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Discussion Questions & Creative Writing Prompts for Korman's Masterminds

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A Nest in the Rocks
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Used this for a book club and the students really were able to take a deeper dive into the story with the questions in this packet. It was a great resource!
Quality and thoughtful questions! My students were engaged and really helped them discuss and understand the story better. Thanks for this wonderful resource.
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Description

Motivate your students towards active, engaging discussion with these open-ended discussion questions to accompany Gordon Korman's middle-grade book Masterminds!

This product contains:

- three questions per chapter in an easy-to-use printable chart, along with suggestions for encouraging your students to participate in discussions.

- these questions created as printable handouts for students, so that they can be used for homework, comprehension checks, essay prompts, or even as group preparation for discussion.

- creative writing prompts asking your students to write essays, letters, advertisements, diary entries and a Serenity Day project.

- rubrics for each type of writing

- a digital version created with TpT's digital conversion tool.

This product is suitable for upper-elementary and middle-school students in book clubs, literature circles, classrooms, and co-ops.

Check out my Discussion Questions & Writing Prompts Packets to accompany other books:

Tara Dairman's 'All Four Stars'

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman's 'Book Scavenger'

Gennifer Choldenko's 'Chasing Secrets'

Gordan Korman's 'WhatsHisFace'

Chris Grabenstein's 'Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics'

Joan Bauer's 'Soar'

Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time'

For more in-depth novel study, check out these linked unit studies:

Tara Dairman's "All Four Stars"

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman's "Book Scavenger"

Beth Fantaskey's "Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter"

Elise Broach's "Missing on Superstition Mountain"

Chris Grabenstein's "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics"

Joan Bauer's "Soar"

Elise Broach's "The Wolf Keepers"

Intended for individual or single classroom use ONLY.

Please ask any and all questions before purchasing. I answer as promptly as possible.

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Enjoy!

*Edited 2019.

What are people saying about this product?

Jennifer calls it a "Good resource! We used these to drive our discussions. Thanks!"

Kim says it has "Great comprehension questions to use with a wonderful book!"

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69 pages
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to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.

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