The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: An Instructional Guide for Literature

by Suzanne Barchers

Overview

This instructional guide encourages students to explore and analyze this classic story through lessons that are fun and challenging. With various methods for assessing comprehension, this invaluable classroom resource offers strategies for cross-curricular activities as students build an in-depth understanding of complex literature. Text-dependent questions help students analyze the book by using higher-order thinking skills, and activities require students to use textual evidence as they revisit passages for deeper analysis. Through close reading and text-based vocabulary practice, this tool will guide teachers in a rich and deep exploration of the text with ways to add rigor with complex literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781425889739
Publisher:	Shell Education
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Series:	Great Works
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	72
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.22(d)
Age Range:	8 - 16 Years

About the Author

Suzanne I. Barchers, Ed.D., has been in education for more than 40 years as a classroom teacher and educational author and publisher. An award-winning author, she has written many educational resources and previously served as managing editor, editor-in-chief, and vice president at several leading educational companies. Barchers is past president of the board of directors for the Associated of Educational Publishers.