The Westing Game
Written by: Ellen Raskin
Published by: E. P. Dutton
Copyright: 1978
Mystery, Secretive, Community, Clues, Games
Reading Level
Lexile: 750L
DRA: 50
Guided Reading: V
Suggested Delivery
Small GroupElectronic Resources
This website has everything from an introduction to the book, information about the characters, a summary, questions, quizzes and more. It is written in an interesting and funny way the the kids would enjoy getting extra information about the book.
This is the website to the movie trailer Get A Clue. This movie is based upon the Westing Game book. It would give students a visual of what happens in the book. You could watch the movie after reading and compare the two.
Teaching Strategies
Vocabulary
Tenant: A person who pays rent for something
Bookie: Someone who takes bets
Inscrutable: of an obscure nature
Bigot: a person who does not listen to opinions that are different than their own
Incriminate: Suggest someone is guilty
Paraphernalia: Equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles
Petrify: To become stone like or stiff
Reading Strategies
Before Reading: Create an anticipation guide for students to fill out with true or false questions to keep them engaged in the book
During Reading: Vocabulary Crossword- Create a crossword of the vocabulary words with quotes from the book.
After Reading: Have the students watch the movie Get A Clue. After watching the movie have the students compare and contrast the book with the movie. Then have a discussion with the class about what is different and why the movie could have changed that particular part.
Writing Activity
Have the students create their own mystery. They can use the student in the class and model it after the book.
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