help students construct a meaningful literature experience as well as develop critical thinking and academic skills.
Table of Contents
Notes to the Teacher
About the Organization of This Literature Guide
o Journal and Discussion Topics
o Chapter Vocabulary
o Chapter Summary
The Groupings of Literature
Other Features of the Challenging Level
o Strategy Pages
o Testing
o Writer s Forum
Introducing the Literature
o Sample Lesson Plan
Bibliography
Strategy 1: Beginning a Book
Chapter 1:
Strategy 2: Setting and Mood
Strategy 3: Irony
Writer s Forum 1: Shades of Meaning
Chapter 2:
Writer s Forum 2: Anecdote
Chapter 3:
Skill Page: Compare and Contrast
Writer s Forum: Family
Chapter 4:
Chapter 5:
Strategy 5: Foreshadowing and Flashback
Writer s Forum 3: A List of Rules
Test 1: Chapters 1-5
Chapter 6:
Strategy 6: Characterization
Chapter 7:
Strategy 7: Forming Hypotheses
Chapter 8:
Strategy 8: Evaluating a Book
Chapter 9:
Strategy 9: Plot Conflict
Chapter 10:
Strategy 10: Point of View
Writer s Forum 4: Description
Test 2: Chapters 6-10
Chapter 11:
Chapter 12:
Chapter 13
Writer s Forum 5: Persuasion
Chapter 14
Strategy 11: Characterization Continuum
Chapter 15
Writer s Forum 6: Diary Entries
Test 3: Chapters 11-15
Chapter 16
Writer s Forum 7: Personal Letter
Chapter 17
Strategies 12: Inferencing
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Strategy 13: Rereading a Book
Chapter 20
Writer s Forum 8: Reflection
Strategy 14: Theme
Writer s Forum 9: Essay
Test 4: Chapters 16-20
Chapter 21
Strategy 15: Narration
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Strategy 16: Dystopias
Writer s Forum 10: Extending a Story
Test 5: Chapters 21-23
Answer Pages