Finding Mother

This workbook for students will assist teachers in fulfilling the state requirements of the Grade-Level Standards for Language Arts. Students will read the nonfiction anthology, Finding Mother: A Journey of Loss and Love, individually or as a group. Then they will do the lessons from this workbook that coincides with the chapters from each of the 4 memoirs. The engaging memoirs are a great reading source for teachers, counselors and students. This Student Workbook must be used in conjunction with the Finding Mother Series of books

The lessons in this workbook will: Improve reading comprehension

for students, while changing attitudes and building character.

Individual Study, Classroom Instruction, Group Discussion

Teachers will be able to:

• Lead Students in critical thinking exercises.
• Help students make personal connections with the text.
• Guide students in achieving academic success.

Students will be able to:

• Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction.
• Identify, discuss and build upon positive character traits.

Reading Comprehension Skills include:

• Main Idea and Supporting Detail
• Sequencing of Events
• Identifying Cause and Effect
• Interpreting and Evaluating Information
• Comparing and Contrasting
• Character Trait Discussion
• Contextual Meaning
• Drawing Conclusions
• Scanning
• Vocabulary
• Prediction
• Point of View
• Plot Analysis
• Character Analysis
• And more...