Amazon.com description: Product Description: Grades 5-7. Essentially a complete teacher's manual for the novel, this LitPlan Teacher Pack includes lesson plans and reproducible resource materials for Letters From Rifka by Karen Hesse. It includes: 20 daily lessons including mini-lessons on character traits, setting, and sequence, Short answer study questions Multiple choice quiz questions Vocabulary worksheets for each reading assignment 3 detailed writing assignments Individual and group activities Critical thinking discussion questions 5 unit tests (2 short answer, 2 multiple choice, 1 advanced) Evaluation forms Review puzzles & games Bulletin board ideas Reproducible student materials And more! A Note About A Few Of The Many Different Assignments Included: There are three writing assignments in this unit, each with the purpose of informing, persuading, or expressing personal opinions. The first assignment is to express personal opinions. Students write from the point of view of Rifka and explain why she wants to go to America. The second writing assignment is to inform. Students write a series of travel tips to share with other students. The third writing assignment is to persuade. Students write from the point of view of Rifka and persuade someone back home to immigrate to America. Uses: These materials are geared for whole class use but are very easily adaped for independent study work, lit circles or book groups, home school use, or tutoring. If you have never taught this book before, this manual will give you a great foundation of materials on a variety of levels. If you have taught this book before, you might like to know that veteran teachers have told us they have found our LitPlan Teacher Pack manuals to be different from many other materials they have seen--and very helpful.