Claudia Kincaid decides to run away to bring some excitement to her life, but she never expects the adventure she finds. A helpful study guide takes readers through the novel From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Activities introduce key vocabulary words and plot elements within the story, as well as cover literary devices such as foreshadowing and similes.

Concepts

children's literature, comedy, novels

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use blank index cards to create a class set of collectible city cards described in the guide
• Conduct a brief review of the eight parts of speech before identifying them in the novel

Classroom Considerations

• Contains information and activities related to chapters one and two of the novel
• These resources are only previews of the full resource
  

Pros

• Features multiple activity types to appeal to different learning styles
• Comes in a printable PDF format

Cons

• Lacks examples of completed activities or an answer key

Common Core

RL.4.2 RL.5.2 W.4.9.a W.5.9.a RL.6.2 W.6.9.a