Where the Red Fern Grows
                                                                    by Wilson Rawls

Grade Level:  Third

Subjects:  Reading, Social Studies, Language, Safety, Responsibility/Character

Learner Outcomes:

        1. The teacher will read two chapters aloud each day for a total of ten days.

        2.  The students will listen to story and draw conclusions regarding characters, events,
             setting, and purpose.

        3.  The students will be able to identify new vocabulary words each day.

        4.  The students will be able to find the Ozark Mountain Range and the states which lie within
             this mountain range.

        5.  The students will be able to determine the setting of the story.

        6.  The students will research the Cherokee Indians as to where they settled.

        7.  The students will compare /contrast the climate, weather, between the two locations of the
             Cherokee.

        8. The students will be able to relate safety rules when hunting.

        9. The students will be able to keep a daily journal of  Billy's adventures.

Duration of Lesson:  Each lesson will be one hour each day

Materials:


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Teacher Notes:

Procedures:

Day 1

        1.  Introduce the book to the class.  Discuss the setting of the book and the characters.

        2.  Locate the Ozark Mountains on the map.  Use overhead projector.

        3.  List the states that are located within the Ozark Mountain Range.

        4.  Read chapters one and two of the book.

        5.  Guest:  Local  hunter with trained hunting dogs.

        5.  Discuss vocabulary and complete worksheet.
                A.  Students will use dictionary to find definitions and answers to the worksheet..

Day 2

        1.  Read chapters three and four of the book.

        2.  Determine that the story takes place in Oklahoma by finding the state that has Cherokee
             County located in it. Use map on computer by using converter for TV, or overhead
             projector.

        3.  Discuss ways that one could earn money today and compare to how one could earn money
             several years ago.

        4.  Discuss vocabulary and complete worksheet.
                A. Students will use dictionary to find definitions and answers to the word search.

Day 3

        1.  Read chapters five and six of the book

        2.  Research the Cherokee Indians
                    A.  Where where the Cherokee Indians located in Oklahoma?
                    B.  Why were the Cherokees living in Oklahoma, since they were originally Indians
                          which were located in the eastern United States?

        3.  Discuss and compare/contrast the climate and weather the Cherokee had been accustom
             to in Georgia and what the conditions were like in Oklahoma.

        4.  Guest speaker from the local Indian Organization.

        5. Discuss vocabulary and complete worksheet: unscramble the words.
                    A.  Students will use dictionary to find answers to the worksheet.

Day 4

        1.  Read chapters seven and eight of the book

        2.  Discuss the responsibility of owning a pet

        3.  Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officers to discuss hunting safety with
             students.

        4.  Discuss vocabulary and complete worksheet..
                A.  Students will use dictionary to find definitions and answers to the word search.

Day 5

        1.  Read chapters nine and ten of the book

        2.  Discuss and compare the travel and hunting techniques to today and several years ago.

        3.  On map of Oklahoma find the capital of Oklahoma and make a red X.

        4.  On the map find Tahlequah and make a blue X.

        5.  Find the Arkansas River in northeastern Oklahoma and color it blue.

        6.  Discuss vocabulary from these chapters.  Students will complete matching worksheet
             using the dictionary to find the answers.

        7. Discuss vocabulary and play around the world with words which have been introduced
             thus far in the book.

Modification:

        1.  Peer tutoring
        2.  Resource teachers available for extra help
        3.  Read aloud person available as helper with unit

Enrichment/ Activities:

        1.  Local  hunter to visit classroom
        2.  Natural Resource Officer to visit classroom
        3.  Indian representative from local Indian Organization

Evaluation:

        1.  Open class discussions
        2.  Maps
        3.  Journals
        4.  Evaluation on worksheet activities

IGO's:
West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives
        Reading:  3.1,  3.2,  3.16,
        Language:  3.75
        Social Studies  3.34,  3.30,  3.40
        Science:  3.2, 3.8

National Standards

References:

        1.  Internet
        2.  Webster's New Encyclopedia of Dictionaries
        3.  Book--Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
        4.  Roget's II The New Thesaurus
        5.  Character Education on Responsibility Grade three pages 17-22
        6.  MegaSkills Essentials involving honesty and responsibility pages 129-130
        7.  Teacher's Helper Plus (computer program)
        8.  Josten's computer Lab
 

Author:

        Patricia A. Baker
        Sharon Hughes
        Mary Stover
        Alderson Elementary
 
Introduction Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6