This is a middle school novel study for The King of Jam Sandwiches by the renowned Canadian author Eric Walters. It contains 137 pages of resources, including chapter-based quizzes, vocabulary, and comprehension questions, assessments, reading infographics, article studies, and more. The resource provides teacher-led discussion questions and more profound thinking activities that parallel related real-world topics featured in the book. These activities are perfect for various settings for your student's ability levels, such as partner work, small groups, class discussions, or independent study.
 
Focus standards include figurative language, theme, character analysis, plot, and opinion writing.
 
The King of Jam Sandwiches Novel Study resource contains:
 
Plot Diagram - A placemat for students' notebooks where they can document plot elements. This can be done independently or used to model how this can be done for future novels.
Story Elements – A placemat for student notebooks to get them thinking about the theme, figurative language, and point of view as they move through the novel. This also includes a teacher copy of examples of figurative language in the book.
Quotables – A handout for student notebooks where they can document quotes from the novel that they find impactful.
Character Traits – Graphic organizers that encourage students to assign traits to characters and back up these using evidence from the text.
Chapter Summaries - Students have two options to help them remember key points from each chapter. Students can write or draw important events from each chapter using the provided templates.
Vocabulary – Students find definitions of essential vocabulary that are organized by chapter.
Discussion Questions - A collection of more profound thinking questions surrounding more sensitive topics. They can be used to spark student conversation or to model how to answer chapter questions.
R.A.C.E. Format Posters – A set of classroom posters that help students remember how to answer questions about a text using evidence and their opinions.
Chapter Questions – 15 pages of questions organized by 1-2 chapters. These pages are geared towards getting students to analyze each chapter and cite text-based evidence to explore the text, make inferences, analyze dialogue and discuss the character's point of view.
Parallel Activities are optional lessons and assessments that dive deeper into real-world issues, figurative language, and persuasive writing. They can be used before reading, during, or after reading. Success criteria checklists are also included.
Before Reading - There are four lessons outlined in this section. They look at removing the stigma surrounding homelessness by investigating images and infographics.
During Reading – These activities involve investigating analogies, examining friendships, learning about foster homes and how they are portrayed in the media, analyzing articles about the issues of "aging out," persuasive writing, and letter writing.
After Reading – Students use their knowledge of characters to find appropriate real-world versions of them and justify their choices using evidence from the text.
Culminating Activity- Students sum up what they have learned by creating a movie poster surrounding the theme and main ideas of the novel.
 
OTHER NOVEL STUDIES
Middle School Novel Study - The Outsiders, The Book - By S.E. Hinton
Middle School Novel Study - Scythe - By Neal Shusterman
 
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