"Amazing things happen" in Avi's City of Orphans, and the suggestions in this teacher's resource will guide readers through through the many stories of the different characters living in the tenements of 1893 New York.

Concepts

avi, fiction

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Classroom Considerations

• The guide is appropriate for book circles, independent reading, or whole class discussion

Pros

• The guide includes text-based discussion questions and beyond-the-text research prompts as well as links to Avi's blog, reviews of the novel, activities, and to the New York Tenement Museum

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.6.1 RL.6.2 RL.7.1 RL.7.2 RL.8.1 RL.8.2 W.6.4 W.7.4 W.8.4