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Grades: Middle School
Subject Area: Language Arts
Made Possible By: HarperCollins Publishers
Introduce your students to Lock and Key: The Initiation, the first book in a new mystery trilogy by Ridley Pearson, and Frazzled, Booki Vivat’s quirky tale about surviving middle school, along with Demon Dentist from David Walliams, Great Britain’s King of Funny. Explore all three books with these standards-based activities that explore characterization and point of view.
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Complete Teaching Kit
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Visit the Lock and Key Website
Learn More About Frazzled
Learn More About Demon Dentist
Meet David Walliams
Curricular Standards