Grade Level: 5-8
Interest Level: 4-12
Reading Level: N/A

The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. While many skills reinforce a student’s ability to comprehend what he or she reads (sequencing, cause and effect, finding details, using context clues), two skills are vital. They are: discerning main ideas and summarizing the text. Students who can master these two essential skills develop into sophisticated readers. 80 pages.
Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Student Directives, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary.
The Student Directives contain the main ideas in each chapter. They provide the students, working individually or in groups, with a framework for developing their summaries. Student Directives can also be used as group discussions.
The Chapter Vocabulary includes definitions of keywords from each chapter. To save time, students need only to copy, not look up, definitions.
A Chapter Summary for each chapter is included for teacher use and knowledge.
Throughout the guide Skill Pages and Tests are provided for to build an increased understanding of the book and to review student’s knowledge.

Table of Contents
About Chapter Organization
About the Skill Pages
About the Tests
About the Writer’s Forum
Chapter 1:
• Skill Page: Setting of Island of the Blue Dolphins • Skill Page: Outlining
Chapter 2: Chapter 3: Chapter 4: Chapter 5:
• Test: Chapters 1-5
Chapter 6: Chapter 7:
• Skill Page: About the Characters
Chapter 8: Chapter 9:
• Skill Page: Elements of a Narrative
Chapter 10:
• Skill Page: Sequencing
• Test: Chapters 6-10
Chapter 11:
• Skill Page: Cause and Effect
Chapter 12: Chapter 13: Chapter 14: Chapter 15:
• Test: Chapters 11-15
Chapter 16: Chapter 17: Chapter 18: Chapter 19: Chapter 20:
• Test: Chapters 16-20
Chapter 21: Chapter 22: Chapter 23: Chapter 24: Chapter 25:
• Test: Chapters 21-25
Chapter 26: Chapter 27:
• Skill Page: Figurative Language
• Skill Page: Tsunami
Chapter 28:
• Skill Page: Character Development
Chapter 29
• Skill Page: Plot Development • Test: Chapter 26-29 • Writer’s Forum
Chapter Summary & Vocabulary (Blackline Master) Sample Cover Sheet Answer Pages