The Highlights of Homeschooling. Literature Novel Unit Study and Lapbook.
Stone Fox written by John Reynolds Gardiner. Created by Teresa Ives Lilly. Sold
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The Highlights of Homeschooling Literature Novel Unit Study and Lapbook
Stone Fox
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written by John Reynolds Gardiner
Created by Teresa Ives Lilly Sold by www.hshighlights.com Co-authored by Bonni Kolczak
Title of Book: Stone Fox Author of Book: John Reynolds Gardiner Co-Authored: Bonni Kolczak Lessons Lesson 1 Chapters 1,2 Lesson 2 Chapters 3,4 Lesson 3 Chapters 5,6 Lesson 4 Chapters 7,8 Lesson 5 Chapters 9,10
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Vocabulary Words: Lesson 1 especially, continuing, examine, disappeared, concerned, discovery, signals, offered, churns, bushel
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Lesson 2 brim, purchased, outskirts, educated, position, gully, derringer, demanded, legal, columns Lesson 3 situation, recommended, motionless, saliva, tonic, amateurs, excitement, granite, reservation, contestants Lesson 4 college, treacherous, investigate, route, approached, massive, property, abrupt, expected, abreast Lesson 5 completely, disqualified, surrounding, shrieked, effortlessly, regained, forged, challenger, understood, moccasin Make a Lapbook with many of the activities in this unit. You can follow the example or create one however you like using file folders and the lapbook cutouts from the unit.
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Pre-Reading Activity: Have the student look at the book they will be studying for this unit. Then have the student write the information required for this activity on the book patterns or in their notebook. The patterns may be cut out and placed on the lapbook.
Title
Main Character
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Publishing Company
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Illustrator
What do you think the book is about?
Why are you looking forward to reading this book
Author Activity: Have the student use the book they are studying and information found on the internet. Then have the student write the information required for this activity on the patterns or in their notebook. The patterns may be cut out and placed on the lapbook.
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Write the author’s name on the correct pattern
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Write the name of all the books by this author on the book pattern. If there are more than three books, just select the three most famous.
On the house pattern write information about the author such as where the author was born, lived and how they became an author.
Lesson 1 Activities: Have the student use the book they are studying for the following lesson activities. Then have the student write the information required for this activity on the page or in their notebook. Stone Fox Lesson 1 Chapters 1&2 Fill in the Blanks: Write the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence. Words: concerned disappeared discovery examine 1. Doc Smith made a shocking _____. 2. Grandfather tried to _____ the dogs feet. 3. Grandfather was very _____ about his horse. 4. Searchlight _____ through the trees. True / False: Write T if statement is true; write F if it is false.
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1. _____Grandfather once laughed so hard he cried. 2. _____The object Doc Smith pulled from her bag was gold. 3. _____Little Willy didn’t play the harmonica as well as Grandfather did. 4. _____Grandfather had sold the harvest to a man named Mr. Weeks
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Multiple Choice: Write ABCD in the space for the best answer. 1. _____ Little Willy and Grandfather live on a __. A. grape farm B. potato farm C. apple farm D. tomato farm 2. _____ Willy and Grandfather live in the state of __. A. Ohio B. Alaska C. California D. Wyoming 3. _____ It took Willy and Searchlight over __days to harvest the potatoes. A. 5 B. 10 C. 12 D. 20
Comprehension: Write full sentences to answer these questions.
1. Who lived with his grandfather on a potato farm? 2. What was the name of Doc Smith’s horse? 3. Where did Searchlight rest her head when Doc Smith was at the house? 4. When did Doc Smith tell little Willy his grandfather was getting worse? 5. Why did Grandfather put his hand out on the bed? 6. How did little Willy’s dog Searchlight solve Willy’s problem?
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(Who) _____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
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(What)____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ (Where )___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ (When)____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ (Why)_____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ (How)_____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
Vocabulary word: ________________________________ Definition of the word: ____________________________ _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Antonym of the word: _____________________________ How many syllables does the word have? ______________
Vocabulary: Look up the vocabulary words from the list for this lesson. On two patterns, or on two index cards write one word. On one card write the definition of the word, the Antonym and how many Syllables the word has. On the other card, write the same word. Write a full sentence using this word and write the Synonym of the word.
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Vocabulary Word: ________________________________ Sentence using the word: ___________________________ _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
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Synonym of the word: _____________________________
Do this for all the vocabulary words. Place the patterns or cards in an envelope which can be glued into the student’s notebook or onto the lapbook. . Sequencing: At the end of the lesson write two of the main events on these two strips. Save them in an envelope which can be glued onto the lapbook or in the notebook. At the end of the book, these strips can be taken out and the student can try to arrange them in the correct order as they occurred in the story.
______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Handwriting: Have the student pick their favorite sentence they read in this lesson. Have them write the sentence in their best handwriting on this page or in their notebook.
Main Idea: In a sentence or two, write what the main idea of this part of the book was. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Key Event: What was the most important event? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
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Prediction: Predict what you think will happen in the next lesson. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Comparison: Compare two things in this lesson. Tell what makes them alike and what makes them different. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Fact or Opinion: Write one sentence that is a fact about the lesson and one sentence that is an opinion about the lesson. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
Main Character: Write words in the circles to describe the main character.
Physical appearance
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Concern or worry
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Who they relate to
Your opinion of them
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Poetry Form: Write a poem about the book or characters using this format. Couplet: A Couplet is a two line poem with Example: a fun and simple rhyming pattern. Each line has the same number of syllables and their If a seed could have its way endings must rhyme with one another. Humor it would grow in just one day. is often used in couplets.
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Creative Writing Activity: Have the student use this form or write in their notebook. Letter Writing: Write a letter from one character in the book to another.
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Dear , ___________________________________________ _____________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ _____________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ _____________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ _____________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ _____________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ _____________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ _____________________________ ___________________________________________ Sincerely,
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Lapbook Activity: Main Character Have the student draw and color a picture of the main character on the solid section of the flap book. Cut out the entire flap book. Cut on the dotted lines and fold the four flap sections over the picture of the main character. On the outside of each flap have the student write one word that describes the character.
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Poster Board Activity: Book Collage Have the student print out pictures from the internet that represent characters from the story. They can use magazine pictures as well. Then have the student glue them all over a 1/2 poster board in an over lapping fashion to create a book collage.
Creative Art Activity: Sculpting Have the student create on of the characters from the story out of clay or play doe.
