Woodsong Novel Study Unit for Grades 4-8 Common Core Aligned

Woodsong is a memoir written by Gary Paulsen. It is a collection of stories about his journey that led him to the Iditarod, the 1100-mile dogsled race in Alaska. This high-interest, shorter chapter text takes readers from Paulsen acquiring his dogs, to becoming more aware of all of the things in nature that he admittedly knew nothing about until he spent countless hours running thousands of miles with the dogs. This memoir of his stories will have your students not wanting to put the book down.

This 45-page Woodsong PRINT and GO unit includes:
• 14-pages of reader response questions
• 8-pages of context clue word work
• 2-pages of character analysis
• figurative language work
• setting analysis work
• 3-post-reading journal prompts
• an explanation and notes for understanding a memoir
• summary work to better name chapter titles

Read Woodsong as a whole class novel, in small groups, or allow students to work in partners or independently.

Novel not included but for your information:
Interest Level
Grades 4 - 8

Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 7.2
Lexile Measure®: 1090L
DRA: 50
Guided Reading: T
Type of Book: Chapter Book

Genre
Adventure
Autobiography

Theme/Subject
Cooperation and Teamwork
Resourcefulness
Survival
Sports

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