Story Summary:

How to Eat Fried Worms tells the story of Billy, a boy who accepts a wild bet from his friends: he must eat fifteen worms in fifteen days to win fifty dollars. As Billy faces each new “worm meal,” his friends try to trick him, sabotage him, or raise the stakes, turning the challenge into a hilarious battle of creativity, courage, and gross‑out determination. Through the escalating antics, the story explores friendship, competition, and the lengths kids will go to prove themselves—all with plenty of humor and mischief along the way.

Overall Expectations:

The students will:

• practice the major strategies used during the reading process
• develop their skills in reading, writing, and visual interpretation
• obtain practice and reinforcement in a variety of language skills required by curriculum expectations: reasoning and critical thinking, knowledge of language structure, vocabulary building, and use of conventions
• foster a love for reading
• improve and develop their creativity
• identify and describe elements of stories (plot, main idea, characters, setting)
• provide clear answers to questions and well-constructed explanations
• organize and classify information to clarify thinking
• learn about social conventions and taboos, and the importance of developing perseverance in the face of adversity
• relate events and feelings found in the novel to their own lives and experiences
• appreciate the importance of friendship and loyalty in personal relationships
• state their own interpretation of a written work, using evidence from the work and from their own knowledge and experience 

Introduction includes:

Learning Expectations Skill List

Student Checklist 

• Teacher Notes:
  • Overall Expectations
  • List of Skills
  • Teacher Suggestions
    • Student Booklet Contents
    • Bulleting Board and Interest Center Ideas
    • Pre-Reading Activities
    • Independent Reading Approach
    • Collaborative Learning
    • Fine Arts Activities Ideas
  • Synopsis
  • Author Biography 

Chapter Questions:

Includes:

• Student Booklet Cover
• Looking Over the Novel
• Friends Worksheet
• Map of the Story
• Chapter Questions
  • Before you read the chapter
  • Vocabulary
  • After you have read the chapter
  • Language Activities
  • Extension Activities

Answer Key for Student Booklet 

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