A Storm Called Katrina – Picture Book Read Aloud

Item description

A Storm Called Katrina by Myron Uhlberg, is a great read-aloud for discussing family, community, character traits, character change, survival, hurricanes, and more! The focus questions are divided into 3 categories; pre-reading, during reading, and after reading. The questions included in this resource lend themselves to more in-depth class/peer discussions and were designed to encourage students to use higher-level thinking skills. All the questions are either open-ended or short answer. Most questions require that students provide text evidence to support their thinking and challenge them to provide their own opinions and/or perspective.

This resource is for extension read-aloud activities only (the book is not included and will need to be purchased separately).

What’s Included:

Focus (Reader Response) Questions

*same questions provided in 2 different forms*

1. Student open-ended response sheets (23 questions)
2. Task cards (24 questions)

Graphic Organizers/Anchor Charts

• Sensory Language Chart
• Character Traits
• Character Change
• Compare and Contrast Venn Diagram
• Compare & Contrast, A Storm Called Katrina with any book
• Compare & Contrast, A Storm Called Katrina with the novel, Zane and the Hurricane
• Plot Diagrams
• Color resource sheet – with definitions for the elements of plot
• Black & White resource sheet – with definitions for the elements of plot
• Pictorial resource sheet – with brief reminders for the elements of plot
• Color resource sheet with definitions for the elements of plot
• Graphic organizer #1 – individual boxes for the rising & falling action events
• Graphic organizer #2 – single box for the rising & falling action events
• Graphic organizer #3 – single box for the rising & falling action events with writing lines

ANSWER KEY