Pacific Crossing by Gary Soto
Lesson plans and teaching resources

Pacific Crossing Reading Skills and Strategies

• Introductory Material
  Book talk, list of characters, vocabulary words.
• Chapters 1-8
  Practice making inferences, vocabulary, making predictions.
• Chapters 9-16
  Graphic organizer for cause-and-effect relationships; vocabulary; extending the novel.
• Diction and Imagery
  Graphic organizer to analyze diction and imagery.
• Tone
  Graphic organizer to find evidence of tone.
• Whole-Novel Discussion and Activities
  5 discussion questions and 2 post-reading activities.
• Multiple Choice Test
  10 questions.

Pacific Crossing
A good source of learning activities, including journal writing, vocabulary words, minilessons on reading skills, comprehension questions, literature circle questions, writing prompts, graphic organizers, and more. 17 pages; Adobe Reader required.

Pacific Crossing
Vocabulary drawn from the text, definitions, and online flash cards.