A legacy lives on. Even though Samuel Will Westing, a character in the The Westing Game, has passed away, his love for games lives on through the unusual selection in his will. Scholars read of the mystery, learn 10 new vocabulary words, answer comprehension questions, match characters with descriptions, and create sentences using alliterations and personification.

Concepts

novels, responding to literature, studying literature

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have students discuss who they would leave one million dollars to in a will
• Create a type of Clue game for the class

Classroom Considerations

• Includes only a preview to a full novel study and does not cover the entire book
  

Pros

• Offers information about apartments such as those discussed in the novel
• Gives a link for additional information about the story

Cons

• None

Common Core

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