The Graveyard Book
Overview:
Over the next couple weeks we will be reading Neil Gaiman's celebrated novel The Graveyard Book. The plot, roughly inspired by Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book, explores the themes of Coming of Age and the literary idea of The Other. Reading this pastiche will lead us into our marking period culminating essay.
Discussion Questions
Reading Schedule:
You will be assigned a reading track based on your reading proficiency and will complete the layered reading after each day of reading.
Track 1 (820+lexile) Track 2 (below 800) Track 3 (ELL)
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Chapter 1
(Pgs. 1-33)
10/20 |
Read Text with audio & GN
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Read Text with audio & GN
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Read Text with audio & GN
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Chapter 2
(Pgs. 35-60)
10/21 |
Read Text
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Read Text & GN
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GN
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Chapter 3
(Pgs. 61-98)
10/24 |
Read Text
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GN
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GN
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Chapter 4
(Pgs. 99-143)
10/25 |
Read Text & GN
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GN
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GN
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Chapter 5
(Pgs. 144-173)
10/26 |
Read Text & GN
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Read Text & GN
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Read text with audio
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Chapter 6
(Pgs. 174-210)
11/11 |
Read Text
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GN
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GN
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Chapter 7
(Pgs. 211-294)
11/15 |
GN
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GN
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GN
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Chapter 8
(Pgs. 295-307)
11/16 |
Read Text
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Read Text
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GN
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Neil Gaiman Audio
GN Part 1 (Chapters 1-5 & Interlude)
Chapter 5 Text (pdf)
reading quiz 1
GN Part 2 (Chapters 6-8)
CCSS:
RL.9-10.1
RL.9-10.2
RL.9-10.3
RL.9-10.6