Refugee Novel Study

This is a novel study for Refugee by Alan Gratz.

Level 3 Novel Studies are designed for 5th to 8th graders. 

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Refugee Novel Study contains:

• Paragraph-Level Writing Activities
• Daily note-taking activities
  
• Guided Literary Analysis
• 5 Paragraph Essay Final Project
• Vocabulary Journal & Vocab Words
• Chapter Discussion Questions
• 10 End of Book Discussion Questions
• Book Club Activity Ideas

This novel study can be completed in 15 days spread over 3 or 4 weeks.

For 10 days, your student will read, take notes, complete paragraph-level writing activities, and study vocabulary. On day 11, your student will select the prompt for their five paragraph essay and brainstorm details for it. On day 12, they will outline their essay. On day 13, they will write the first draft of their essay. On day 14, they will revise their essay. Then on day 15, they will do a final edit and produce a polished final draft.

Required Books:

Refugee by Alan Gratz

How to Survive Middle School English by Nina Ciatto

We recommend doing 8 to 10 novel studies per year.

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About Refugee:

"The award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling novel from Alan Gratz tells the timely--and timeless--story of three different kids seeking refuge.

A New York Times bestseller!

JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world...

ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America...

MAHMOUD is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe...

All three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers -- from drownings to bombings to betrayals. But there is always the hope of tomorrow. And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections will tie their stories together in the end." - Amazon