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!