Star Wars Literacy
The Appeal of Star Wars Books and How to Use Them in Your Library
 


May the Force of Reading Be With You! This video was filmed at the Ridgedale Public Library in Minnetonka, Minnesota, during their annual Star Wars Galactic Adventure event, co-sponsored by ABDO Publishing and featuring  the Central Garrison Unit of the 501st Legion, an all-volunteer organization of costumed Star Wars characters (watch it on YouTube). ABDO's Spotlight division was the first educational publisher to license comic books & graphic novels in hardcover editions for schools and libraries, including Star Wars and Clone Wars graphic novels, digests, alternate universe storylines, & more.

ABDO offers dozens of Star Wars books and book bins (download the PDF order form here), as well as free resources for using Star Wars for programs and literacy instruction. Free resources (below) include Star Wars Teachers' Guides listing more than 1200 academic vocabulary terms (and 288 Star Wars terms) that appear in the books, classroom handouts, creative writing activities, and more. Our new Star Wars Event Activity Guide includes details on the activities shown in the video, as well as other projects, information for creating your own event, and more for both younger children and young adults.


Download these FREE Star Wars Event resources to promote reading in your library:
Star Wars
Event Guide

3.6 MB 18-page PDF
Star Wars
Event Poster

6 MB 1-page PDF		Star Wars
Event Sample
Press Release

28 KB 1-page PDF		Star Wars
Event
Activity Signs

28 KB 22-page PDF		Star Wars
Event
Recording Notice

20 KB 1-page PDF
 














Additional Star Wars resources:
Star Wars
Books & Book Bins
Order Form

7.7 MB 9-page PDF
Peter Mayhew
Interview

1.4 MB 2-page PDF		Comic Books
& Literacy
Studies

4.7 MB 3-page PDF		Comic Books
& Literacy
White Papers

991 KB 2-page PDF
 













Free Star Wars Graphic Novel Teachers' Guides
Each Teacher’s Guide includes a character graph activity for guided research, a trivia activity for online research, two creative writing projects, vocabulary reference lists of all 5th grade and older words with their definitions for each book, vocab matching activities, and vocab sheets for dictionary practice.

Download your FREE teachers' guides now!
Simply click on the series or set links listed below to download the PDF file or files to your desktop. Print and use in your classroom or media center.

Star Wars – 30 books with 1,297 general vocab words and 287 Star Wars specific terms

Star Wars – 24 books
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – 6 books
Star Wars Characters and Terms only! – 287 Star Wars specific terms as well as bios of the characters. A perfect teacher resource!

These teacher guides are for educational and/or library use only. Not for resale. © 2010 by Abdo Consulting Group, Inc.
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