The 38-page Kids' Wings unit for Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen is the perfect vehicle for improving vocabulary, comprehension, understanding of history, and cooperative group skills while reading a powerful historical fiction story with informational insets about the Revolutionary War. Putting a face on history makes it unforgettable. It is centered in truth, entwined with compassion, and supportive of skills in your classroom! In a unique organization, Gary Paulsen has provided a nonfiction page between chapters to extend the understanding.
The unit includes:
- Pre-Reading Discussion Cards;
- Anticipation Guide;
- Getting Ready to Read Embedded Nonfiction;
- 3-Page Readers Theater Introduction;
- Preparing Your Intellectual Tools:
- Dialectical Journals;
- Vocabulary by Chapters with Activity adapted from The Frayer Model;
- Making Connections: Before Reading, Quick Writes, and Predict/Read/Confirm Chapter Questions; Character Studies; Crossword Puzzle:
- The American Revolution;
- Activities for Visualizing the Chapters through Drawing;
- Multiple Choice Comprehension Activities;
- Activities for Visualizing the Chapters;
- Samuel, A Child of the Forest,
- A Narrative Poem/Ballad;
- Recalling and Analyzing the Chapters;
- Discuss and Write;
- Analyzing the Events,
- Discussion and Writing;
- Secret Message to Decipher;
- Research A Hero of the American Revolution;
- Writing Prompts;
- Answer Keys
- Plus, a 53-slide interactive Jeopardy-type game!