What does it mean to be courageous? With the study guide for Marie McSwigan's novel, Snow Treasure, scholars answer questions about the text and practice new vocabulary. They also write quatrain poems about courage or another theme from the novel.

Concepts

novels, reading comprehension, literature, children's literature, protagonists, setting, anagrams, quatrains, similes, alliteration

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Ask partners to create anagrams about the novel and challenge one another to solve them 

Classroom Considerations

• Students may require a dictionary for a vocabulary exercise
• Does not include a full study of the novel 
• One question requires minimal library or Internet research 

Pros

• Reading comprehension questions are engaging and thought-provoking
• Integrates reading and writing practice 

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