Home of the Brave - Novel Unit Bundle Print and Paperless

Get this huge novel unit bundle for the novel for Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate. It has many activities, comprehension, vocabulary, and writing resources made specifically for this novel and which will keep your students so engaged! It has the following - UPDATED APRIL 2020 ( Print and Paperless on Google)

Comprehension and Vocabulary Unit

This resource is a novel study based on the story Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate. This resource has all you need to teach in-depth comprehension skills for this novel. It has all the comprehension questions, some activities, vocabulary activities and quizzes that cover a range of skills. It has 55 pages of actual students work and the rest pages are answer keys.

Included in this packet are -

1. Cover page
2. Terms of use page
3. Contents page
4. Prediction of story activities
5. The war in Sudan activity
6. Figurative expressions activity for each section of the book
7. Author study activity
8. Extensive comprehension questions for each chapter and section in the book
9. Answer keys for the comprehension questions
10. Open response questions and activities for each chapter.
11. Vocabulary activities - definition and context clue meanings for grouped chapters in the story
12. Vocabulary quiz for grouped chapters plus answer keys
13. Chapter summaries
14. Character traits activities
15. The refugee experiences activity

Novel Activities Unit

This novel activities resource unit will help you to teach a lot of comprehension skills. It is based on the novel 'Home of the Brave' by Katherine Applegate. This resource has differentiated activities that you can use to teach in-depth comprehension skills for this novel. It has many activities that cover a range of skills. Please note that many activities in this resource are meant for after reading the story. There are some activities that can be used during reading the story and the sections of the story have been labeled on the activities. It has 49 pages of actual students work. It has the following -

• My predictions before reading the book activity
• The War in Sudan activity
• Kek's first sightings in America activity
• How Gol became a therapy for Ganwar and Kek activity
• The cow - symbolism activity
• Kek's thoughts and experiences activity
• Kek's feelings and reactions about school activity
• Part One - Kek's optimism and humor activity
• Kek's breaking of his aunt's dishes - causes and effects activity
• Kek's constant worry about his mother activity
• Describe Kek activity
• Songs activity
• How events made some of the characters to change activity
• How did Kek's actions affect Ganwar activity
• Let us talk about the themes activity
• Author interview activity
• Settings activity
• What is in a name - title of book analysis activity
• Imagine some of the characters in the story were not there activity
• Questions you had as you read the story activity
• Kek and other characters cartoon faces and feelings activity
• The side story activity
• Kek's letter to his friend in Sudan activity
• The refugee experiences activity
• Proverbs and figurative expressions in the story analysis activity
• Quotes activity
• The supporting characters and analysis activity
• Home of the Brave review activity
• Characters analysis activity
• Home of the Brave and another book activity
• Story alternative endings activity
• Favorite character activity
• Author's purpose activity
• Conflicts ( inner and outer) activity
• How did Kek change in the story activity
• Role reversal - Imagine you were Kek and had to flee your country to Sudan activity
• Connect to the characters activity
• Your mood while reading this story activity
• Compare any two characters activity
• And lots more!