This twenty-nine page teacher's resource has for teaching Betsy Byars' compelling story of three foster children has two different
The THINK, WRITE, CREATE section offers chapter-by-chapter and whole-book open-ended activities based on the higher level thinking skills of Bloom's Taxonomy. Difficulty levels are varied to accommodate the needs of individual students including the gifted. Cross-curricula connections and vocabulary building are targeted in some of these activities.
The second component is a group of TEN GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS that spring from a specific story event, idea, or character. Each topic offers opportunity for improving and polishing composition skills.
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