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= **'The Graveyard Book'** //by Neil Gaiman// = **Pre Reading: ** Preview the book by reading the title and author’s name and by looking at the cover illustration. Based on the title, what predictions can you make about the novel’s setting?

Now browse through the book looking at some of the illustrations. How would you describe some of the characters?

 What do you think the book will be about? Will it tell a realistic or a fantastic story?

Have you read any other books by this author or seen movies based on his work?


 * *Watch the trailer below: **

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**Reading: **


 * *Listen to (and read along) to each chapter. AFTER each chapter, write a summary of the chapter in your own words. Following that, collect and complete the chapter work and question sheets. Once you have completed the required work for each chapter, you may move on to the next one. **

Use the below link to listen to each chapter of 'The Graveyard Book' read aloud by Neil Gaiman himself! []
 * *Create a page to collect examples of figurative language that you find throughout this book. **

**Post Reading: **

1. How did Nobody's parents try to protect him when he first arrived in the graveyard?

2. How did the residents of the graveyard decide on the baby's name?

3. What is "the freedom of the graveyard"? What powers does it give Bod?

4. If you could learn to fade or to dreamwalk, which would you choose and why?

5. If you were Scarlett, would you rather remember your experiences with Bod or forget them?

6. Do you think Neil Gaiman is trying to make a point with this book? If so, what point do you think he's trying to make?

**<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Write: ** <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.67px;">Supernatural Powers: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.67px;">Bod has several supernatural powers: the Slide, the Fade, and the Dreamwalk. Ask each student to invent a fourth supernatural power for Bod, draw a picture of him, and label his four special abilities with captions.

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.67px;">Monster Trivia: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.67px;">Research some of the monsters featured in the book, such as werewolves, witches, vampires, ghosts, and ghouls. Write monster trivia questions to share with the rest of the class. Some questions should be based on this book, while others may draw from popular culture in general.