Interactive Whiteboard Activities, Book Resources

The Underland Chronicles: A Flashlight Readers Activity

Fans of the book will love these fun, interactive activities related to The Underland Chronicles.

“Explore the Underland,” an online literary experience from Scholastic’s Flashlight Readers, brings the popular book by Suzanne Collins to life.

Students can:

• Help Gregor save his friends before the gnawers attack in the Gnawer’s Labyrinth.
• Use the Creature Creator and design a body, give it personality, then put it in a scene from the Underland.
• Listen to Suzanne Collins share how she created characters who are in “serious conflict.”
• Read a Q&A with author Suzanne Collins on creepy animals, the Underland, if she’s ever been lost, and more.
• Meet the Author by reading this brief bio.
• Get recommendations for More Best Books that fans of The Underland Chronicles will enjoy
• Read “Series Information on all of the Gregor books.

Learning Objectives

While participating in “Flashlight Readers,” students will:

• Offer observations, make connections, react, speculate, interpret, and raise questions in response to text
• Identify and discuss book themes, characters, plots, and settings
• Connect their experiences with those of the author and/or with characters from the books
• Support predictions, interpretations, conclusions, etc. with examples from text
• Practice key reading skills and strategies (cause-and-effect, problem/solution, compare-and-contrast, summarizing, etc.)
• Monitor their own comprehension