Before You BeginBefore You Begin
Five questions worth asking, the ten words to know first, and an honest heads-up about the hard parts before you hand the novel over.
4 pages
All free resources
Before You Begin 
Reading Schedule
Character Map
Vocabulary Cards
Discussion Cards
Story Map
Bookmarks
Completion Certificate
Response Page
The free kit
Nine sheets. Print the ones you want.
Before You BeginReading ScheduleReading Schedule
Three ways to pace the nine chapters, and a tracker to tick off as you go.
1 page
Character MapWho's Who
Ten characters with spoiler-free hints, and room to write what you think of each one.
1 page
Vocabulary CardsVocabulary Cards
Twenty cut-apart cards - ten words, ten meanings - that turn into a matching game.
1 page
Discussion CardsDiscussion Cards
Eight cards to pull at any point in the novel. No right answers, no reading ahead.
1 page
Story MapStory Map
Six boxes to fill in and a place to draw the one scene you pictured most clearly.
1 page
BookmarksBookmarks
Four different bookmarks - things to notice, where you stopped, words to look up, and one worth keeping.
2 pages
Completion CertificateCertificate of Completion
For the reader who finished all nine chapters. Worth putting on the fridge.
1 page
Response PageWhat I Thought
One page for the reader to fill in when they finish, while the book is still loud.
1 page
Works with any book
Four more sheets that work on anything on the shelf — questions, a reading ladder, a log, and what to say when the answers are one word long.
See those sheets