Maple Street Vocabulary Scaffolds for Grade 7 Readers
A vocabulary support packet built around a table of six key words from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, with plain-language meanings and clue sentences pulled from the play. It is designed for 7th graders who need extra access to the text, including inclusion students, and works best as a pre-reading tool kept at the desk while reading the play.
“I would like to know how you would improve upon this lesson and it's materials, what you would eliminate or change completely and scaffolded materials for inclusion students”
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Introduce the table before reading begins and model how to find a word in the play, check its clue sentence, and use the simpler word to reread the line aloud.
- Discussion question: Why might the neighbors on Maple Street be so quick to point at Les Goodman, and how does the word "incriminate" help show that?
- Scaffold for struggling readers: pre-teach the simpler words with picture cues or gestures, and let students read the clue sentence aloud with a partner before reading the surrounding scene.
- Extension for advanced students: have them pick a sixth word from the play that is not in the table, write its meaning in their own words, and find another clue sentence that supports it.
- Plan roughly 10 to 15 minutes to introduce the vocabulary table, with the rest of the period devoted to reading and discussion.
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Try Diffit for free“I would like to know how you would improve upon this lesson and it's materials, what you would eliminate or change completely and scaffolded materials for inclusion students”
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Introduce the table before reading begins and model how to find a word in the play, check its clue sentence, and use the simpler word to reread the line aloud.
- Discussion question: Why might the neighbors on Maple Street be so quick to point at Les Goodman, and how does the word "incriminate" help show that?
- Scaffold for struggling readers: pre-teach the simpler words with picture cues or gestures, and let students read the clue sentence aloud with a partner before reading the surrounding scene.
- Extension for advanced students: have them pick a sixth word from the play that is not in the table, write its meaning in their own words, and find another clue sentence that supports it.
- Plan roughly 10 to 15 minutes to introduce the vocabulary table, with the rest of the period devoted to reading and discussion.
Maple Street Vocabulary Scaffolds for Grade 7 Readers
A vocabulary support packet built around a table of six key words from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, with plain-language meanings and clue sentences pulled from the play. It is designed for 7th graders who need extra access to the text, including inclusion students, and works best as a pre-reading tool kept at the desk while reading the play.
What is Diffit?
Teachers use Diffit to get quality materials for their unique classrooms. Adjust difficulty, add scaffolds, or change the topic to get started.
Try Diffit for free