My Brother Sam Is Dead (great Works: Instructional Guides For Literature) [Paperback]

Looking for ways to add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature? Students will be engaged as they analyze this classic Newbery Honor book about a family divided by the American Revolutionary War. My Brother Sam Is Dead: An Instructional Guide for Literature provides engaging activities that incorporate the following research-based literacy skills: close reading tasks; text-based vocabulary practice; cross-curricular activities; text-dependent questions; reader response writing prompts; leveled comprehension questions; story elements comprehension tasks; diverse and relevant assessments. Strengthen your students' literacy skills by implementing this high-interest resource in your classroom!Use this instructional guide for literature to encourage students to make connections in history while analyzing rich, complex literature and becoming familiar with this well-known novel about a family torn apart by the American Revolutionary War.Suzanne I. Barchers, Ed.D., has been in education for more than 40 years as a classroom teacher and educational author and publisher. An award-winning author, she has written many educational resources and previously served as managing editor, editor-in-chief, and vice president at several leading educational companies. Barchers is past president of the board of directors for the Associated of Educational Publishers.