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Lauren Tarshis is an inspiration for every student and teacher. 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 Booksĭoes 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? In the pursuit, Pope drops the camera, damaging the tape, which brings them back to square one.This guide features classroom activities for teaching to the Common Core State Standards in the areas of

Instead of looking for the gun, he’s looking for the heckler. This should be a good thing, but for some reason Kie decides to yell “murderer” at him. It ping-pongs off the construction into the flooded street where Ward tries to chase it down, only to see it go down the storm drain. He rushes Ward with his final breath, causing Ward to drop the gun. Pope catches it all on tape, but Gavin isn’t dead yet. Gavin hits his head in a dust-up with Ward, who grabs the gun and is willing to walk away, but then Gavin says he’s not going to jail for Ward's “psychopath son." Ward turns around and shoots him execution-style. Here’s the deal: Gavin’s mad, he’s not giving up the gun unless he gets his money. Unfortunately, they can’t hear the two guys, so there’s a lot of chatter as to what the two men are saying. Pope is also calling the shots, thanks to his antique camcorder, which he hopes will catch Ward paying off Gavin.