Reading Chapter Summary Unit Plans Reviewed by Teachers

Curated OER

Frindle: A Guiding Reading Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards

Guide your class through a reading of the popular children's book, Frindle, with this comprehensive literature unit. Starting with a brief introduction to the guided reading process, the class goes on to read the story two chapters...

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Tell City Schools

The Cay

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards

Support your instruction of The Cay by Theodore Taylor with this extensive unit of materials. Provided here are prereading activities, worksheets and discussion questions for the entire book, and reading quizzes that you can use to check...

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Blake Education

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

For Students 3rd - 12th Standards

The motto for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry warns that one should never tickle a sleeping dragon, but learners will definitely be tickled by the activities in a packet of materials designed to accompany a reading of the...

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Mr. Ambrose

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards

Good discussion questions, quizzes, and tests teach as well as assess. Readers of The Great Gatsby will learn much from the materials in a 36-page packet designed to help students prepare for the AP Literature exam. Included in the...

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Santa Ana Unified School District

Lord of the Flies Unit

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards

How does a society influence and shape individuals? Class members ponder this essential question as they read Lord of the Flies, as well as primary source materials about the historical background of the novel. As a...

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Random House

Teacher's Guide: The Hobbit: The Enchanting Prelude to Lord of the Rings

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards

The Odyssey, Star Wars, The Hunger Games. Odysseus, Luke Skywalker, Katniss Everdeen. Add The Hobbit and Bilbo Baggins to these lists, and you have a unit examining classic and contemporary myths, legends, and folktales with hero and...

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Louisiana Department of Education

Out of the Dust

For Teachers 6th Standards

The Grapes of Wrath may be the most famous novel set during the Dust Bowl, but what other stories cover the same time? The unit focuses on the Karen Hesse novel Out of the Dust. Learners keep a timeline of the Dust Bowl, maintain a...

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World War II

For Teachers 5th

Students research World War II and discuss how conflicts in the war lead to change. In this World War II lesson plan, students read books, watch movies, complete activity sheets, and answer questions all researching the war.

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Unit Plan for The Catcher in the Rye —A “Place-Based” Approach

For Students 10th Standards

"People never notice anything." As part of their study of The Catcher in the Rye, class members adopt Holden Caulfield's approach and spend time as quiet observers of their surrounding, recording their observations/reflections in a...

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National Library of Medicine

Electricity, Frankenstein, and the Spark of Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards

Shocking! After viewing a short clip from the 1931 movie, Frankenstein and reviewing electricity references in Mary Shelley's novel, class members examine Luigi Galvani's and Alessandro Volta's observations on electricity and muscle...

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Homework Online: Lord of the Flies, Chapter Summaries

For Students 9th - 10th

Read chapter summaries of William Golding's novel, "Lord of the Flies." These summaries each include information about the chapter's plot and comments on the meaning behind Golding's writing.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: A Guide to the Chosen [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th

Valuable for its chapter-by-chapter summaries, this .pdf guide also offers background, post-reading activities, additional reading and a brief bio of the author.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to Slaughterhouse Five [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th

This four page .pdf offers post-reading suggestions, chapter summaries, background information and a brief bio, among other features.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to Lyddie [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

A detailed mini-guide to award-winning author Katherine Paterson's novel "Lyddie." Provides comprehensive information about the novel, including historical/biographical context, chapter summaries, study questions, and post-reading...

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to the Sign of the Beaver [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th

This Holt Literature guide in .pdf format, offers some background on the novel, a chapter-by-chapter summary, and some post-reading suggestions.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to the Outsiders [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th

Four page .pdf file offers background information, chapter by chapter summary, and post-reading activities.

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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "The Jungle" Teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th

Exhaustive 19-page "The Jungle" teacher's guide includes items such as chapter summaries, pre-reading discussion questions, chapter-by-chapter study questions, significant quotations, vocabulary, and post-reading discussion questions.

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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "Treasure Island" Teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th

"Treasure Island" teacher guide features both pre-reading and post-reading questions as well as chapter-by-chapter summaries, quotations, and activities. Excellent post-reading activities further student appreciation and understanding....

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to Island of the Blue Dolphins [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

A comprehensive mini-guide to Scott O'Dell's novel titled "Island of the Blue Dolphins." Contains detailed information about the biographical/historical context, background, chapter-by-chapter summaries, study questions, and post-reading...

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to Pilgrim at Tinker Creek [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

A detailed and helpful resource for students who may be reading "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek." Provides historical/biographical information, background, chapter summaries, characters, study questions, and post-reading activities.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to the House on Mango Street [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

A detailed and comprehensive mini-guide to Cisneros's novel "The House on Mango Street." Includes information about historical/biographical context, characters, study questions, chapter summaries, and post-reading activities.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to All Creatures Great and Small [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th

This four page.pdf guide offers chapter summaries, post-reading suggestions and some brief background material.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: A Guide to Let the Circle Be Unbroken [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th

Useful background information, classroom considerations, post-reading suggestions and chapter summaries make this a handy guide. Four pages in .pdf format.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to My Antonia [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th

Ideas for post-reading activities, handy chapter summaries and a brief biography of Cather are some of the features of this four page .pdf document.

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