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

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.

Teaching tips

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

Skills covered

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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Questions teachers ask about this resource

How is the packet organized relative to the novel's plot?

In three parts that follow the story's structure: Part 1 covers the Exposition, Part 2 covers the Rising Action, and Part 3 covers the Rising Action through the Climax and Resolution.

What kind of evidence are students asked to use when answering?

Many questions require a direct quote from the novel along with a citation of the author's last name and page number, reinforcing textual-evidence habits throughout.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

RL.8.1

Core concepts

Long Way Down
Jason Reynolds
Figurative language
Characterization
Plot structure
Textual evidence

Topics

Long Way Down Jason Reynolds Guided reading Text evidence Figurative language

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