Alexander and the Terrible, . . . Bad Day: An Instructional Guide for Literature

Why is Alexander having such a terrible day? Students will learn to analyze Alexander's horrible day through the rigorous and engaging lessons and activities in this instructional guide for literature. These appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities were written to support College and Career Readiness Standards, and incorporate research-based literacy skills to help students become thorough readers. The lessons and activities 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.