The stranger in this story is suffering from a case of amnesia and is unable to remember who he is. This naturally encourages the reader to ask questions to discover the man's identity, and in the case of this mystery, whether he can be to blame for the odd activity going on around the farm.

If you're looking for a good resource for supporting readers who need additional practice determining importance, The Stranger is an excellent choice. Students will have to sort through the details of this text to remain focused on the biggest issue--who is the stranger?

Using this book and lesson plan, developing readers will practice identifying evidence from the text to support the ultimate purpose the author has for writing this story. This will help them see how their understanding of the author's message can affect their full understanding of a text.

The mystery format of The Stranger lends itself well to a lesson on making inferences. Readers will need to tune in to the clues in the text to infer the identity of the man and to draw out the full meaning of this story.

Readers will enjoy engaging with the mysterious story of The Stranger. With a clear beginning, middle and end, students will practice accurately summarizing the main events in sequential order.

This book and lesson plan are helpful resources for readers who need additional practice visualizing to fully comprehend text. In this lesson, students will practice identifying the descriptive words used by the author that aid their mental imagery.

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg as a springboard for instruction focused on diphthongs.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how diphthongs ow and ou are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with words.

This set of vocabulary development resources for The Stranger highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book. Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions and pictures, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of The Stranger.

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with The Stranger. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

Understanding cause and effect is a key comprehension and language skill. The text structure of The Stranger includes several examples of cause and effect relationships, making it easy to use as a springboard for modeling or independent practice.

This simple resource includes four sentence stems. Each sentence stem presents an effect. Students will use what they know about the book to fill in the cause of the effect.

The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.

Read The Stranger then have some fun matching cause and effect sentences from the book. By using these cause and effect cards, students will demonstrate both their comprehension of the text and their understanding of cause and effect relationships in hands-on and interactive way.

This resource includes matching/sorting cards and a sorting mat for four cause and effect sentences in The Stranger. Each cause card is marked with a square and each effect card is marked with a circle, making it easy to support students who struggle with matching cause and effect relationships.