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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: A Novel Teaching Guide is a sixty-five page resource for teaching E. L. Konigsburg’s 1968 Newbery Medal Winner with eight different components.

Detailed CHAPTER SUMMARIES written in bulleted format for easy reference.
PREREADING activities and ideas with a bulletin board suggestion.
VOCABULARY with word lists, definitions, dictionary activities, and usage worksheets.
Chapter-by-chapter SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS that require detailed, factual responses.
A series of OBJECTIVE TESTS that cover the novel as chapter-by-chapter quizzes and as a whole book test and check for basic story comprehension. Students will find it necessary to read the material carefully and thoroughly for FACTUAL CONTENT in order to score well on these tests.
THINK, WRITE, CREATE open-ended prompts, both chapter-by-chapter and whole book, that require students to engage the HIGHER LEVEL THINKING SKILLS of Bloom’s Taxonomy and CCSS.
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS for writing based on specific novel events or characters.
Full ANSWER KEYS.

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