Brian's Winter Novel Unit for Grades 4-8 Common Core Aligned
Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom
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Grade Levels
4th - 8th
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSRL.4.1
CCSSRL.4.2
CCSSRL.4.3
CCSSRL.4.4
CCSSRL.4.5
Formats Included
- PDF
Pages
49 pages
Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom
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This resource was especially helpful to me while having students quarantined. I could easily post it onto Google Classroom for students to complete.
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Description
Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen...
Brian's Winter is the perfect novel study for the winter months. Not only is Gary Paulsen an AMAZING writer that 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
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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For NOVEL UNIT BUNDLES:
-Crash Novel Unit Resources BUNDLE
-Jerry Spinelli Novel Unit Bundle for Middle School
-CCSS Novel Unit BUNDLE for Grades 4-8
-CCSS Novel Unit BUNDLE for Grades 3-5
-Cam Jansen CCSS Book Bundle for Middle Grade Intervention
For End of Novel Projects...
-End of Novel Projects for ANY NOVEL
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I would LOVE your feedback on this novel unit. Your thoughts make my products even better and earn you points to discount future Tpt purchases. Also, be sure to FOLLOW me so you are aware of each new resource as soon as it is posted.
Happy Reading!
Erin
Brian's Winter is the perfect novel study for the winter months. Not only is Gary Paulsen an AMAZING writer that 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
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
*********************************************************************
Check out these NOVEL UNITS...
-Among the Hidden Novel Unit Common Core Aligned
-Because of Winn Dixie Novel Unit Common Core Aligned
-Boxcar Children Book #1 Novel Unit Common Core Aligned
-Bud, Not Buddy Novel Unit Common Core Aligned
-Chocolate Fever Novel Unit Common Core Aligned
-Crash Novel Unit Common Core Aligned
-Flat Stanley Novel Unit Common Core Aligned
-Freak the Mighty Novel Unit Common Core Aligned
-Frindle Novel Unit Common Core Aligned
-Hate That Cat Poetry Novel Unit Common Core Aligned
-Knots in My Yo-yo String: An Autobiography of a Kid Novel Unit Common Core Aligned
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For NOVEL UNIT BUNDLES:
-Crash Novel Unit Resources BUNDLE
-Jerry Spinelli Novel Unit Bundle for Middle School
-CCSS Novel Unit BUNDLE for Grades 4-8
-CCSS Novel Unit BUNDLE for Grades 3-5
-Cam Jansen CCSS Book Bundle for Middle Grade Intervention
For End of Novel Projects...
-End of Novel Projects for ANY NOVEL
*********************************************************************
I would LOVE your feedback on this novel unit. Your thoughts make my products even better and earn you points to discount future Tpt purchases. Also, be sure to FOLLOW me so you are aware of each new resource as soon as it is posted.
Happy Reading!
Erin
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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