Name: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds | Guided Reading Packet
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From the author

This resource is a Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Guided Reading Packet.

Students can count on this resource to truly guide them as they work through this novel.

This will allow students to develop and exercise their reading comprehension skills at a level that is appropriate for them.

This is offered as a PDF and as a Google Doc for multiple ways of accessibility.

Students will answer comprehension questions, explore story elements and so much more.

Answer key included.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Students will identify and explain examples of figurative language (simile, metaphor, imagery) using direct quotes cited by author and page number.
Students will analyze character through direct and indirect characterization, tracking Will's development across the novel.
Students will identify the climax and resolution of the novel and support their interpretation with textual evidence.

Model how to connect a quoted detail with an explanation before assigning a longer response.

Figurative language identification — recognizing and justifying similes, metaphors, and imagery with cited textual evidence.
Characterization analysis — distinguishing direct from indirect characterization and tracking a character's development.
Plot structure — identifying exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution within a specific novel.

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