The Tiger Rising Novel Unit for Grades 4-8 CCSS Aligned
Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom
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Grade Levels
4th - 8th, Homeschool, Staff
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSRL.4.1
CCSSRL.4.2
CCSSRL.4.4
CCSSRL.4.5
CCSSRL.4.6
Formats Included
- PDF
Pages
47 pages
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If you are looking for the perfect resource to differentiate your reading instruction for grades 4-8, this is the bundle for you!I struggled as a reading teacher to give my students the freedom they need as accountable, independent readers. They needed to be able to grow, self-select novels, and havPrice $70.00Original Price $119.00Save $49.00
Description
Tiger Rising...I have had multiple copies of the novel The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo sitting on my classroom book shelf for years! I finally got to it and it very well may be one of my favorite novels. What a story!
This 47-page print and go Tiger Rising Novel Unit includes the following:
• a student pacing guide to help chunk chapters together for student reading
• 16-pages of reader response questions
• character analysis
• context clue word work to enhance vocabulary
• main idea work
• story map
• simile work
• 3-post-reading journal prompts to enhance writing
• an end of novel project
• CCSS covered
• an answer key for easy evaluation of student work
This Tiger Rising Novel Unit has EVERYTHING you need to teach this book tomorrow!
Summary of the Tiger Rising:
Rob Horton has moved to Lister, Florida after his mom's passing due to cancer. He lives with his dad at the Kentucky Star Motel where his dad does handyman work. Rob is kicked out of school due to a leg condition that others believe is contagious. He meets an unlikely friend who has also fallen upon some bad luck, and together they work to get through some of the tough challenges life has handed them, while they determine the fate of a caged tiger they find in the woods.
This novel is full of figurative language and impressive imagery that will have your students captivated until the very end. Your students will also learn about how sometimes tragedy can lead to something positive.
Grab this unit and get to the library to check-out this incredible novel!
I would love to hear your thoughts on this novel unit. Leaving feedback also earns you points toward future purchases. Also be sure to FOLLOW ME so you are aware of new products as soon as they are posted!
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Differentiate reading instruction with these BUNDLES...
• NOVEL UNITS Made EASY 15-Novel Units for Differentiated Reading Instruction
• ELA Made EASY: Upper Elementary Resource BUNDLE
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For End of Novel Projects...
• End of Novel Projects for ANY NOVEL
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Happy Reading!
This 47-page print and go Tiger Rising Novel Unit includes the following:
• a student pacing guide to help chunk chapters together for student reading
• 16-pages of reader response questions
• character analysis
• context clue word work to enhance vocabulary
• main idea work
• story map
• simile work
• 3-post-reading journal prompts to enhance writing
• an end of novel project
• CCSS covered
• an answer key for easy evaluation of student work
This Tiger Rising Novel Unit has EVERYTHING you need to teach this book tomorrow!
Summary of the Tiger Rising:
Rob Horton has moved to Lister, Florida after his mom's passing due to cancer. He lives with his dad at the Kentucky Star Motel where his dad does handyman work. Rob is kicked out of school due to a leg condition that others believe is contagious. He meets an unlikely friend who has also fallen upon some bad luck, and together they work to get through some of the tough challenges life has handed them, while they determine the fate of a caged tiger they find in the woods.
This novel is full of figurative language and impressive imagery that will have your students captivated until the very end. Your students will also learn about how sometimes tragedy can lead to something positive.
Grab this unit and get to the library to check-out this incredible novel!
I would love to hear your thoughts on this novel unit. Leaving feedback also earns you points toward future purchases. Also be sure to FOLLOW ME so you are aware of new products as soon as they are posted!
*********************************************************************
Differentiate reading instruction with these BUNDLES...
• NOVEL UNITS Made EASY 15-Novel Units for Differentiated Reading Instruction
• ELA Made EASY: Upper Elementary Resource BUNDLE
*********************************************************************
*********************************************************************
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
For End of Novel Projects...
• End of Novel Projects for ANY NOVEL
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Happy Reading!
Total Pages
47 pages
Answer Key
N/A
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.4.4
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.
CCSSRL.4.6
Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
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