Save time and money with this awesome MERCI SUAREZ CHANGES GEARS BUNDLE! In this student-centered bundle you’ll find: ♦ a DIGITAL and PRINT Merci Suarez Changes Gears NOVEL STUDY designed with only text-dependent questions for deep inquiry! ♦ a super fun Merci Suarez Changes Gears ESCAPE ROOM, perfect as a culminating collaborative activity! The DIGITAL & PRINT no-prep NOVEL STUDY approaches the Newbery Award-winning text Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina strictly through a text-dependent reading lens. The questions in this novel study move fluidly among 4 levels to give students a robust, deep understanding of the text. This ESCAPE ROOM is designed to be used after reading the Newbery Award-winning novel,Merci Suarez Changes Gears, by Meg Medina. It assesses students’ knowledge of major story events (Task #1), characters (Task #2), vocabulary (Task #3), and theme (Task #4 with the Quote Reflection) through the use of 4 coded stations. This product also allows students to reflect on themselves as learners (Escape Room Reflection). WHAT YOU GET WITH THE NOVEL STUDY: ♥ Instructions for downloading and accessing the DIGITAL resources ♥ Background information on the book, Merci Suarez Changes Gears ♥ An Outline of the Text-Dependent Levels for Close Reading ♥ A 3-page Correlation between the CCSS Reading Anchor Standards and the Text-Dependent Levels for Close Reading ♥ Suggestions for how to use this resource ♥ A DIGITAL & PRINT Reading Response Notebook Cover Page ♥ A DIGITAL & PRINT Reading Response Student Checklist ♥ A DIGITAL & PRINT 32-page Text-Dependent Reading Response Notebook (Text-Dependent Questions for carefully-selected chapters labeled with the corresponding Text-Dependent Levels for Close Reading) ♥ A DIGITAL & PRINT Before-Reading Anticipatory Set to set a purpose for reading ♥ A choice of 3 DIGITAL & PRINT After-Reading Essay Questions ♥ An Answer Key for the Reading Response Notebook & Essay Questions ♥ 2 Additional Student Response Activities (Characterization; Word Search + Answer Key) The Novel Study Could Be Used: ♥ as digital or print high-level text-dependent questions during Close Reading lessons ♥ as digital or print comprehension checkpoints during Guided Reading, Reading Workshop, or Independent Reading ♥ as part of a Digital or Print Interactive Notebook or Digital or Print Reading Response Journal ♥ for digital or print homework assignments during a novel study or independent reading The DIGITAL resource requires Google Slides. Purchasing this product will give you a MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT to download. This MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT includes a LINK TO A GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER containing all the graphic organizers and supplemental materials. You and your students must have a Google account in order to use the DIGITAL product. This Comprehensive ESCAPE ROOM Product Contains: → background information on the novel, Merci Suarez Changes Gears → a 3-page, step-by-step How-It Works Teacher Guide → a 3-page Station Details: Teacher Guide → a Frequently Asked Questions tip sheet → Station Set-Up Instructions → an Escape Room Print Checklist → an Escape Room Student/Group Completion Checklist → a Certificate of Achievement for students → 4 Station Signs → 4 Clue Card Envelopes → 4 pages of Clue Cards → Task Card Directions → a Student Answer Book → an Answer Key → 2 Different Student Reflection Sheets How the Escape Room Works: → Station 1: Students sort through Plot Cards to determine which events actually occurred in the text and put them in plot order. Doing so will reveal a hidden code. → Station 2: Students match characters to distinct character descriptions to reveal a hidden code. → Station 3: Students match vocabulary words extracted from the text to their respective definitions in order to reveal a hidden code. → Station 4: Retrieving clues from the previous stations, students work to decipher a secret message related to the text. If this is your first time implementing an Escape Room, rest assured that my goal is to make this as painless as possible! As such, I have included VERY detailed teacher guides to walk you through every step of the process. Click here for more Escape Rooms. Click here for more Novel Studies. Rating after downloading is greatly appreciated. Yours in Literacy, Sheila ☺
