Patricia Reilly Giff
Lesson plans for All the Way Home, more
|Biography and Background|
|All the Way Home|
|Eleven|
|A House of Tailors|
|Lily's Crossing|
|Nory Ryan's Song|
|Pictures of Hollis Woods|
Patricia Reilly Giff
The author's official site. Be sure to check out the resources for teachers.
Patricia Reilly Giff
Author interview with emphasis on Maggie's Door.
All the Way Home by Patricia Reilly Giff
Summary and a variety of activities to support this book.
All the Way Home
Synopsis, related links, discussion questions, and 3 postreading activities.
Eleven
Summary, pre-reading and follow-up activities, vocabulary, related titles and sites.
A House of Tailors
Summary, discussion questions, and follow-up activities.
Decoding Nazi Secrets
At this PBS website students can try to break a code, encode a message, and connect codes of the past with online security today.
Lily's Crossing
Summary and 9 discussion questions.
Lily's Crossing
Links to background information.
Lily's Crossing Curriculum Ideas
Summary, writing tasks, vocabulary words, and connections to social studies, science, math, and more. Adobe Reader required for access.
Lily's Crossing Literature Unit
Pre-reading activity, discussion questions by chapter, and activities. Word processor required for access.
Lily's Crossing Teacher's Guide
This 17-page document includes printable handouts for vocabulary and comprehension questions (by chapter). It also has related sites, writing prompts, and answer keys. Adobe Reader required for access.
Nory Ryan's Song
Summary, booktalk, 10 discussion questions, and related titles.
Nory Ryan's Song
Synopsis, prereading activities, discussion questions, cross-curricular activities, more.
Nory Ryan's Song
Synopsis, 3 discussion questions, and ideas for 3 follow-up activities.
Episodic Writing
Students will plan a thematically-based story that can be told in a series of related or unrelated episodes. Each written episode's goal will be to add another perspective or thinking-point about the writer's chosen theme. When several episodes are written, the writer will sequence them together as one story (told in multiple episodes) about their theme, and they will have a piece of episodic writing for their portfolios. This lesson focuses on idea development and organization.
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Summary, booktalk, 14 discussion questions, and related titles.
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Synopsis, prereading activities, discussion questions, cross-curricular activities, more.
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Summary, 6 discussion questions, and 4 postreading activities.
Sort It Out with Senses!
Summary, prereading questions, followup questions, project suggestions. A handout asks students to explore types of description. This lesson supports Pictures of Hollis Woods.
