A Guide for Using The Egypt Game in the Classroom

A Guide for Using The Egypt Game in the Classroom
Author: Kelli Plaxco
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2001-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0743930061

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Each book in this series is a guide for using a well-known piece of literature in the classroom. Included are sample plans, author information, vocabulary-building ideas, and cross-curricular activities. At the Intermediate and Challenging levels, sectional activities and quizzes, unit tests, and ideas for culminating and extending the novel are also included.

The Egypt Game

The Egypt Game
Author: Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2012-10-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 143913202X

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A children’s fantasy game in an abandoned lot leads to unexpected trouble in this classic, Newburn Honor–winning book. The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she’s not sure they’ll have anything in common. But she soon discovers that they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. When they stumble upon a deserted storage yard behind the A-Z Antiques and Curio Shop, Melanie and April decide it’s the perfect spot for them to play the Egypt Game. Before long there are six Egyptians instead of two. After school and on weekends they all meet to wear costumes, hold ceremonies, and work on their secret code. Everyone thinks it’s just a game, until strange things begin happening to the players. Has the Egypt Game gone too far?

The Gypsy Game

The Gypsy Game
Author: Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2013-03-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307833283

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The kids from The Egypt Game are back. What game will they play next? The answer is Gypsies. While April plunges in with her usual enthusiasm, the more Melanie learns, the more something seems to be holding her back. But it's Toby who adds a really new wrinkle when he announces that he himself is a bona fide Gypsy. Plus he can get them some of his grandmother's things to use as real Gypsy props for the new game. What could be more thrilling? Then Toby suddenly and mysteriously disappears, and the kids discover that living as real-life Gypsies may not be as much fun as they thought. How will they find Toby and rescue him from the very real problems that are haunting his life?

The Boy of the Painted Cave

The Boy of the Painted Cave
Author: Justin Denzel
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 162
Release: 1996-04-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780698113770

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Tao is an outcast. Unlike the great hunters of his clan, Tao does not want to kill the wild bears or woolly mammoths of the hunt. Instead he wants only to paint them. But only Chosen Ones can be cave painters. What's more, Volt, the clan leader, violently despises Tao. And when the other clan members discover Tao's secret talent, they cast him out into the wilderness alone. There, he befriends a wild wolf dog named Ram, and the mysterious Graybeard, who teaches him the true secret of the hunt.

The Headless Cupid

The Headless Cupid
Author: Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2012-10-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416995404

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When the four Stanley children meet Amanda, their new stepsister, they’re amazed to learn that she studies witchcraft. They’re stunned to see her dressed in a strange costume, carrying a pet crow and surrounded by a pile of books about the supernatural. It’s not long before Amanda promises to give witchcraft lessons to David, Jamie, and the twins. But that’s when strange things start happening in their old house. David suspects Amanda of causing mischief, until they learn that the house really was haunted long ago. Legend has it that a ghost cut the head off of a wooden cupid on the stairway. Has the ghost returned to strike again?

Radio Fifth Grade

Radio Fifth Grade
Author: Gordon Korman
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 194
Release: 1991-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0590419277

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Mayhem breaks out in the fifth grade when the Venice Menace bullies his classmates into letting him become a regular guest on "Kidsview," the school's radio program.

The Westing Game

The Westing Game
Author: Ellen Raskin
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2020-10-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593204506

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A Newbery Medal Winner For over thirty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite. This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. They could become millionaires-it all depends on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, a game involving blizzards, burglaries, and bombings! Ellen Raskin has created a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense. Winner of the Newbery Medal Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award An ALA Notable Book A School Library Journal One Hundred Books That Shaped the Century "A supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny." —Booklist, starred review "Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand." —The New York Times Book Review "A fascinating medley of word games, disguises, multiple aliases, and subterfuges—a demanding but rewarding book." —The Horn Book

A Guide for Using Bud, Not Buddy in the Classroom

A Guide for Using Bud, Not Buddy in the Classroom
Author: Sarah Clark
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2001-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 074393153X

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Each book in this series is a guide for using a well-known piece of literature in the classroom. Included are sample plans, author information, vocabulary-building ideas, and cross-curricular activities. At the Intermediate and Challenging levels, sectional activities and quizzes, unit tests, and ideas for culminating and extending the novel are also included.