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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Full Week Lesson | Adapted Version Text | No Prep

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Full Week Lesson | Adapted Version Text | No Prep

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Problem: I want to my students to know the classics, BUT I don't have weeks to get it done, it's just TOOOO long!

Solution: An adapted, 1 week version, of Baum’s 1900 classic "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

This one week, manageable, high-engagement literacy lesson is less than half the original length. Instead of handing students a 250+ page novel and hoping they keep up with long daily reading assignments, this resource breaks the story into five bite-sized daily readings, written in clear, modern prose that middle school and early high school students can actually get through, understand and enjoy.

Support mixed-ability classes by giving students bite-sized, scaffolded prose that still preserves Baum’s original storyline, character growth, and themes, alongside text-dependent discussion and short-response writing. Each part keeps the heart and tone of Baum’s narrative around home, courage, friendship, and hidden strengths. The adaptation makes the language accessible for today’s readers in Grades 6–8 and high school too, depending on your classroom. The adaptation It works well for whole-class read-alouds, small-group novel studies, independent reading, or as a structured, text-dependent close reading unit. It allows students to focus on comprehension and enjoying the story, not decoding old-fashioned sentences.

A Quick Look for Teachers
  • Replace open-ended, hard-to-manage novel studies with a clearly chunked 5-day sequence, then finish with a whole-text final assessment.
  • Read one adapted part per day with built-in, text-dependent discussion prompts so each day functions as its own mini-lesson with a clear objective and close reading opportunities.
  • Use 5 individual 20-question self-grading Google Forms exit quizzes for each part as a daily formative check to see who is reading and understanding. No extra grading for you.
  • Although assessments are setup for digital classrooms, print versions can be achieved. Just quickly delete the answer keys, print the quizzes and final worksheet, and use the same questions as pencil-and-paper exit tickets and assessments.
This product includes a zip file consisting of:
Adapted Version Text ~19,000 words, 47 pages (PDF, DOCX, Google Docs)
  • Divided into 5 parts for easy daily reading sessions
Student Worksheet (PPT, Google Slides, PDF print)
  • 10 Vocabulary Words
  • 10 Short Answer Recall/Comprehension
  • 5 Challenge Questions (synthesis, analysis, themes, real life connection)
Teacher’s Guide & Answer Key (PDF, DOCX, Google Docs)
  • 5 Sets of Daily Discussion Questions (1 per part)
  • 5 Sets of Self-Graded Exit Quizzes (1 per part, 20Qs each)
  • Answer Keys for Vocab, Short Answer, and Challenge Questions
  • Key Figures & Places reference sheets to help students track characters and settings
Summary
Each part is thoughtfully designed like a short, friendly “mini-novel” in sequence with each day focused on a coherent slice of the plot. The structure supports chunking and repeated exposure to characters and themes.
  • Part 1 – From Kansas to the Yellow Brick Road: Dorothy’s house is swept from the gray Kansas prairie into Munchkin Country, she receives the silver shoes, and she sets out on the Yellow Brick Road with the Scarecrow to seek help from Oz.
  • Part 2 – The Companions Gather: Dorothy and the Scarecrow rescue and befriend the Tin Woodman, meet the Cowardly Lion, and the four travelers join forces, each naming a personal goal for the journey.
  • Part 3 – The Emerald City and Oz’s Demands: The group survives the poppy field, reaches the Emerald City, meets Oz in different forms, and learns that their wishes will only be granted if they defeat the Wicked Witch of the West.
  • Part 4 – The Wicked Witch and the Humbug: The travelers are attacked and captured in the Witch’s harsh Western lands, Dorothy destroys the Witch, frees the Winkies, and then exposes Oz as an ordinary man who still manages to give her friends symbolic “brains,” “heart,” and “courage.”
  • Part 5 – Glinda and the Way Home: Dorothy and her companions journey south through new dangers to reach Glinda, learn the secret of the silver shoes, see each friend sent to rule a fitting land, and watch Dorothy return to Kansas with a deeper understanding of home.
This one classical literature reading resource gives you a complete, no-prep, one-week unit for teaching The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in bite-sized, steps while preserving Baum’s story while making it teachable in real classrooms with real time limits.
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