The Boy at the Back of the Class Novel Study

A story that celebrates the power of kindness. It will make you laugh and cry as you read this very honest story about the life of a refugee escaping war-torn Syria. How can we be friends and make a difference in someone’s life?

Summary
There used to be an empty chair at the back of Mrs. Khan's classroom, but on the third Tuesday of the school year a new kid fills it: nine-year-old Ahmet, a Syrian refugee. The whole class is curious about this new boy--he doesn't seem to smile, and he doesn't talk much. But after learning that Ahmet fled a Very Real War, and was separated from his family along the way, a determined group of his classmates band together to concoct the Greatest Idea in the World--a magnificent plan to reunite Ahmet with his loved ones.

Unit Information – 32 total pages/11 slides (Includes pdf and Editable Word documents)

This novel study includes:

· Introductions PowerPoint for the novel (11 Slides with links for videos)

· Additional teachers resource pages and student coloring pages (6 pages)

· 211 Novel study Questions Student Handout (5 pages – separated by chapters)

· Novel Answer Page with page numbers – (7 pages)

· Novel Study Q & A Resource pages - (7 pages)

The questions are only literal/recall questions that can be used as daily running quizzes as students read the novel. Instructors are free to create their own higher order thinking questions for this novel.

· Vocabulary Handout – 12 words (1 page)

· Vocabulary Definitions Resource Page (1 page)

· Novel Study Test with optional Essay (test answers included) (4 pages)

· Essay Rubric for Optional Essay (1 page)