The Things They Carried Novel Guide Book

Part memoir, part fiction, all unforgettable: The Things They Carried challenges students to think about what makes a story true.

Teach Tim O'Brien's linked stories with a complete guide.

This Novel Guide™ helps students understand O'Brien's literary techniques, from metafiction to repetition and imagery, while exploring memory, guilt, and the weight of war, 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.

A true war story is never about war.

About the Author

Margaret Ann Shamshoian is a Dallas, Texas, native currently living in Fresno, California. She attended Emory University and earned a degree in English and Educational Studies, and she holds an English/Language Arts teaching credential from Fresno Pacific University. She has spent six years working in high school classrooms, teaching mostly Reading Intervention, 11th grade English, and 9th grade English in a Business/Technology Pathway. Her favorite parts of teaching are connecting with students over literature and helping them to learn more about themselves and the world through reading, writing, and discussion. Her favorite books are East of Eden by John Steinbeck and Life of Pi by Yann Martel. In her spare time, Margaret Ann enjoys yoga, cooking, and spending time with her husband and one-year-old daughter.

4S2837DL: PDF download, 104 pages plus bonus activities, reproducible. Middle school, high school. We recommend Foxit PDF for viewing or editing PDFs. ©2017.