A deserted island, a sea lion, and a volcanic eruption ... adventure awaits! Using a helpful novel study, scholars complete a brief vocabulary exercise and answer 10 reading comprehension questions about Nim's Island. Next, they write quatrain poems about a theme from the first chapter.  

Concepts

literature, children's literature, novels, protagonists, anagrams, similes, quatrains

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have individuals or small groups research one of the tropical islands mentioned on page 10 
• Show the film version of the novel 

Classroom Considerations

• Provide dictionaries for a vocabulary activity 
• Only a partial preview (covers chapter one)  of the full novel
  

Pros

• Provides an author biography and story synopsis
• Addresses language, reading, writing, and vocabulary

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.4.1 RL.4.4 RL.5.1 RL.5.4 RL.6.1 RL.6.4 RL.7.1 RL.7.4