The Boy on the Wooden Box Leon Leyson
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This is EVERYTHING you need to teach the memoir The Boy on the Wooden Box, by Leon Leyson.
This includes both a digital and a PDF version of the following:
PRE TEACHING
- book walk / prediction activity
- awards won / prediction activity
- a lesson on "notable Polish people in history" for context on where the memoir takes place
WHILE READING - for each chapter
- comprehension questions (4-6 each chapter)
- 2 questions asking students to analyze, reflect and predict
ASSESSMENT
- 5 total quizzes (covering 2 chapters each), with rubric for grading
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES (it is indicated in the bundle where I would suggest teaching these if you would like to look deeper at any area):
- map of Europe, identify where Poland and notable locations from the book are
- timeline activity
- What is Palestine? (with map)
- Family Tree
- Life in Krakow
- Reflection on Kristalnacht
- Restrictions on the Jewish population activity
- Living conditions in the ghetto vs. outside the ghetto
- Life in the ghetto: alternative perspective
- Who were the Hitler Youth?
AFTER READING & ALSO INCLUDES
- Reflection on how characters changed
- Timeline of events in the memoir
- final writing project (with rubric for grading)
- answer key
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