Summary and Reading Activity for the novel Bridge to Terabithia

Book Introduction

Bridge to Terabithia is the story of fifth grader Jess Aarons, who becomes friends with his new neighbor Leslie Burke after he loses a footrace to her at school. Leslie is a smart, talented, outgoing tomboy, and Jess thinks highly of her. He himself is an artistic boy who, in the beginning, is fearful, angry, and depressed. After meeting Leslie, Jess is transformed. He becomes courageous and learns to let go of his frustration. Read this story to find out how their friendship grows, and is dramatically changes with one tragic event.

 

Free Activity

We have created a FREE activity that will work with any novel but is set up for the novel Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson. This activity will have your students send "text" messages to the author, a character in the story, a friend about a favorite part, and a teacher about what he/she liked about the story. I have found this to be a very enjoyable activity that encourages comprehension of the story.

Included in the packet is a template cell phone for each activity, along with over 30 text abbreviations for the students to use (but we are sure that your students know many, many more!) .
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Reading Comprehension Super Bundle of Activities

We have created a 53 page super bundle resource for teaching the novel Bridge to Terabithia. Included is: a reading comprehension packet broken down by chapters with ANSWER KEY,a reading assessment rubric, a reading assessment grid to use with students in groups, a reading vocabulary word study broken down by chapter and page number with answer key, a creative end of book project list for students to complete with rubric, a fun game board with game cards, Daily Language Practice sentences and quizzes, and a literature circle packet that includes a detailed description of each job, what students would read each day, and a group template that is easy to fill out so students know what jobs they have each day. Also included is a 5 question end of the book short answer test, answer key, and rubric to score the test.

The Reading Common Core Standards that are met are as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

You can click on the picture at the top of this blog, or the picture below to access this amazing super bundle of activities for Bridge to Terabithia!