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Kira-Kira

Novel Study Guide - Grades 5 to 6 - Print Book - Lesson Plan

  • Kira-Kira - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6 - print book
  • Kira-Kira - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6 - print book
  • Kira-Kira - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6 - print book
  • Kira-Kira - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6 - print book
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Order #: CC2513 ISBN13: 978-1-55319-445-3 Grades: 5, 6 Reading Level: 5-6 Total Page: 55 Author: Nat Reed
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  • The materials went far to help direct my understudies through this novel. Much obliged!

    Tracey L
  • This packet blew me away! I love Kira-Kira and I'm so glad I found this unit, that guides my students far behind just comprehension of the novel

    Stephanie Moreno
  • Great resource! Thank you.

    THAIS PEREZ
  • Love it! Makes it so easy to to novel studies!

    Normandy Bernard
  • Love it!

    Abe Hillside

Description

Experience what it's like to rise up and fill a hole left by the loss of a family member. Help guide students through the novel with vocabulary prompts and comprehension activities. Imagine the challenges faced by a Japanese-American family moving from Iowa to Georgia in the 1950s. Explore the concept of prejudice and identify different groups who might experience this. Complete passages from the text with their missing vocabulary words. Reflect on the incident where Katie decides to shoplift and describe the worst thing about the experience. Find examples from the novel of foreshadowing and imagine to what it could be predicting. List the events comprising an incident in the novel in the order that it happened in a Flow Chart. Aligned to your State Standards, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.

About the Novel:
Kira-Kira (kee ra kee ra) is a Japanese word for glittering; shining. This unforgettable story is a coming-of-age tale of one family’s difficulties in adapting to a post-World War II society that is reluctant to welcome a Japanese family that is laboring in Georgia’s poultry plants. The story features Katie, her older sister Lynn and their younger brother, Sammy. When Lynn grows ill and eventually dies, it makes Katie realize that she must assume even more responsibility. Removed from the shadow of her high-achieving older sister, she even begins to improve in her schoolwork. This Newbery Medal winning-story deals with family relationships and the illness and death of a close family member in a sensitive, realistic manner.

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Product Reviews

Tracey L

The materials went far to help direct my understudies through this novel. Much obliged!

Stephanie Moreno

This packet blew me away! I love Kira-Kira and I'm so glad I found this unit, that guides my students far behind just comprehension of the novel

THAIS PEREZ

Great resource! Thank you.

Normandy Bernard

Love it! Makes it so easy to to novel studies!

Abe Hillside

Love it!

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