Like the wildly popular Choose Your Own Adventure tales of our childhood--only with a 20-something twist--Big Night Out is the kind of book readers will delve into more than once in their sometimes frustrating, sometimes victorious, pursuit of their quest. In Big Night Out you must meet up with your current love interest at a party. In order to get to this party, you must track down one of a number of friends who were actually invited and figure out a way to tag along. Some friends are more cooperative than others; after all, each of them has an agenda of his or her own. Likewise, the city you live in poses its own challenges; you may encounter pick-pockets, insane taxi drivers, difficult bouncers, and a full cast of "extras." Add to that the practical necessities such as securing food lest you pass out from drinking too much, and Big Night Out could end up being a night out on the town from hell--depending on what you, the reader, choose to do at every turn.

Big Night Out: An Adventure Where You Decide the Outcome

Literature & Fiction

McCarthy, Tara

Freeney, Lorraine

United States

St. Martin's: Griffin

Exploring literary elements such as character, plot, setting, theme, point-of-view, metaphor, imagery, symbolism, and more, is easy with these creative and exciting mini-lessons and activities. This time-saving resource includes four ready-to-use short stories that allow you to easily focus on the literary elements you want to teach. By sharing and analyzing the short story models, students find exemplars they can follow as they plan and write their own stories. Includes more than 25 reproducibles! For use with Grades 4-8.

Teaching Literary Elements with Short Stories: Ready-to-Use, High-Interest Stories with Mini-Lessons and Activities That Help Students Understand ... and Use Them Effectively in Their Writing

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Teaching Resources

This one-of-a-kind guide to running literature circles, based on Madeline L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, shows teachers how to organize small discussion groups that work! Includes stimulating questions and writing prompts that motivate students to think and respond thoughtfully. As students dive into lively discussions, they learn to identify themes, analyze vocabulary, recognize the author’s craft, and respond meaningfully to the textall of which meet state and national language arts standards. For use with Grades 4-8.

Literature Circle Guide: A Wrinkle in Time: Everything You Need For Successful Literature Circles That Get Kids Thinking, Talking, Writing and Loving Literature

This one-of-a-kind guide to running literature circles, based on Katherine Paterson’s Bridge to Terabithia, shows teachers how to organize small discussion groups that work! Includes stimulating questions and writing prompts that motivate students to think and respond thoughtfully. As students dive into lively discussions, they learn to identify themes, analyze vocabulary, recognize the author’s craft, and respond meaningfully to the textall of which meet state and national language arts standards. For use with Grades 4-8.

Literature Circle Guide: Bridge to Terabithia: Everything You Need For Successful Literature Circles That Get Kids Thinking, Talking, Writing and Loving Literature

This one-of-a-kind guide to running literature circles, based on Jean Spearhead George€™s The Sign of the Beaver, shows teachers how to organize small discussion groups that work! Includes stimulating questions and writing prompts that motivate students to think and respond thoughtfully. As students dive into lively discussions, they learn to identify themes, analyze vocabulary, recognize the author€™s craft, and respond meaningfully to the text—all of which meet state and national language arts standards. For use with Grades 4-8.

The Sign of the Beaver (Literature Circle Guide)

Teaching must-know literary elements is easy with this unique boxed set. It includes 48 books (6 copies of 8 48-page anthologies) for students plus a 96-page teaching guide. Literary elements covered: Character, Figurative Language, Foreshadowing &amp; Flashback, Plot, Point of View, Setting, Theme, Tone &amp; Mood. Each student anthology includes 4-6 engaging stories, poems, or plays that are perfect for teaching specific literary elements. The teaching guide includes mini-lessons, graphic organizers, student reproducibles, and great activity ideas. A storage box keeps everything organized. An easy way to meet the language arts standards! For use with Grades 4-8.

Scholastic Literary Elements Program

A look at romance in the modern world, from the perspective of a woman determined to save herself for Mr. Right, examines the meaning of virginity, her real-life romantic escapades, and what it is like to be intercourse-free in a sex-obsessed world

Been There, Haven't Done That: A Virgin's Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

GRAND CENTRAL PUB.

Articulate, attractive and sexually aware, Tara McCarthy is a virgin who looks at sex as something that means something. She describes her real life escapades with a cavalcade of suitors, and sheds new light on the virgin stereotype in the late '90s.

Parenting & Relationships

Grand Central Publishing

Dip into this vast collection of quick writing lessons and activities to find exactly what you need-whether it's a lesson on using exact words, writing an essay, developing a plot, or organizing a report. You'll find dozens of ideas for teaching students the persuasive, narrative, descriptive, and expository writing skills they need. This comprehensive resource gives you the tools you need to successfully-and joyfully-teach writing. For use with Grades 4Ð8.

100 Writing Lessons: Narrative-Descriptive-Expository-Persuasive: Ready-to-Use Lessons to Help Students Become Strong Writers and Succeed on the Tests

Reference

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Scholastic Teaching Resources

This complete resource includes great activities, models, and reproducibles for helping students develop expository writing skills. Offers complete how-to's for presenting ideas in an orderly way, supporting ideas with essential facts, and writing to a specific audience. Includes independent learning ideas, reinforcement activities, and self-assessment pages. For use with Grades 4-8.

Expository Writing (Grades 4-8)

Children's Books

Activities, Crafts & Games

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Books by McCarthy, Tara

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Big Night Out: An Adventure Where You Decide the Outcome

Teaching Literary Elements with Short Stories: Ready-to-Use, High-Interest Stories with Mini-Lessons and Activities That Help Students Understand ... and Use Them Effectively in Their Writing

Literature Circle Guide: A Wrinkle in Time: Everything You Need For Successful Literature Circles That Get Kids Thinking, Talking, Writing and Loving Literature

Literature Circle Guide: Bridge to Terabithia: Everything You Need For Successful Literature Circles That Get Kids Thinking, Talking, Writing and Loving Literature

The Sign of the Beaver (Literature Circle Guide)

Scholastic Literary Elements Program

Been There, Haven't Done That: A Virgin's Memoir

Been There, Haven't Done That: A Virgin's Memoir

100 Writing Lessons: Narrative-Descriptive-Expository-Persuasive: Ready-to-Use Lessons to Help Students Become Strong Writers and Succeed on the Tests

Expository Writing (Grades 4-8)