The Shape of Thunder Novel Study

An extraordinary new novel from Jasmine Warga, about loss and healing, and how friendship can be magical. The Shape of Thunder is a deeply moving story, told with grace about loss and friendship. Can healing come from believing in impossible things?

2022- 2023 Georgia Children’s Book Award (Gr. 6-8)

Summary

Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief. Cora is still grappling with the death of her beloved sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the guilt of what her brother did. On the day of Cora’s twelfth birthday, Quinn leaves a box on her doorstep with a note. She has decided that the only way to fix things is to go back in time to the moment before her brother changed all their lives forever—and stop him.

Unit Information – 26 pages (Includes pdf and Editable Word documents)

This novel study includes:

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

· Novel Study Questions Student Handout (6 pages – separated by chapters)

· Novel Answer Resource Page with page numbers – (6 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. These questions can be used to help quiz students participating in the Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl.

· Vocabulary Student Handout (1 page)

· Vocabulary Definitions Resource Page (1 page – 12 words)

· Novel Study Test (Includes answers and optional essay) (4 pages)

· Essay Grading Rubric (1 page)

*Excellent novel for struggling readers in high school.