Sarah, Plain and Tall: An Instructional Guide for Literature - Paperback

by Kristi Sturgeon (Author)

Young readers will enjoy this heartwarming story following Sarah's journey with a small family to become the mother-figure they desperately need. Sarah, Plain and Tall: An Instructional Guide for Literature provides rigorous and engaging lessons and activities to aid your students' explorations of rich, complex literature. Readers will learn such skills as analyzing and comprehending story elements in multiple ways, practicing close reading and text-based vocabulary, and determining meaning through text-dependent questions. Add rigor to your students' explorations of this Newbery Medal-winning novel.

Author Biography

Kristi Sturgeon is a former elementary school teacher. Over the past seven years, Kristi has taught both second and third grade, as well as participated in Explicit Direct Instruction and the coaching of other teachers. She earned a master's degree in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in literacy