A Reading Guide to The Giver (Scholastic Bookfiles)
by Jeannette Sanderson
from Scholastic Reference
Cliff Notes on The Chosen
by Stephen J. Greenstein
from Cliffs Notes
The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background.
CliffsNotes on The Chosen reveals the condition of American Jews living in two cultures, one secular and one religious. In his classic novel, author Chaim Potok is describing not only the lives of the characters but his own life, as well.
With this study guide, you’ll be able to walk a mile in the shoes of a Jewish American of the 1940s. You'll also gain insight into the life of Potok and historical influences on this novel. Other features that help you study include
- Character analyses of major players
- A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
- Critical essays
- Review questions and suggested writing topics
- Discussion of the firm version of the novel and how it compares to the original work
Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
The Giver (Cliffs Notes)
by Suzanne Pavlos
from Cliffs Notes
The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into key elements and ideas within classic works of literature.
CliffsNotes on The Giver explores a world in which disease, hunger, poverty, war, and lasting pain simply don’t exist. The members of this utopia have given up all human emotions and memories to live in a state of Sameness.
Following the story of a 12-year-old boy who recognizes the hypocrisy of his community’s “social order” – and who crafts a way to free everyone from the bane of Sameness, this study guide provides summaries and critical commentaries for each chapter within the novel. Other features that help you figure out this important work include
- Personal background on the author, Lois Lowry
- Introduction to and synopsis of the book
- Character descriptions
- Critical essays on the author’s themes, style, language, and more
- Review section that features interactive questions and suggested essay topics
- Selected bibliography and list of critical works
Classic literature or modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
The Middle School Student's Guide to Ruling the World!
by Susan Mulcaire
from Tween Publishing LLC
The Middle School Student's Guide to Ruling the World!, is a fun and informative workbook teaching students in grades six through eight basic work management and organizational skills for success in middle school. Just some of the skills and strategies addressed in this book are, organizing a Goof-proof binder, using a planner, working with a study bud, following up on matters that affect your grade, managing a group project; organizing a workspace that rocks, how 2 uz ur comptr 4 mor than im 's, following the Rules of Rubric Road, managing long term projects, detecting and correcting nasty homework habits, goal setting for success in middle school -- it's all in here!
Walk Two Moons (Saddleback's Focus on Reading Study Guides)
by Marshall K. Hall
from Walch Education
Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle's mother has disappeared. While tracing her steps on a car trip from Ohio to Idaho with her grandparents, Salamanca tells a story to pass the time about a friend named Phoebe Winterbottom whose mother vanished and who received secret messages after her disappearance. One of them read, "Don't judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins." Despite her father's warning that she is "fishing in the air," Salamanca hopes to bring her home. By drawing strength from her Native American ancestry, she is able to face the truth about her mother. Walk Two Moons won the 1995 Newbery Medal.
Gramps says that I am a country girl at heart, and that is true.
Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle, proud of her country roots and the "Indian-ness in her blood," travels from Ohio to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents. Along the way, she tells them of the story of Phoebe Winterbottom, who received mysterious messages, who met a "potential lunatic," and whose mother disappeared.
Beneath Phoebe's stories Salamanca's own story and that of her mother, who left on April morning for Idaho, promising to return before the tulips bloomed. Sal's mother has not, however, returned, and the trip to Idaho takes on a growing urgency as Salamanca hopes to get to Idaho in time for her mother's birthday and bring her back, despite her father's warning that she is fishing in the air.
This richly layered novel is in turn funny, mysterious, and touching. Sharon Creech's original voice tells a story like no other, one that readers will not soon forget.
Focus on Reading: A Long Way from Chicago (Saddleback's Focus on Reading Study Guides)
by Lisa French
from Saddleback Educational Publishing, Inc.
Tuck Everlasting, Reading Guide, (Scholastic Bookfiles)
by Beth Levine
from Scholastic Reference
SCORE! Mountain Challenge Math Workbook, Grade 3 (Ages 8-9) (Score! Mountain Challenge)
by Kaplan
from Kaplan Publishing
The SCORE! Mountain Challenge Math Workbook, Grade 3 will encourage children to have fun learning key math concepts including:
- Algebra
- Geometry & Measurement
- Probability
- Practical Problem Solving
- Interpreting Data
- And MUCH More!
This exciting, interactive workbook equips children with crucial math skills and empowers them with the confidence they need to confront any learning challenge and achieve their goals.
This unique approach includes:
- 6 theme-related base camps full of questions, fun activities, practice quizzes, and a trip up SCORE! Mountain.
- 150 book questions plus 60 interactive online items
- Challenge exercises designed to promote critical thinking skills
- Special sessions on Everyday Math, providing more practical ways to apply learning
- Friendly and helpful hints that guide students toward right answers
- Interactive online companion with quizzes tied to each session in book, providing students even more opportunities for learning success
Much Ado About Nothing (Cliffs Notes)
by Richard O. Peterson
from Cliffs Notes
One of Shakespeare's romantic comedies, this play is set in the seaport town of Messina, in Sicily. The drama concerns "the battle of the sexes" and focuses on the barbed wits and intrigues that two sets of lovers and their friends and family create. Brimming with wit and antagonism, the play has amused and provoked audiences for centuries.
This edition of Much Ado About Nothing, one of Shakespeare's most delightful and theatrically successful comedies, offers, along with a freshly edited text, an exceptionally helpful and critically aware Introduction and commentary.
Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963, the Reading Guide (Saddleback's Focus on Reading Study Guides)
by Kyla Brown
from Saddleback Educational Publishing, Inc.
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