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Moon Over Manifest: Novel Study Study GuideMoon Over Manifest: Novel Study Study Guide
Publisher
Reed Novel Studies
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Grade
5th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Study Guides
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr 30 mins
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Independent Practice
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Year
2012
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Moon Over Manifest: Novel Study

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Manifest, Kansas is a town where anything is possible. Scholars explore the fictional setting using an engaging novel study on Clare Vanderpool's Moon Over Manifest. After answering questions about the text and complete a vocabulary exercise, learners invent similes, find examples of nouns, and complete storyboards. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

novels, children's literature, literature, protagonists, setting, similes, nouns

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Invite students to share their responses to the pre-reading questions 

Classroom Considerations

  • Contains only a preview of the full novel study 
  • Provide dictionaries for the vocabulary activity 

Pros

  • Provides a synopsis and short author biography
  • Includes thought-provoking questions 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.5.4 RL.6.1 RL.6.4 RL.7.1 RL.7.4 RL.8.1 RL.8.4

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