title: Classroom Inspirations: Based on The Book Thief
author: Dr. Shelbie Witte
description: Shelbie Witte, Ph.D., NBCT EA/ELA, is program coordinator of English Education at Florida State University. Juan Mendizabal is a student at Florida State University and a student leader in the Center for Leadership and Civic Education at Florida State University. We are joined by more than twenty intelligent and energetic future English Language Arts teachers, all of whom study at Florida State University in the School of Teacher Education.
zlib_text: Novel•Ties
  A Study Guide
  Written By Carol Alexander
  Edited by Joyce Friedland and Rikki Kessler
  LEARNING LINKS INC. 
  2300 Marcus Avenue • New Hyde Park • New York 11042
  The Book Thief
   Markus Zusak
  
  For the Teacher
  This reproducible study guide consists of instructional material to use in con-
  junction with the novel The Book Thief. Written in chapter-by-chapter format, the guide
  contains a synopsis, pre-reading activities, vocabulary and comprehension exercises, as
  well as extension activities to be used as follow-up to the novel.
  NOVEL-TIES are either for whole class instruction using a single title or for
  group instruction where each group uses a different novel appropriate to its reading
  level. Depending upon the amount of time allotted to it in the classroom, each novel,
  with its guide and accompanying lessons, may be completed in two to four weeks.
  The first step in using NOVEL-TIES is to distribute to each student a copy
  of the novel and a folder containing all of the duplicated