His 2017 novel Refugee has spent more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list, and is the winner of 14 state awards. And both stories are testaments to the idea, perhaps never proven more definitively than on D-Day, that we are stronger when we work together.Īlan Gratz is the bestselling author of a number of novels for young readers. And don't worry, it doesn't have any Allies spoilers!Īllies and Resist are both action-packed stories of courage and defiance set against the backdrop of real historical events. You and your students can read it before or after Allies, or all by itself. The free book you hold in your hands, Resist, is the rest of Samira's story! Samira is one of my favorite characters from Allies, and I loved the chance to dive back into her life and her adventures on D-Day as she goes on a daring rescue mission to find her mom. She plays a big role in Allies, but there was more to her story that I couldn't fit in the book. One of those characters, Samira Zidane, is a French Algerian girl who is part of the Resistance. My newest book, Allies, tells the story of that momentous day from the viewpoint of six different young people involved in the Normandy invasion, from soldiers landing on the beaches to French citizens living under Nazi occupation.

J- D-Day- was one of the most important events in human history. This book was created exclusively for Scholastic Book Clubs Classrooms.įrom a paper accompanying this book pack: This unit will cover core content standards such as: comprehension, summarization, characterization, vocabulary building, inquiry, and reflection.An exclusive, action-packed story about one girl's daring rescue mission during World War II.Ĭan Samira survive the dangers of D-Day and find her mother in time?

Over TWENTY-EIGHT pages included to give you teaching options!!! Full answer keys make this easy to grade or perfect for last-minute sub plans. Words include: plummeted, skulking, quaked, clambered, eerie, dislodge

Then, students look the word up in a dictionary and write the actual definition. Using the context clues provided in the quote, students first infer what they believe the word to mean. Students read a short quote from the text with an underlined vocabulary word.

This 28 page product reinforces state standards such as comprehension, characterization, sequencing, important quotations, and vocabulary building as students read and enjoy the novel Resist by Alan Gratz.įull answer keys are provided for quick grading or easy sub plans!Ĥ pages (21 questions total) of short answer comprehension questionsĤ Practice Vocabulary pages with 16 total vocabulary words

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