Jamie O’Rourke and the Pooka by Tomie DePaola Activities in Digital and PDF

Jamie O’Rourke and the Pooka by Tomie dePaola is a fun tale about a lazy Irish guy. It is very rich with vocabulary and depth, and this unit works well for modeling characterization, author’s craft, drawing conclusions, and story elements.

HOW TEACHER CAN USE THE JAMIE O’ROURKE AND THE POOKA UNIT:

This unit comes in digital for Google Slides TM AND pdf to give teachers lots of options making planning and prep so much easier. You can project the color Google Slides TM version while students work with the PDF, or you can assign the digital version with Google Classroom TM.

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE JAMIE O’ROURKE AND THE POOKA UNIT?

• Schema Builder about Dreams
• Vocabulary Organizer and Word Cards
• Finding Text Evidence to Draw Conclusions about Jamie O’Rourke
• Sequencing Events Organizer
• Character Description (written response)
• Story Summary (Beginning, Middle, End)
• Question Task Cards (12) and Response form
• Writing in Response to Reading (Adventures of Jamie O’Rourke)

HOW IS THE JAMIE O’ROURKE AND THE POOKA ORGANIZED?

The unit is set up in a before, during, after format and includes printables, question task cards for the book, and a writing prompt for post reading. There are 17 pages in Black and White (pdf) and the same 17 pages in color for Google Slides TM (copy link on page 3 of the PDF). A preview of the materials included is attached, so be sure to look closely.

RELATED TOMIE DEPAOLA RESOURCES YOU MIGHT LIKE:

Tomie DePaola is a favorite author of many elementary teachers. I have created resources for many of his books including:

• Strega Nona
• Strega Nona’s Magic Lesson
• Strega Nona’s Harvest
• Strega Nona Meets Her Match
• Strega Nona Her Story
• Bill and Pete
• Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile
• Bill and Pete to the Rescue
• Jamie O’Rourke and the Pooka
• Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato
• Little Grunt and the Big Egg, and
• The Art Lesson

You can also save money and get the full Tomie DePaola Author Study Bundle.

HERE’S WHAT OTHER TEACHERS THOUGHT ABOUT THE JAMIE O’ROURKE AND THE POOKA UNIT:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Great resource for this book!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️This was great and exactly what I needed! I will be sure to purchase more like this in the future.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Fun and engaging resource!

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