"When Stars Are Scattered" Discussion & Vocabulary

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A Common Core-aligned set of discussion questions and vocabulary activities for use with the graphic novel, When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson. Prompts appear in order of complexity, and simplified language appears in parentheses (delete or modify as needed). The resource is editable so you can pick and choose which elements and prompts will work best for you.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Respond to increasingly complex questions about an assigned graphic novel
Build vocabulary connected with the reading
Synthesize comprehension across a literature-response sequence

Teaching tips

Review the parenthetical supports and retain only those needed by the class.
Use digital vocabulary practice after learners encounter the terms in reading context.

Skills covered

Literature discussion — prompts guide response to a complete text.
Vocabulary development — reading-linked terms receive additional practice.
Scaffolding — optional simplified wording adjusts language demand.

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Open the linked document, make your copy and choose questions that match the section students have read.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

RL.6.1

Core concepts

Graphic-novel discussion
Vocabulary practice
Response scaffolds

Topics

Literature Novel study Book companion Discussion questions Comprehension Literature response

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Worksheets & Printables Novel Studies

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