Additional I Survived teacher resources, including comprehension quizzes, can be found online at Lauren Tarshis' website. She is also the editor of the Scholastic magazine Storyworks.
Lauren Tarshis is the author of the I Survived series as well as the critically acclaimed Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree and Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love. Most importantly, the books follow the main characters on a soul-searching quest, as they discover how resilient they truly are and find out that they are also survivors. The I Survived historical fiction series takes young readers on journeys into the past, giving them an up close and personal view of terrifying and thrilling adventures based on disasters that have left their mark on history. Still, there is something intriguing about disasters that attracts people of all ages. About the I Survived BooksÄoes surviving a disaster change who you are? Or, does it force you to look inside yourself to discover what was there all along? Hopefully, your students, unlike the protagonists in the series, will never have to find out. Encourage your students to make connections between the events in the books and in their own lives. The activities in this guide engage students in reading groups, class discussions, and individual writing opportunities. Take your students on an adventurous historical journey, engaging them in a Common Core thematic author study. Includes specific text-based examples forĪbout the Series Do You Have What It Takes to Survive? This guide features classroom activities for teaching to the Common Core State Standards in the areas of