Book List: Recommended Texts for the EQ

Book List: Recommended Texts for the EQ


As you embark on this Essential Question unit adventure, consider your options in terms of reading: core/whole class texts, book clubs/literature circles, or individual choice. These options are all wonderful; in fact, I will typically alternate in a given semester between these unit types.

Click here to access a list of books that would work well with this EQ.

The Essential Question Adventure Pack: To what extent do trauma, tragedy, and adversity build resilience?

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The Essential Question Adventure Pack: An Introduction

  • Book List: Recommended Texts for the EQ13
  • Introducing the EQ - Gateway Activity11
  • Printable Anchor Charts

Pacing Calendar Suggestions

  • Option #1: Whole Class Novel Unit Calendar
  • Option #2: Literature Circles Calendar1

Evidence Trackers

  • How to Use Evidence Trackers
  • Tracker #1 & Tracker #22

Supplemental Activities

  • Digital Choice Board - To what extent do trauma, tragedy, and adversity build resilience?6
  • Supplemental #1: "Perhaps the World Ends Here" {A Poem by Joy Harjo}1
  • Supplemental #2: "We Are Virginia Tech" by Nikki Giovanni2
  • Supplemental #3: "Why Domestic Violence Victims Don't Leave" by Leslie Morgan Steiner
  • Supplemental #4: The Pursuit of Happyness {A Film Study Notes Page}
  • Supplemental #5: A Garden of Resilience {a nonfiction reading and metaphor "craft-tivity"}5

Templates for Activities

  • Sectioned Venn Diagram
  • Fishbowl Discussion
  • EQ Exit Tickets
  • Jigsaw Text Lesson

Assessment

  • Assessment Template3

BONUSES!

  • A few extras that could be interesting additions...