Brian's Winter Novel Unit for Grades 4-8 Common Core Aligned

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Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom

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Grade Levels

4th - 8th

Subjects

English Language Arts, Literature, Tools for Common Core

Resource Type

Study Guides, Activities, Printables

Standards

CCSSRL.4.1

CCSSRL.4.2

CCSSRL.4.3

CCSSRL.4.4

CCSSRL.4.5

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Pages

49 pages

$7.00

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Description

This Brian's Winter Novel Study is the perfect novel study for the winter months. Not only is Gary Paulsen an amazing writer who seems to take readers right inside the setting, but your students will forget to complain about the cold temperatures when they discover all that 13-year-old Brian Robeson must do in order to survive during the winter months in the Canadian woods after a plane crash.

This 49-page Brian's Winter Novel Study includes:

Chapter-by-chapter lesson plans
17 pages of reader response questions
Character Analysis work
Main Idea
Context Clue Word Work
Story Map
Figurative Language Work
End of Novel Project with rubric
End of Novel Journal Prompts
BONUS: Student Discussion Task Cards

This is the resource to utilize with a whole class, small groups, or for independent book study. Your students will be on the edge of their seats reading about Brian's survival in the woods.

Novel not included, but FYI:

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 7.3

Lexile® Measure: 1140L

DRA: 40

Guided Reading: R

Genre

Adventure

Theme/Subject

Challenges and Overcoming Obstacles

Confronting and Resolving Fears

Loneliness

Courage, Bravery, Heroism

Canadian Snow, Ice, Blizzards

Resourcefulness

Winter Themes

Survival

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Total Pages

49 pages

Answer Key

Included

Teaching Duration

1 month

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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSSRL.4.1

Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

CCSSRL.4.2

Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

CCSSRL.4.3

Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).

CCSSRL.4.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

CCSSRL.4.5

Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text.

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