Description

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Island of the Blue Dolphins: An Instructional Guide for Literature features rigorous and engaging cross-curricular lessons and activities to aid in students as they follow this Newbery Medal-winning novel about a young girl stranded on an island. This guide incorporates research-based literacy skills to help students become thorough readers. Each lesson and activity work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and much more.

About the Author

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Charles Aracich, M.A. Instructional Technology, is currently a fourth grade teacher. He has 15 years teaching experience ranging from early elementary grade levels to upper middle school classes.