The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
Current Events & Pop Culture
Available to teachers only as part of the Teaching The Westing Game: A Puzzle Mystery Teacher Pass
Teaching The Westing Game: A Puzzle Mystery Teacher Pass includes:
- Assignments & Activities
- Reading Quizzes
- Current Events & Pop Culture articles
- Discussion & Essay Questions
- Challenges & Opportunities
- Related Readings in Literature & History
Sample of Current Events & Pop Culture
See the Real Westing Game Manuscript
Ever wonder what the writers of novels go through in terms of editing and process? Well, wonder no more. This link allows you to view the actual pages of Raskin's writing during the various stages of her drafting. It's super cool, and there is so much to use here in terms of guiding your students in the editing process of their own writing. You can also remind them that even award-winning authors sometimes have to go back to the drawing board. Powerful stuff.
"Ellen Raskin often remarked during her career that she wished she had known 'where children's books come from' while she was a young UW-Madison art student. She wanted to make it possible for future UW-Madison students to see something of the creative process of writing a manuscript, the editorial process and matters concerning page and jacket design, decisions concerning the selection of the typeface, and many other details about creating a children's book."