An Instructional Guide for Literature: Maniac Magee

An Instructional Guide for Literature: Maniac Magee
Author: Mary Ellen Taylor
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 75
Release: 2015-05-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1493860445

Explore the many obstacles that Maniac Magee encounters in this eye-opening book. Students will learn to analyze prejudices and other challenges that Magee faces by completing fun, challenging activities and lessons provided in this digital instructional guide for literature. This e-book guide is the perfect tool for teachers to aid students in analyzing and comprehending this story. Appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities incorporate research-based literacy skills to help students become thorough readers. These lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and much more.

Maniac Magee (Newbery Medal Winner)

Maniac Magee (Newbery Medal Winner)
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2014-01-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0316333506

A Newbery Medal winning modern classic about a racially divided small town and a boy who runs. Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years, he decides to run--and not just run away, but run. This is where the myth of Maniac Magee begins, as he changes the lives of a racially divided small town with his amazing and legendary feats.

A Guide for Using Maniac Magee in the Classroom

A Guide for Using Maniac Magee in the Classroom
Author: Michael H. Levin
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 50
Release: 1995-07
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1557345376

Presents lesson plans, curriculum connections, activities, vocabulary help, a related-reading list, and other materials for teaching "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli.

Literature Circle Guide

Literature Circle Guide
Author: Perdita Finn
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2001
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439163620

A guide to facilitating the discussion of the novel by Jerry Spinelli by students in grades four through eight offers suggestions for identifying themes, analyzing vocabulary, and responding to the text.

Maniac Magee Post-Reading Activities

Maniac Magee Post-Reading Activities
Author: Mary Ellen Taylor
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 5
Release: 2015-05-15
Genre:
ISBN: 1493860518

These post-reading activities for Maniac Magee allow students to share their understanding of the characters, plots, and settings of the book. They have opportunities to write, draw, and perform based on what they've learned.

Maniac Magee

Maniac Magee
Author: Kathleen M. Fischer
Publisher: Learning Links
Total Pages: 30
Release: 1992-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780881227314

Novel-Ties study guides contain reproducible pages in a chapter by chapter format to accompany a work of literature of the same title.

Maniac Magee

Maniac Magee
Author: Charlotte S. Jaffe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1995
Genre: Language experience approach in education
ISBN: 9781566449809

Teacher's guide based on Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee, includes essay and multiple choice questions, activities, glossary, and answer key.

Maniac Magee Reading Guide

Maniac Magee Reading Guide
Author: Saddleback Educational Publishing
Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2006-09-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1602915253

Struggling readers frequently lack basic reading skills and are not equipped with the prior knowledge and reading strategies to thoroughly engage in the classroom literature experience. Give your students the background and support they need to understand and enjoy literature. With these reading guides, your students will practice reading comprehension skills, sharpen their vocabulary, and learn to identify literary elements. The eBooks range in reading level from 4 to 10. Reproducible. Contents Include: Teacher and student support materials, reproducible student activity sheets, an end-of-book test, and an answer key. Each reading guide divides the novel into six manageable units. Prepares all students for reading success through activating prior knowledge. Focuses reading with guiding "Questions to Think About". Build vocabulary with pre-reading and during-reading activities.

Maniac Magee

Maniac Magee
Author: Janice K. Rugg-Davis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 31
Release: 1994
Genre: Literature
ISBN: 9780787700188

Teaching units to accompany the study of the novel Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli.