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Because of Mr. Terupt Book Club Focused on Making Inferences & Drawing Conclusions

Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea is a powerful and emotional story likely to spur discussions about acceptance and friendship. This story defines what it means to be kind to one another and put one's self in someone else's shoes. This chapter book is perfect for mini lessons focused on making inferences and using evidence from the text to support a reader's ideas.

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Lesson plans for 7 book club meetings focused on Making Inferences & Drawing Conclusions
Chapter by chapter discussion questions and key vocabulary
Book Club calendar
Conversation prompts
Student self-evaluations forms
Reading response board
Culminating activity
Instructional focus assessment, answer key, and rubric
Note: This set of instructional resources is for use with the book Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.

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Included in this resource
Lesson plans for 7 book club meetings focused on Making Inferences & Drawing Conclusions
Chapter by chapter discussion questions and key vocabulary
Book Club calendar
Conversation prompts
Student self-evaluations forms
Reading response board
Culminating activity
Instructional focus assessment, answer key, and rubric
This set of instructional resources is for use with the book Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.

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Book Club resources

The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.

The instructional overview includes instructional background for making inferences, instructional objectives for each of the Book Club meetings, and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to the Because of Mr. Terupt Book Club.

Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea is an engaging text for teaching students about making inferences. When students are able to use evidence in the text and their background knowledge to figure out things that are not explicitly stated, they are able to engage more deeply with the text.

When making inferences, it is important for readers to be able to cite the portions of the text that guided their thinking. Discussion for this Because of Mr. Terupt Book Club is focused on citing the text when making inferences.

Author Rob Buyea introduces readers to a variety of characters in Because of Mr. Terupt. When inferring traits for these characters, students will learn to examine the character's dialogue and actions to use as evidence.

Strong readers are able to increase their comprehension of the text by making inferences about the relationships between characters. Because Rob Buyea tells this story from each character's perspective, students will have the opportunity to dig deeply into the relationships between the characters in Because of Mr. Terupt.

The characters in Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea are impacted by having a dynamic teacher. This Book Club meeting looks at how the characters change throughout the story and inferring why the change occurs.

Author Rob Buyea shares important messages in Because of Mr. Terupt. In order for students to make inferences about what the author is trying to tell us, they need to pay attention to the ways in which the characters change as a result of having Mr. Terupt as their teacher.

During this final Because of Mr. Terupt Book Club meeting, students will have the opportunity to showcase the making inferences skills they have mastered through a culminating activity.

Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with making inferences.

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Book Title:

Because of Mr. Terupt

Book Author:

Rob Buyea

Grade Level:

Genre(s):

Realistic Fiction

F&P Guided Reading Level:

DRA Level:

70+

Reading Recovery Level:

Theme(s):

Bullying, Friendship, Back to School, Relationship Skills, Self Awareness, Self Management, Social Awareness

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Common Core Alignment:	RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.6.5, RL.6.6, RL.6.7, RL.6.9, RL.6.10, W.6.8, W.6.9, SL.6.1a, SL.6.1b, SL.6.1c, L.6.6, L.6.4a, L.6.5
Vocabulary Connections:	L.6.6, L.6.4a, L.6.5