Teacher Instruction

Project the relevant slides of this PowerPoint and use

the accompanying printable student lessons, handouts
and answer keys to lead no prep lessons.

Alternatively, open this Google slide link. Click ‘File’ >

‘Make a Copy’ and share the relevant slides for
students to self-navigate and submit a no prep Google
Classroom assignment.

© Common Core English with Ease 2018

 ADAPTABLE LESSON PLAN
for Chapter-by-Chapter Lessons for Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Unit Children of Blood and Bone Novel Study Chapter(s)
Materials
- “Student Handouts” for assigned chapters (print one copy per student)
- “Discussion Guide and Answer Key” for assigned chapters (Print one copy for teacher use)
- PowerPoint for assigned chapters (displayed by teacher)
- Optional: See page 5 to play mini-lesson instructional video(s) to introduce the reading skills relevant to the
chapter.
- Optional: “Reusable Bell Ringer” (print one copy per student) or purchase my no prep bell ringer bundle!
- Optional: “Reusable Exit Slip” (print one copy per student)
- Google Slides
Differentiation
- Read my guest blog post and print the infographic to effortlessly differentiate any lesson.
- Use printable comic templates to help students visualize complex texts and concepts.
- Create version of handout with page numbers and/or vocabulary definitions for 1-4 students.
Common Core Standards
See page 2 - 4 to fill in relevant common core standards for today’s chapters.
Student-Friendly Learning Focus
See page 2 - 4 to fill in relevant student-friendly learning focus for today’s chapters.
Optional Bell Ringer (5 - 10 minutes)
- Teacher gives students the “Bell Ringer” task cards as they enter class and displays 5-minute timer.
- Students silently and independently complete the "Bell Ringer" task card.
- When 5-minute timer sounds, teacher asks for 3 - 5 student volunteers to share bell ringer responses.
Mini-Lesson "I Do" (5 - 10 minutes)
- Teacher displays and cold-calls one student to read aloud the daily “Learning Focus” (above).
- Teacher cold-calls students to summarize the most recent reading assignment from homework or a prior class.
- Optional: See page 5 to play mini-lesson instructional video(s) to introduce the reading skills relevant to the chapter.
TEACHER SCRIPT: Today we will read chapters _____.
Guided Practice "We Do" (10 - 20 minutes)
- Teacher displays assigned chapter questions on PowerPoint.
- Teacher cold calls students to take turns reading at least one of the assigned chapters together as whole class.
- Teacher cold calls students to answer vocabulary, short response and/or extended response questions on the
assigned “Student Handout” as teacher confirms answers using “Discussion Guide and Answer Key”
Independent Practice "You Do" (10 - 25 minutes)
- Teacher displays assigned chapter questions on PowerPoint.
- Teacher instructs students to work independently, in pairs, or in small groups to finish reading assigned chapters
and to answer vocabulary, short response and extended response questions on their assigned “Student Handouts”.
- Display 10+ minute timer.
- Teacher cold-calls students to repeat directions.
- Teacher circulates to ensure students are on-task.
- Early finishers complete “Reusable Exit Slip” or start reading assigned chapters for homework.
Assessment (5 minutes)
- Optional: Teacher cold calls students to answer vocabulary, short response and/or extended response questions on
the “Student Handout” as teacher confirms answers using “Discussion Guide and Answer Key”
- Optional: Students complete the "Reusable Exit Slip"
- When class is over, teacher collects “Student Handouts” and "Reusable Exit Slip" (if applicable) at the door.
2

© Common Core English with Ease 2018

Homework
- Read assigned chapters
- If students need more time, they may complete “Student Handouts” and "Reusable Exit Slip" for homework.

© Common Core English with Ease 2018

 Common Core Standards by Chapter
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
English Language Arts Standards >> Reading: Literature >> Grade 9 - 10
English Language Arts Standards >> Reading: Literature >> Grade 11 - 12
Chapter # Relevant Common Core Standards Chapter # Relevant Common Core Standards
Pre-Reading 2 44 1,4,6
1 1,2,3,4 45 1,2,4,6
2 1,3,4 46 1,2,4,5
3 1,3,4 47 1,2,3,4
4 1,3,4 48 1,2,3,4
5 1,2,3,4,6 49 1,2,3,4
6 1,2,3,4,5 50 1,2,3,4
7 1,3,4,5,6 51 1,2,3,4
8 1,2,3,4,6 52 1,2,4,5
9 1,2,3,4 53 1,2,3,4
10 1,2,3,4 54 1,2,4
11 1,2,3,4,6 55 1,2,3,4,5
12 1,2,3,4,6 56 1,2,3,4
13 1,2,3,4,6 57 1,3,4,5,6
14 1,2,3,4 58 1,2,3,4,5,6
15 1,2,3,4 59 1,2,3,4,6
16 1,2,3,4,5 60 1,2,3,4
17 1,2,3,4 61 1,2,3,4,6
18 1,2,3,4 62 1,2,3,4
19 1,2,3,4,9 63 1,2,3,4,5,6
20 1,2,4 64 1,2,3,4
21 1,2,3,4,5,6 65 1,4,5
22 1,2,3,4,6 66 1,2,3,4,5
23 1,2,3,4,6,9 67 1,2,3,4,6
24 1,2,3,4 68 1,2,4
25 1,2,4,5,6,9 69 1,2,3,4
26 1,2,3,4,6 70 1,2,3,4
27 1,2,3,4,6 71 1,2,3,4
28 1,2,3,4,5 72 1,3,4
29 1,2,3,4 73 1,3,4
30 1,2,3,4,6 74 1,2,3,4
31 1,2,3,4 75 1,2,3,4
32 1,2,3,4,6 76 1,2,3,4,5
33 1,2,3,4,5,6 77 1,2,3,4,5
34 1,2,3,4,6 78 1,2,3,4
35 1,2,3,4,6 79 1,4
36 1,2,3,4 80 1,3,4
37 1,2,4,5 81 1,3,4
38 1,2,3,4 82 1,4,5
4

© Common Core English with Ease 2018

 39 1,2,3,4,6 83 1,4,6
40 1,2,4 84 1,2,3,4,6,9
41 1,4,6 85 1,3,4,5
42 1,2,4 Epilogue 1,3,4,6
43 1,2,4 Post-Reading 1,2,4,5,6,7,9

© Common Core English with Ease 2018

 Common Core Standards (Grade 9 – 10)
English Language Arts Standards >> Reading: Literature >> Grade 9 - 10
Standard # Common Core Standard Student Friendly Focus
1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1. Cite strong and thorough Using direct and implied evidence,
textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says what information is shared explicitly
explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. and what can you infer from the text,
and what is left uncertain?
2 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2. Determine a theme or central Provide an objective summary of the
idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the text.
course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped What is the theme, and how are two or
and refined by specific details; provide an objective more themes related and refined by
summary of the text. key details?
3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3. Analyze how complex How do character interactions and text
characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting structure affect characterization,
motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with conflict and theme?
other characters, and advance the plot or develop the
theme.
4 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4. Determine the meaning of Define words as they are used in the
words and phrases as they are used in the text, including text.
figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative How does figurative and connotative
impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., language enhance the tone, mood and
how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it overall impact and meaning of the
sets a formal or informal tone). text?
5 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5. Analyze how an author's What is the text structure and how
choices concerning how to structure a text, order events does it enhance the meaning, pace and
within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., suspense of the text?
pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension,
or surprise.
6 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6. Analyze a particular point of What is the narrator’s or speaker’s
view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature purpose and point of view? How do
from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading they develop and contrast the
of world literature. character and narrator points of view?
How do differing points of view
enhance suspense, humor, dramatic
irony or mood?
7 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7. Analyze the representation of What are the similarities and
a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, differences between the text and
including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment. audio/video version of the text? What
are the advantages and disadvantages
of each medium?
9 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9. Analyze how an author draws How does a work of modern fiction
on and transforms source material in a specific work. allude to or reinterpret a source text to
enhance tone, characterization,
conflict, main idea, purpose and/or
theme?

© Common Core English with Ease 2018

 Common Core Standards (Grade 11 – 12)
English Language Arts Standards >> Reading: Literature >> Grade 11 - 12
Standard # Common Core Standard Student Friendly Focus
1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1. Cite strong and thorough Using direct and implied evidence,
textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says what information is shared explicitly
explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including and what can you infer from the text,
determining where the text leaves matters uncertain. and what is left uncertain?

2 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2. Determine two or more Provide an objective summary of the

themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their text.
development over the course of the text, including how they What is the theme, and how are two
interact and build on one another to produce a complex or more themes related and refined
account; provide an objective summary of the text. by key details?
3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3. Analyze the impact of the How do character interactions and
author's choices regarding how to develop and relate text structure affect characterization,
elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how conflict and theme?
the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and
developed).
4 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4. Determine the meaning of Define words as they are used in the
words and phrases as they are used in the text, including text.
figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of How does figurative and connotative
specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words language enhance the tone, mood and
with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, overall impact and meaning of the
engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other text?
authors.)
5 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. Analyze how an author's What is the text structure and how
choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text does it enhance the meaning, pace
(e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice and suspense of the text?
to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its
overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.
6 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6. Analyze a case in which What is the narrator’s or speaker’s
grasping a point of view requires distinguishing what is purpose and point of view? How do
directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, they develop and contrast the
sarcasm, irony, or understatement). character and narrator points of view?
How do differing points of view
enhance suspense, humor, dramatic
irony or mood?
7 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7. Analyze multiple What are the similarities and
interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or differences between the text and
live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), audio/video version of the text? What
evaluating how each version interprets the source text. are the advantages and disadvantages
of each medium?
9 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. Demonstrate knowledge of How does a work of modern fiction
eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century allude to or reinterpret a source text
foundational works of American literature, including how two to enhance tone, characterization,
or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or conflict, main idea, purpose and/or

© Common Core English with Ease 2018

 topics. theme?

Mini-Lesson Instructional Videos

DIRECTIONS: See page 2 - 4 for relevant common core standards for each chapter and play one or more of
the video links below to introduce the relevant common core reading concepts and skills for each chapter.
Standard # Mini-Lesson Instructional Videos to Introduce Relevant Common Core Skills for Each Chapter
1  Literal & Inferential Questions
 Text Evidence for Literal Questions
 Inference & Text Evidence
2  Main Idea
 Main Idea in 2 Passages
 Main Idea & Supporting Details
 Summarizing
 Theme 1
 Theme 2
3  Cause & Effect
 Compare & Contrast 1
 Compare & Contrast 2
4  Mood vs. Tone
 Hyperbole
 Personification
 Simile
 Metaphor
 Idioms
 Symbolism
 Allegory
 Analogy
 Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes
 Dictionary Skills
 Connotation
 Context Clues
5  Problem Solution Text Structure
 Compare Contrast Text Structures
 Sequence of Events
6  Author's Purpose 1
 Point of View
 Rhetoric, Ethos, Logos, Pathos
 Situational Irony
 Verbal Irony
 Dramatic Irony
7  Illustrations vs. Text
 Understanding Illustrations
8

© Common Core English with Ease 2018

 9  Allusion
 Compare Contrast Texts

© Common Core English with Ease 2018