Al Capone Does My Shirts Novel Study | No Prep | Printable & Digital | Gr. 5-8

Make teaching Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko easy with this complete, no-prep novel study designed for students in grades 5–8! This comprehensive Al Capone Does My Shirts novel unit provides everything you need to guide students through the novel while building reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, writing, critical thinking, and literary analysis skills.

With printable and Google Drive formats, detailed lesson plans, chapter-by-chapter comprehension questions, assessments, vocabulary activities, writing activities, and more, you can start teaching right away without spending hours creating materials.

WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS NOVEL STUDY

✔ NO PREP – Everything is ready to print, assign, and teach.

✔ COMPLETE NOVEL UNIT – All of your lesson plans, student activities, assessments, and answer keys are in one resource.

✔ PRINTABLE + DIGITAL – Includes both printable PDF files and Google Drive formats.

✔ GRADES 5–8 – Flexible enough for upper elementary and middle school classrooms, small groups, homeschool, or independent study.

✔ READING + WRITING + VOCABULARY – Reinforce multiple ELA skills while students explore the novel.

✔ COMMON CORE ALIGNED – Includes standards alignment for grades 5–8.

✔ TIME-SAVING – No need to piece together multiple resources or create your own novel study materials.

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

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WHAT'S INCLUDED

Teacher Materials

• Detailed daily lesson plans
• Pacing and standards guide
• Chapter/section guide
• Vocabulary word wall cards
• Answer keys
• Parent letter

 

Student Materials

• Spelling list
• Vocabulary and grammar activities for 55 words
• Chapter-by-chapter comprehension questions
• Short-answer questions designed to promote deeper thinking
• Alcatraz Island nonfiction WebQuest pre-reading activity
• Al Capone nonfiction WebQuest pre-reading activity

 

Assessment Materials

• Part 1 assessment (Chapters 1–20)
• Part 2 assessment (Chapters 21–32)
• Part 3 assessment (Chapters 33–40)
• Vocabulary and comprehension questions
• Critical-thinking writing questions
• Google Drive self-grading multiple-choice quizzes

 

Additional Activities

• End-of-the-book activity packet
• Story Elements interactive notebook activities
• Common Core standards alignment checklists for grades 5–8

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PERFECT FOR

• Whole-class novel studies
• Small-group instruction
• Reading intervention
• Literature circles
• Homeschool
• Independent student work
• Upper elementary ELA
• Middle school ELA
• Novel study units
• Reading comprehension practice

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TEACH AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS WITH CONFIDENCE!

Instead of spending your evenings creating chapter questions, vocabulary activities, assessments, and lesson plans, have everything ready in one complete Al Capone Does My Shirts novel study.

This resource is designed to save you time while giving your students meaningful opportunities to practice reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, writing, critical thinking, and literary analysis as they read the novel.

This is a complete novel unit—not just a set of comprehension questions!

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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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