The Lemonade War Novel Study Digital & Print Comprehension questions, skill based activities & teacher plans

The Lemonade War is an amazing novel to use to teach entrepreneurship at an elemental level for your students! Spark their desire to learn about finance and business with this incredible novel study for The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies. This novel study provides you with COMPLETE TEACHER PLANS for the novel including common core standards as well as comprehension questions AND fun & engaging skill based activities for your class.

Students will practice using context clues to determine unknown words and create a vocabulary list all their own. Students will learn how to to find proof (use quotes from the novel) to prove character traits and answer comprehension questions in a structured style known as APE - answer, proof, explain (full directions included). They will also learn about figurative language, internal vs external conflict, dialogue and punctuation. Inferencing, discovering author's craft, comparing characters, symbolism, and asking questions are some of the other skills included in this pack. Not to mention students will have an example of starting a business from a similar aged child. They will learn key vocabulary as it relates to business & finance like "marketing, joint venture, total loss" and many more!

All lessons are easy to follow for a substitute so they are great plans to leave in a pinch. There is a digital and print version available so never worry that you can't make copies again! You will receive a .pdf file for printing and a link for the Google Slides digital version. Consider over three weeks of ELA plans already completed for you after this download.

51 pages - Aligned to common core

Looking for another book to teach entrepreneurship in your classroom?

Search Teach Simple for "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen

It is a great pair to The Lemonade War in that it teaches the same type of skills (and more) but from the perspective of a twelve year old boy. Check it out! Read them back to back with your class and see where their entrepreneur mind can take them!

Includes the following:

The Lemonade War teacher plans for each chapter - including: aim, procedure, comprehension questions, assessment

Examples of well written answers

Outline of Common Core standards

comprehension questions for students in both DIGITAL & PRINT

skill based activities for students in both DIGITAL & PRINT

Bonus Digital Version - Google Classroom compatible!

You will receive access to a Google Drive folder where you can assign the Google Slides via Google Classroom (complete instructions included)