When Stars Are Scattered Quotes
- Grades
- Grades 5–8
- File type
- Editable
- Yes
- Subject
- Literature, ELA
- Topic
- Literature, Novel Study
- Resource types
- Novel Studies
- Editable
- Yes
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About this resource
A Common Core-aligned set of discussion questions and vocabulary activities for use with the graphic novel, When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson. Prompts appear in order of complexity, and simplified language appears in parentheses (delete or modify as needed). The resource is editable so you can pick and choose which elements and prompts will work best for you.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Respond to increasingly complex questions about an assigned graphic novel
Build vocabulary connected with the reading
Synthesize comprehension across a literature-response sequence
Teaching tips
Review the parenthetical supports and retain only those needed by the class.
Use digital vocabulary practice after learners encounter the terms in reading context.
Skills covered
Literature discussion — prompts guide response to a complete text.
Vocabulary development — reading-linked terms receive additional practice.
Scaffolding — optional simplified wording adjusts language demand.
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Graphic-novel discussion
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Response scaffolds
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