Grace LaJoy Henderson

Finding Mother Grace LaJoy Henderson

This workbook for students will assist teachers in fulfilling the state requirements of the Grade-Level Standards for Language Arts. Students will read the nonfiction anthology, Finding Mother: A Journey of Loss and Love, individually or as a group. Then they will do the lessons from this workbook that coincides with the chapters from each of the 4 memoirs. The engaging memoirs are a great reading source for teachers, counselors and students. This Student Workbook must be used in conjunction with the Finding Mother Series of books




The lessons in this workbook will: Improve reading comprehension

for students, while changing attitudes and building character.




Individual Study, Classroom Instruction, Group Discussion




Teachers will be able to: Lead Students in critical thinking exercises. Help students make personal connections with the text. Guide students in achieving academic success.




Students will be able to: Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction. Identify, discuss and build upon positive character traits.




Reading Comprehension Skills include: Main Idea and Supporting Detail Sequencing of Events Identifying Cause and EffectInterpreting and Evaluating InformationComparing and ContrastingCharacter Trait DiscussionContextual Meaning Drawing ConclusionsScanningVocabularyPredictionPoint of View Plot Analysis Character AnalysisAnd more...