Introduce Nancy Farmer's award-winning science fiction novel, The House of the Scorpion, with an anticipation guide that asks readers to agree or disagree with a series of statements that reflect the major concepts in the story. Follow the step-by-step directions to create your own anticipation guide or use the one provided in the resource.

Concepts

science fiction, cloning, drug abuse

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a poster of the class's first responses, then conduct the survey again after readers have completed the novel and compare the results

Classroom Considerations

• The first in a series of six resources designed for The House of the Scorpion

Pros

• The resource includes a rationale for the activity, step-by-step directions for creating an anticipation guide, and a sample guide that can be reproduced

Cons

• None