LitPlan Novel Study Murder On The Orient Express (LitPlan Novel Study Units)

This LitPlan Novel Study for Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie is a comprehensive foundation of ready-to-use materials that will ensure your students get the most out of their Murder On The Orient Express novel study.

Practical, flexible, and standards-based with step-by-step plans for the whole novel unit, this LitPlan Novel Study is especially helpful to new teachers or veteran teachers teaching Murder On The Orient Express for the first time.

20 Step-by-Step Daily Lessons guide you and your students through this novel study. Assignments and Activities are planned for each day of the novel unit.

Vocabulary Worksheets that focus on meaning in context and dictionary definitions go with each reading assignment.

Comprehension Questions and Quizzes follow the reading assignments, so you know if your students are keeping up with their reading and understanding what they are reading.

Writing Assignments are sprinkled throughout this novel study for Murder On The Orient Express, too! Detailed writing assignment sheets guide students' writing.

Two lessons are also devoted to Leveled Critical Thinking Questions:

• Interpretive Questions require students to simply interpret facts that are given.
• Critical Questions require students to think deeply to develop answers that go beyond what is in the text.
• Personal Response Questions have no right or wrong answer; students formulate and give their own opinions.

A Nonfiction Reading Assignment is incorporated into this novel study unit for Murder On The Orient Express. Students are required to read at least one nonfiction article and view at least one nonfiction video related to the story and complete a short report form analyzing their sources.

A Variety of Additional Activities are woven into this Murder On The Orient Express novel study:

• Elements of the Murder Mystery Genre
• Elements of Agatha Christie's Writing Style
• Group Project - Solving the Murder
• Oral Reading Evaluation
• Oral Reports

A class period is devoted to Vocabulary Review. Review puzzles, games, and worksheets are provided.

One class period is devoted to Whole-Unit Review in preparation for the unit test. Review puzzles, games, and worksheets are provided.

Five Different Unit Tests are provided on different levels and to use for make-up tests or tests for different classes if you're teaching the book to more than one class at a time. Two are multiple-choice, two are short-answer, and one is advanced short-answer. You can mix-and-match test sections as well.

Evaluation Rubrics, Bulletin Board Ideas, Extension Activities, and Answer Keys are also included.

FLEXIBILITY is a key property of this novel study unit for Murder On The Orient Express.

• It is formatted so that you can skip a planned activity and plug in one of your own favorites if you want to.
• You can use all or just part of this LitPlan.
• Written for whole-class use, but easily adaptable for:
  • independent study
  • small groups or lit circles
  • Homeschooling
  • tutoring

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