TEACHER'S GUIDE FOR:
I Am Alfonso Jones
By Tony Medina
Illustrations by John Jennings, Stacey Robinson
Teacher’s Guide Features:
- Summary and background information
- Prereading focus questions
- Vocabulary Discussion questions
- Ideas for literature circles
- Ideas for reader’s response and writing activities
- Strategies for ESL/ELL
- Interdisciplinary activities and connections
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About This Title
Guided Reading:
Z+Lexile:
GN640LInterest Level:
Grades 6 - 12Reading Level:
Grades 6 - 12Themes
African/African American Interest, Civil Rights Movement, Coping with Death, Courage, Cultural Diversity, Discrimination, Empathy/Compassion, Families, Fathers, History, Latino/Hispanic/Mexican Interest, Mothers, Multiethnic interest, New York, Overcoming Obstacles, Persistence/Grit, Poetry, Protest, Realistic Fiction, Teen Interest, United States History, YA interest
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