A homeless waif, who knows no name but Brat, happens upon a dung heap and crawls in to spend the night because of its warmth. Jane, the village midwife, sees a chance to use the girl's hunger to her advantage, calls her by the name Beetle, and makes her an apprentice. It's not a soft life; Jane is a hard woman with a sharp glance and a sharper temper. But Beetle secretly watches Jane work and learns some of the skills Jane tries to hide. One day she fails at an important assignment and runs away believing she is too stupid to be of use to anyone. Is she Brat, a know nothing, or is she worthy to be a midwife's apprentice, and someday a midwife?

Powerful themes of self-esteem and perseverance is the face of ill-fortunate and mistreatment will impact and encourage your students while the activities in our lit link guide their learning.

Chapter-by-chapter questions and additional activities in vocabulary, word study, and personal development are designed according to research-based education principles to improve literacy skills in communication, critical thinking, social studies and more.

Overall Expectations:

1. To introduce the students to the writings of Karen Cushman.
2. To introduce the students to stories about medieval times.
3. To further develop the student’s ability to think and write creatively.
4. To provide students with reading experiences that will invite them to discover new experiences and to develop their own imaginations.
5. To provide students with opportunities to examine ideas critically.
6. To summarize and explain main ideas, draw conclusions, retell the story, and apply what has been read.
7. To discover new vocabulary and examine the way the words are used.

  Introduction includes:

• Learning Expectations Skills List
• Expectations
• Teacher Suggestions
• My Reading Journal Worksheet
• Vocabulary Lists
• Summary of the Story
• Author Biography
• Answer Key

Chapter Questions:

Reproducible chapter questions, each with reading, comprehension questions and reasoning and critical thinking activities, plus vocabulary and language activities. 

• Chapter One
  • Student Booklet Cover
• Chapter Two
• Chapter Three
• Chapter Four
• Chapter Five
• Chapter Six
• Chapter Seven
• Chapter Eight
• Chapter Nine
• Chapter Ten
• Chapter Eleven
• Chapter Twelve
• Chapters Thirteen
• Chapter Fourteen
• Chapter Fifteen
• Chapter Sixteen
• Chapter Seventeen

 Word Study Additional Activities:

Word Study Activity One: Writing Sentences

Word Study Activity Two: Spelling

Word Study Activity Three: Alphabetical Order

Word Study Activity Four: Word Search

Word Study Activity Five: Word Meanings

Word Study Activity Six: Spelling

Word Study Activity Seven: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homophones

Word Study Activity Eight: Independent Word Search Puzzle

Word Study Activity Nine: Crossword Puzzle

 Grammar Additional Activities:

Grammar Activity One: Possessives

Grammar Activity Two: Plurals, Contractions, Nouns and Verbs

Grammar Activity Three: Adjectives

Grammar Activity Four: Nouns and Verbs

Grammar Activity Five: Adverbs

Grammar Activity Six: Capitalization and Punctuation

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