There's no place like home. Three family pets prove this in The Incredible Journey as they head out to find their way back home. Scholars read about the dangers the pets face on their journey while they learn eight vocabulary words from the story, answer 11 comprehension questions, and fill out a KWS chart.

Concepts

responding to literature, studying literature, novels

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Assign a writing task about learners' personal pets
• View the movie about the story after reading the novel

Classroom Considerations

• Provides only a preview to a full novel study

Pros

• Incorporates poetry
  
• Offers an extension activity

Cons

• Does not provide an answer key
  

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.5.4 RL.5.5