Unearth a galaxy of giggles and make learning frightfully fun with our “Are You Scared, Darth Vader?” activities! Perfectly pitched for pint-sized Padawans, this downloadable delight bursts with out of this world activities. A universe of learning and laughter awaits with activities that are academically enriching and as entertaining as a Wookiee’s roar! 

These versatile activities cover a cosmic range of literacy skills while keeping Star Wars fun front and center. The included writing prompts hone penmanship and encourages thoughtful engagement with the plot—like pondering Darth Vader’s actions in the book. Storytelling takes center stage as your enthusiastic EWOKs design their own comic strips, develop narratives and sequence the story.

Facilitate discussions about fears, and use open-ended questions that support emotional learning and vocabulary expansion. It’s an ELA-epic journey to a galaxy far, far away, without leaving your classroom!

As a result of the included activities, students will be able to:

• Illustrate Darth Vader in the story’s setting.
• Complete writing prompts and sentence starters related to the book.
• Create a comic strip scaring Darth Vader.
• Design a creepy character to scare Darth Vader.
• Apply Writing Skills with included writing templates and prompts.
• Practice Reading Comprehension with included discussion questions for the beginning, middle, and end of the book.
• Engage in Social Skills with included whole group prompts and activities.
• Develop Fine Motor Skills with included coloring, tracing, cutting, and gluing activities.
• Use art and literature to process fears and feelings. 
• Use digital tools to draw book characters.

Don’t let the opportunity to Sith-sync your storytelling slip away—download to add some Vader-ific vim to your classroom galaxy! 

💙 In a world far, far away, as you hunt for read-alouds that’ll awaken the force of un, blast off into academic escapades with more of our interstellar book activities!

💙 Turbocharge your teaching toolkit with our Are You Scared, Darth Vader? activities, and then sync ’em up with the galaxy-rocking soundscape in your Novel Effect app. It’s a read-aloud experience that’s more harmonized that a duet between C-3PO and R2-D2! 

About the Book

The moon is full and it is midnight, but Darth Vader isn't scared. Nothing can scare Lord Vader! Not monsters or witches or ghosts, and especially not the dark. So, what is Darth Vader scared of? Read on in Adam Rex’s hilarious and spooky Star Wars tale to find out!