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Coming of Age: 13 B'nai Mitzvah Stories
This short story collection highlights the varied and diverse experiences of coming of age in the Jewish faith.
Bio-Poem Examples
This reading contains 3 examples of a bio-poem, an 11-line poem describing a person.
Chunking Worksheet: What is a Community?
Students use this worksheet to help them decode text and paraphrase key ideas using the chunking strategy.
What is a Law? What is a Custom?
Students use this Venn diagram handout to reflect on examples of laws, examples of customs, and examples of laws that are also customs.
Character Map
This graphic organizer will help students create annotated illustrations of a fictional or historical character.
Create a Book Club Contract
Book club groups can use this handout to create a contract that establishes norms for how students will treat each other during their meetings.
What Are We All About?
Book club groups can use the prompts in this handout to discuss their group's identity, purpose, and message.
Taking Charge of the Discussion
This handout describes the different roles that students can take on during their book club discussions.
Routines for Getting Started and Wrapping Up
This handout provides routines that book club groups can use during meetings to get the conversation started and to say goodbye.
Compelling Questions for Book Club Discussions
Book club groups can choose from the questions on this handout to help guide their conversation during meetings.
It's All About Perception
This handout leads book club groups through an activity that focuses on the idea of perception.