Speak Novel Guide Book

Melinda Sordino starts high school as an outcast who barely speaks. Speak follows her journey to finding her voice.

Teach Speak with a complete guide.

This Novel Guide™ helps students understand Laurie Halse Anderson's literary techniques, from symbolism to a distinctive first-person voice, while exploring trauma, healing, and self-expression, and building reading comprehension, critical thinking, and analytical skills.

Novel Guide Includes:

• CCSS alignment
• Prereading activities
• Vocabulary exercises
• Background information
• Chapter summaries
• Discussion questions
• Literary devices lessons and activities
• Reflective, expository, and analytical writing
• Character and plot analysis activities
• Whole novel project assignments
• Depth of Knowledge end of novel writing prompts
• Grading rubrics
• Final test

Bonus: Differentiated activities designed for struggling readers, PLUS extra activities for each chapter, including selected activities for accelerated learners.

Every voice deserves to be heard.

About the Author

Jill Mountain holds a BA and MA in English from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She works as a secondary ELA teacher on Long Island, New York. In her spare time she enjoys watching classic horror movies, reading science fiction novels, and spending time cooking and gardening with her husband.

Print Book (4S2832): Spiral-bound, 8 x 11 inches, 91 pages plus bonus activities, reproducible.
Book Download (4S2832DL): PDF, 91 pages plus bonus activities, reproducible. We recommend Foxit PDF for viewing or editing PDFs.
Middle school, high school. ©2017.