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Inspire your students with this brave story about racism and homelessness. The helpful journal topics offer extended writing activities and discussion prompts. Students come up with possible story ideas that could relate to the title, maniac. Illustrate the scene between McNab and Maniac. Match quotes to the characters who said them. Students confront the idea of discrimination by identifying some of the ways people discriminate against other people. Find proof from the story to support the different qualities inhabited by Maniac and Grayson. Give meaning to expressions from the story. Identify each expression as a simile or metaphor. Identify a major and minor problem that Maniac faces in the story and explain each in a paragraph. Aligned to your State Standards, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.About the Novel:Maniac Magee is a Newbery Medal winning-story about a young homeless boy running through town and the different people he meets along the way. Orphaned at the age of three, Jeffrey Magee runs away from his Aunt and Uncle eight years later. He finds himself in Two Mills, Pennsylvania, where he realizes the town is split in halfthe East End and the West End. Running his way through the town, Magee learns of the hatred and racism that separates the two sides. Along the way, he meets a wide range of interesting characters, and even develops a legend for himself, earning him the nickname Maniac. He endures hardships while moving from place to place, eventually finding a home in a buffalo pen at the zoo.

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A Literature Kit FOR
Maniac Magee

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By Jerry Spinelli

Written by Eleanor M. Summers

GRADES 5 - 6

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Classroom Complete Press

P.O. Box 19729
San Diego, CA 92159
Tel: 1-800-663-3609 | Fax: 1-800-663-3608
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www.classroomcompletepress.com

ISBN - 13: 978-1-55319-242-9
eISBN: 978-1-77167-365-5

2015

Permission to Reproduce

Pages of this publication designated as reproducible may be reproduced under licence from Access Copyright. All other pages may only be reproduced with the express written permission of Classroom Complete Press, or as permitted by law. All rights are otherwise reserved and no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanic, photocopying, scanning, recording or otherwise, except as specifically authorized. Permission is granted to the individual teacher who purchases one copy of this book to reproduce the student activity material for use in his or her classroom only. Reproduction of these materials for colleagues, an entire school or school system or for commercial sale is strictly prohibited. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for our publishing activities.

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Introduction

Our literature kit is designed to give the teacher a number of helpful ways of making the study of this novel a more enjoyable and profitable experience for the students. Our guide features a number of useful and flexible components, from which the teacher can choose. It is not expected that all of the activities will be completed.

One advantage to this approach to the study of a novel is that the student can work at his or her own speed, and the teacher can assign activities that match the students abilities.

Our literature kit divides the novel by chapters and features reading comprehension and vocabulary questions. Themes include self reliance, adapting to ones environment, relationships with other families, testing and proving oneself, and friendships that crosses barriers.Maniac Mageeprovides a wealth of opportunity for classroom discussion because of its vivid portrayal of the central character, and his quest to find his place in the world.

STUDENT HANDOUTS

Chapter Activities(in the form of reproducible worksheets) make up the majority of this resource. For each group of chapters, there are BEFORE YOU READ activities and AFTER YOU READ activities.

The BEFORE YOU READ activities prepare students for reading by setting a purpose for reading. They stimulate background knowledge and experience, and guide students to make connections between what they know and what they will learn. Important concepts and vocabulary from the chapter(s) are also presented.

The AFTER YOU READ activities check students comprehension and extend their learning. Students are asked to give thoughtful consideration of the text through creative and evaluative short-answer questions and journal prompts.

Six Writing Tasks and three Graphic Organizers are included to further develop students critical thinking and writing skills, and analysis of the text. The Assessment Rubric is a useful tool for evaluating students responses to the Writing Tasks and Graphic Organizers.

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