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Old School by Gordon Korman: Comprehension Book Packet with Answer Keys, Assessments & 2 Reader's Theatre Scripts
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Twelve-year-old Dex Foreman has been raised by his grandmother in a seniors-only retirement community, so when he starts at the neighborhood middle school he knows more about bingo and code breaking than about fitting in.
Gordon Korman’s funny, fast-moving school story is told by six different narrators and is about friendship, respect for older people, and the difference between rules and fairness.
Sit back and enjoy this high-interest read with your students as you use my No Prep Old School Comprehension Book Packet, which includes chapter-by-chapter comprehension questions, two assessments, bonus activities, AND two Reader’s Theatre scripts retelling key scenes from the book. It will guide your students and promote enjoyment and comprehension of this novel.
Work on student comprehension, inference, character growth, vocabulary, and more, all while encouraging a love of reading through a book that sparks great discussion. Perfect for a focused novel study: the packet is paced for about 3 weeks.
Leave the hard work to me! This novel is sure to become a favorite of yours and your students.
My Old School Comprehension Book Packet works well with whole class instruction, small groups, literature circles, independent work, or Homeschool students!
Content note: Dex’s parents work abroad and his grandmother raised him; a classmate throws a punch and there is name-calling and pranks; a school resource officer orders Dex to drop his Swiss Army Knife and he is suspended, and armed FBI officers later storm a school board meeting (no one is hurt); mild crush and jealousy feelings; Dex’s 99-year-old friend Leo dies and there is a funeral. Please preview.
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✓ Thorough & scaffolded comprehension questions for every chapter set (true/false, fill in the blank, multiple choice, and
✓ Mid-Book Quiz & End-of-Book Test
✓ Comprehensive Answer Keys for all questions and assessments
✓ TWO Reader’s Theatre scripts: “The Swiss Army Knife” (Chapters 15-16) and “The Bunker” (Chapters 27-29), with cover page
✓ Review activities: Connections (2 levels), Word Search and Crossword Puzzle
✓ Characters chart, Dex’s Timeline sequencing, Dex’s Big Choices, and prediction writing
✓ Terms of Use, Philosophy & Content Warnings, Suggestions for Use, Book Notes
✓ 17 question sets with 17 answer keys, numbered from 1 on every set (Chapters 1-2 through Chapter 30)
✓ Mid-Book Quiz Ch. 1-15 + key
✓ End-of-Book Test (matching, true/false, fill in the blank, written responses) + keys
✓ Bonus activities with keys
✓ 2 Reader’s Theatre scripts with directions, Teacher Notes, and Who Said It? pages
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Hi, I’m Kim! I’m an educator with a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Elementary Education and more than 30 years of classroom experience.
I started The Literature Lady because I wanted to make reading come alive for students—and make lesson planning a lot easier for teachers. I create resources that were way too time-consuming to create while teaching full-time, so that now you don’t have to! My passion is creating engaging, low-prep resources, such as novel studies, Word Noodle vocabulary games, and reader’s theatre scripts, that help kids fall in love with books while building real skills.
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