The City of Ember

The Instructions
Chapter 1 Assignment Day		 Online Questions Printable Questions Activities Writing Lesson 1
Why Should We Learn to Use Quotation Marks?
Chapter 2 A Message to the Mayor Online Questions Printable Questions Activities Writing Lesson 2
 Direct Quotations at the End of Sentences
Chapter 3 Under Ember
Chapter 4 Something Lost, Nothing Found		 Online Questions Printable Questions Activities Writing Lesson 3
Direct Quotations at the Beginnings of Sentences
Chapter 5 On Night Street
Chapter 6 The Box in the Closet		 Online Questions Printable Questions Activities Writing Lesson 4
The Interrupted Quotation
Chapter 7 A Message Full of Holes Online Questions Printable Questions Activities Writing Lesson 5
The Indirect Quotation
Chapter 8 Explorations
Chapter 9 The Door in the Roped-Off Tunnel		 Online Questions Printable Questions Activities Writing Lesson 6
Writing Conversation
Chapter 10 Blue Sky and Goodbye
Chapter 11 Lizzie's Groceries		 Online Questions Printable Questions Activities Writing Lesson 7
 Point of View
Chapter 12 A Dreadful Discovery
Chapter 13 Deciphering the Message		 Online Questions Printable Questions Activities Writing Lesson 8
 Making a Story Map
Chapter 14 The Way Out Online Questions Printable Questions Activities Writing Lesson 9
 Creating an Interesting Setting
Chapter 15 A Desperate Run Online Questions Printable Questions Activities Writing Lesson 10
An Imaginative Story Beginning
Chapter 16 The Singing
Chapter 17 Away		 Online Questions Printable Questions Activities Writing Lesson 11
Building a Captivating Plot
Chapter 18 Where the River Goes
Chapter 19 A World of Light		 Online Questions Printable Questions Activities Writing Lesson 12
Editing and Proofreading
Chapter 20 The Last Message Online Questions Printable Questions Activities Using a Grading Rubric

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Vocabulary for The City of Ember

Vocabulary Practice Week 1

Vocabulary Practice Week 2

Vocabulary Practice Week 3

Vocabulary Test

SPIs for 5th Grade

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Quotation Quiz

Quotation Quiz 2

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Skill Worksheets

Analogies   http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading52/analogies.htm

Story Map http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading52/story_web.htm

Foods in Ember http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading52/foods.htm

Directions Worksheet http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading52/compass_directions.htm &
Map http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading52/map.htm

Fact or Opinion http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading52/determining_fact_and_opinion.htm

Antonyms and Synonyms http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading52/antonyms_and_synonyms.htm

Cause and Effect http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading52/cause_and_effect.htm

Making Predictions  http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading52/making_predictions.htm

Classifying Words http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading52/classifying_words.htm

Choosing Correct Meanings http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading52/correct_meanings.htm

Homonyms http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading52/homonyms.htm

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Lesson Plans for The City of Ember

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Updated2/01/07 by Gay Miller millerg3@k12tn.net

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Other Websites

 

Reader's Guide
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0375822739&view=rg

Booktalks
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/duprau_city.htm

The Official Website of Jeanne DuPrau
http://www.jeanneduprau.com/

Interview with Jeanne DuPrau
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/childrens_writing/105648

The City of Ember Quiz
http://www.triv.net/html/Users4/u10901.htm

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