Sarah, Plain and Tall Literature Guide (Common Core-Aligned Teaching Guide)

This Elementary Solutions Literature Guide for Sarah, Plain and Tall contains 77 pages of student coursework, activities, quizzes, tests, and more aligned with the Common Core State Standards for ELA in Literature as well as the NCTE/IRA National ELA Content Standards in English for third and fourth grades. This Sarah, Plain and Tall Literature Guide includes:

Author Biography on Patricia MacLachlan with corresponding questions on the biography

Notes and activity on the genres of Fiction and Non-Fiction

Historical Context Research Activity on Life in the 1890s

Historical Context notes on Life on the Frontier

Pre-Reading Activity: American Tall Tale - Paul Bunyan

Glossary of New Terminology

Vocabulary Lists with and without definitions

Novel Summary by chapter

Note-Taking charts for each chapter

Literature (CCS) Standards Focus Activities on Writing a Personal Ad (Persuasive Writing), Character Traits, Character Motivation, and Inference

Chapter Questions for each chapter, based on Bloom's Taxonomy

Language Activities (CCS) on Parts of Speech, Subject/Verb Agreement, Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement, and Point of View

Reading Quizzes every few chapters

Two versions of Final Test

Pre-Reading and Post-Reading Activities and Writing Ideas

Complete Answer Key