Inside you will find a book companion filled with fun activities to complement THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE SPOOKY read aloud session. The Good, the Bad and the Spooky by Jory John is a marvelous story teaching an important lesson: Halloween doesn’t need to be a competition, it is not about having the best costume, it is about togetherness.

Explore the message of The Good, the Bad and the Spooky read aloud further with this book companion filled with rigorous activities and accompanied by detailed instructions to the teacher. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE SPOOKY BOOK CRAFT INCLUDED! Design your own costume for the Bad Seed!

In this unit you will find 3 DAYS OF DETAILED LESSON PLANS to accompany reading The Good, the Bad and the Spooky by Jory John. The lessons are filled with rigorous and engaging activities to help your students effectively and meaningfully engage with the book. In this study you will focus on:

Making inferences and predictions
Character analysis (traits, motivation, feelings)
Story elements (plot structure, point of view, key events)
Retelling & Summarizing
Problem & Solution and Cause & Effect
Main idea & Theme
Author’s purpose and message
Reader’s response
Design a Halloween costume craft

This unit includes discussion questions that can be used as stopping points while you read. The questions are available for print in two formats: printed on sticky notes using the template provided or on a single page for your reference.

RIGOROUS UNIQUE ACTIVITIES TO GO ALONG WITH “THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE SPOOKY” READ ALOUD — inside the unit you will find:

INTRODUCING THE BOOK: making predictions about the book, draw your own cover
INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS: analyzing the cover
ACTIVATING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE: students write an explanation why they love Halloween and list their favorite things about it
READER’S RESPONSE: making connection to other books, text-to-self connection
CHARACTER ANALYSIS: 5 unique activities
BOOK EXTENSION & CREATIVE WRITING: give 3 tips how to get into the spirit of the holiday and have a blast
STORY ELEMENTS: plot structure, point of view, problem & solution
SEQUENCING AND RETELLING: 5 unique activities
CAUSE AND EFFECT: explain the cause or the effect of the events in the book.
EXPLORING THE THEME: deepen your understanding of the theme of the story all while promoting character education
AUTHOR’S MESSAGE & READER’S RESPONSE
GROWTH MINDSET/INFERENCING: compare fixed mindest of the Bad Seed at the beginning of the story with the growth mindset at the end of the story
BOOK RESPONSE/WRITING: write a letter to recommend reading ‘The Couch Potato’ by Jory John
BOOK CRAFT: design a costume for the Bad Seed provided a costume idea

If you have any questions, check thumbnails and preview or ask me in Questions And Answers or on my e-mail leighenne.ell@gmail.com

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