Middle School Volume 1 Novel Study: Orphan Archetype

The Read Side by Side Reading Program for middle school equips your students with the confidence to tackle longer, more complex texts. Each fifty-day unit invites them to explore timeless classics and popular favorites while sharpening their analytical reading skills. Your students will learn to "read like a professor" as they investigate plot development, character arcs, symbolism, and make literary connections.

Every unit features a memorable character archetype and opens doors to new genres, authors, and text types. Volume 1 introduces the orphan archetype as students read The Secret Garden during the read-aloud instruction; then they apply learning to their choice of book club title, from The False Prince, Anne of Green Gables, or Oliver Twist.

Choose from a variety of unit archetypes–the orphan, time traveler, rescuer and more–to design a flexible 7th- or 8th-grade scope and sequence. Watch engagement soar as your students master grade level standards and develop lifelong reading habits. Take your students from disengaged, reluctant readers to active, purposeful binge-readers who find joy in reading great literature!