Other Words for Home
by Jasmine Warga
36 Total Resources 16 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Poetry
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Middle Eastern
- Immigrant / Refugee
Year Published 2019
Word Count 30,180
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 930L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 504111, 5.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
Our Original Resources 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with Jasmine Warga about Other Words for Home
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Jasmine Warga
Created by TeachingBooks
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 8
Meet-the-Author Recording with Jasmine Warga
Created by TeachingBooks
Interview with Jasmine Warga
Created by National Book Festival
2020 Middle East Youth Literature Book Award Acceptance Speech by Jasmine Warga
Created by Christopher Rose
Interview with Jasmine Warga
Created by Horn Book
Interview with Jasmine Warga
Created by Publishers Weekly
Interview with Jasmine Warga
Created by Naperville Community Television
Guest post by Jasmine Warga
Created by Teen Librarian Toolbox
Interview with Jasmine Warga
Created by Why We Write (Lesley Univ.)
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Activity Ideas from ESU #11 Battle of the Books
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Discussion Questions from Redeemed Reader
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Vaneh Assadourian
Created by HarperCollins
Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Bethel Park Public Library Kids
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Vocabulary Lists 1
Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 16
Middle East Book Award, 2000-2020
Winner, 2020
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2021
Honor, 2020
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2021
Honor, 2020
Arab American Book Award, 2007-2021
Honor, 2020
Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2021
Honor, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Middle Selection, 2020
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2021
Selection, 2020
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2021
Selection, 2020
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2021
Honor, 2020
Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Winner, 2020
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2020
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2021
Selection, 2020
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2019
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