Name: The Bad Seed Book Study
SKU: 61d51564c35fcd18517827d1
Price: 39.99 USD
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About this resource

What's inside this resource

Have you read The Bad Seed by Jory John? Oh my goodness! It is a must-read in ANY age classroom.

The author teaches students that people aren't always what they seem and the world can really change a person. It is the classic Nature vs. Nurture struggle.

I have created a book study that will help your students learn amazing vocabulary, the theme of the book, and work through the story elements of the text. Your students will be exposed to deep writing topics, comprehension questions and so much more.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Define and apply eight vocabulary words drawn directly from the text
Identify the theme, story elements, and author's purpose of The Bad Seed, and connect the theme to personal experience

Teaching tips

Assign the vocabulary matching page and its answer key before the comprehension questions, since question 4 ("What does the word humble mean?") directly reuses a term from the vocabulary set.
Use the Seeing the Good / Seeing the Bad pages as a pre-writing step before the summary page, since sorting the character's traits first gives students material to draw on for the open-ended summary.

Skills covered

Vocabulary in context — students match eight words (e.g., humble, drooped, thud) to their definitions using a matching bank.
Theme and author's-purpose analysis — questions ask students to state the text's theme and explain why the author wrote it.
Story elements and sequencing — students identify the main character, problem, and solution, and put five story events in order.
Personal connection and reflection — students write a connection to the character's struggle and a letter to the author.