"Pax" Novel Study Unit

Answer comprehension questions that require citing textual and historical context from each chapter of Pax.

Identify similes and metaphors within specific chapters (Figurative Fox Hunt activity).

Determine the theme, main idea, and point of view of chapters through multiple-choice exit quizzes.

Read the historical reference page as a class before the corresponding lesson, since quiz questions may draw on that context in addition to the novel itself.

Use the exit-quiz data bar graph as an ongoing formative-assessment tracker across all 22 lessons rather than scoring each quiz in isolation.

Assign the Figurative Fox Hunt pages after a first read-through of the relevant chapter, since they ask students to locate specific similes and metaphors already encountered in the text.

Reading comprehension — students answer 20 items in each of the first 20 lessons and 15 in each of the final two drawn from the chapter's plot, vocabulary, and historical context.

Figurative language identification — students locate similes and metaphors such as 'like knives to his lungs' in the Figurative Fox Hunt activity.

Evidence-based and creative writing — 23 themed prompts require informative, narrative, or opinion writing scored against a rubric.