In this video you can review the major elements and themes of the novel Breakout by Kate Messner while also having your students practice their speaking and listening skills to master CCSS Speaking and Listening standard 7.1.
Told in letters, poems, text messages, news stories, and comics--a series of documents Nora collects for the Wolf Creek Community Time Capsule Project--Breakout is a thrilling story that will leave readers thinking about who's really welcome in the places we call home.
Nora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek--two months of swimming, popsicles, and brushing up on her journalism skills for the school paper. But when two inmates break out of the town's maximum security prison, everything changes. Doors are locked, helicopters fly over the woods, and police patrol the school grounds. Worst of all, everyone is on edge, and fear brings out the worst in some people Nora has known her whole life. Even if the inmates are caught, she worries that home might never feel the same.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.1 - Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Check out more educational resources for this novel here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-Word-Nerd-2433/Search:breakout
Listen to the First Chapter Read Aloud here: https://youtu.be/LmkSv6Pbppw
Grab a free motivational quote poster to decorate your classroom here: www.amandazieba.com/teachersignup
Get your copy of Breakout at your local indie bookstore or here: https://amzn.to/3tYqnIP
Finally, like this video and subscribe! :)
Told in letters, poems, text messages, news stories, and comics--a series of documents Nora collects for the Wolf Creek Community Time Capsule Project--Breakout is a thrilling story that will leave readers thinking about who's really welcome in the places we call home.
Nora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek--two months of swimming, popsicles, and brushing up on her journalism skills for the school paper. But when two inmates break out of the town's maximum security prison, everything changes. Doors are locked, helicopters fly over the woods, and police patrol the school grounds. Worst of all, everyone is on edge, and fear brings out the worst in some people Nora has known her whole life. Even if the inmates are caught, she worries that home might never feel the same.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.1 - Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Check out more educational resources for this novel here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-Word-Nerd-2433/Search:breakout
Listen to the First Chapter Read Aloud here: https://youtu.be/LmkSv6Pbppw
Grab a free motivational quote poster to decorate your classroom here: www.amandazieba.com/teachersignup
Get your copy of Breakout at your local indie bookstore or here: https://amzn.to/3tYqnIP
Finally, like this video and subscribe! :)