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Hard Gold: Teaching Guide WorksheetHard Gold: Teaching Guide Worksheet
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Avi Writer
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6th - 8th
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Hard Gold: Teaching Guide

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Designed for Hard Gold, a novel in Avi's I Witness series, this teaching guide includes a summary of the story and information about the writer as well as chapter-by-chapter vocabulary lists, text-based reading questions, activities, writing prompts, and assessments

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the california gold rush, gold mining, avi

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • The guide may be used with a whole class reading of the novel, as a resource for book circles, or with independent reading
  • Use the novel as part of a study of the Colorado gold rush

Classroom Considerations

  • Part of the I Witness series of historical novels

Pros

  • The nine-page teaching guide may used to guide book circle discussions

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.6.1 RL.7.1 RL.8.1

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