Ban This Book Novel Study – Alan Gratz | No Prep | Printable & Digital Gr 4-6

Looking for a complete, no-prep novel study for Ban This Book by Alan Gratz? This engaging Ban This Book novel unit gives you everything you need to teach the novel while building reading comprehension, vocabulary, critical thinking, writing, and discussion skills.

Perfect for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade ELA, this comprehensive Ban This Book unit is designed to save you hours of planning. Students will dig deeper into the novel while exploring important topics including book banning, censorship, freedom to read, critical thinking, debate, and standing up for what you believe in.

You get both printable PDF materials AND digital Google Drive™ resources, making this novel study ideal for traditional classrooms, distance learning, small groups, independent reading, homeschool, or whole-class instruction.

📚 ABOUT BAN THIS BOOK BY ALAN GRATZ

In Ban This Book, Amy Anne Ollinger discovers that her favorite book has been removed from her school library. She responds by creating a secret library of banned books, setting off a larger conflict about censorship, access to books, and who gets to decide what children are allowed to read.

The novel provides rich opportunities for students to discuss character development, theme, author's purpose, point of view, evidence, argument, and real-world connections while engaging with a high-interest story.

⏰ SAVE HOURS OF PREP TIME

No need to create your own comprehension questions, vocabulary activities, assessments, writing prompts, nonfiction connections, or lesson plans.

This ready-to-use Ban This Book novel study brings everything together in one comprehensive resource so you can spend less time planning and more time teaching.

Use it for:

⭐ Whole-class novel studies

⭐ Small-group reading

⭐ Literature circles

⭐ Independent reading

⭐ Homeschooling

⭐ Reading intervention

⭐ ELA centers and independent practice

⭐ Book clubs

⭐ Banned Books Week activities

⭐ Units focused on censorship and the freedom to read

Try out a FREE sample of this product here, which includes all activities for Chapter 1.

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📚 WHAT'S INCLUDED?

TEACHER PACKET

✔️ Detailed daily lesson plans

✔️ Pacing & Standards Guide

✔️ Common Core alignment for Grades 4–6

✔️ Vocabulary Word Wall cards

✔️ Complete answer keys

✔️ Parent letter

📖 STUDENT NOVEL STUDY PACKET

✔️ 31 vocabulary words with vocabulary and grammar activities

✔️ Chapter-by-chapter comprehension questions designed to encourage deeper thinking and text-based responses

✔️ Critical-thinking writing activity for after reading

✔️ Reading activities that help students analyze characters, events, themes, and ideas

 

📚 NONFICTION READING & CRITICAL THINKING

Extend learning beyond the novel with informational texts and activities about:

✔️ The history of book banning

✔️ Arguments supporting book banning

✔️ Arguments against book banning

✔️ Critical thinking and evidence-based discussion

✔️ Debate activities connected to the novel

These activities provide an excellent opportunity for students to practice reading informational text, evaluating arguments, citing evidence, and developing their own ideas.

📝 ASSESSMENTS

Assess student understanding throughout the novel with three part-based assessments:

✔️ Part 1 — Chapters 1–15

✔️ Part 2 — Chapters 16–29

✔️ Part 3 — Chapters 30–end

Each assessment includes vocabulary, reading comprehension, and a critical-thinking writing question, along with answer keys.

The digital assessments include self-grading Google Forms for convenient digital assessment.

✏️ ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

Also included:

✔️ End-of-the-book activities

✔️ Story Elements Interactive Notebook activities

✔️ Additional writing opportunities

✔️ Critical-thinking activities

✔️ Activities that can be used with other novels as well

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💻 PRINTABLE + DIGITAL FORMATS

You receive:

PRINTABLE PDF: Ready to print and use in your classroom.

GOOGLE DRIVE™: Digital versions for flexible classroom use, including Google Slides and Google Forms.

This makes the unit easy to use for in-person instruction, digital learning, independent work, small-group instruction, or homeschooling.

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🎯 COMMON CORE ALIGNED

This Ban This Book novel unit includes Common Core alignment for Grades 4–6 across:

Reading Literature • Reading Informational Text • Writing • Speaking & Listening • Language • Reading Foundational Skills

The included standards checklists make it easy to document the skills addressed throughout the unit.

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📄 WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE

208-page PDF download + Google Drive™ resources

✔️ Teacher materials

✔️ Daily lesson plans

✔️ Pacing guide

✔️ Standards alignment

✔️ Vocabulary activities

✔️ Grammar activities

✔️ Chapter comprehension questions

✔️ Nonfiction reading passages

✔️ Book-banning debate activities

✔️ Critical-thinking writing

✔️ Assessments

✔️ Answer keys

✔️ End-of-book activities

✔️ Interactive notebook activities

✔️ Printable materials

✔️ Digital Google Drive™ materials

This is a complete, ready-to-use Ban This Book novel study for Grades 4–6—everything you need in one resource!

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Are you looking for a printable version only? You can find this same product without the Google Drive™ formats HERE.

Try out a FREE sample of this product here, which includes all activities for Day 1 of the unit.

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