Product Overview
This LitPlan Novel Study for White Fang by Jack London is a comprehensive foundation of ready-to-use materials that will ensure your students get the most out of their White Fang novel study.
Practical, flexible, and standards-based with step-by-step plans for the whole novel unit, my LitPlan Novel Study is especially helpful to new teachers or veteran teachers teaching White Fang for the first time.
19 Step-by-Step Daily Lessons guide you and your students through this novel study.
Assignments and Activities are planned for each day of the novel unit.
Vocabulary Worksheets that focus on meaning in context and dictionary definitions go with each reading assignment.
Comprehension Questions and Quizzes follow the reading assignments, so you know if your students are keeping up with their reading and if they are understanding what they are reading.
Writing Assignments are sprinkled throughout this novel study for White Fang, too! Detailed writing assignment sheets guide students' writing.
- The first assignment is to give students the opportunity to express their personal opinions as they define the word "civilized."
- The second is to persuade: students create a persuasive advertisement. This assignment is in conjunction with the project.
- The third is to inform: following the research related to their projects, students take the information they have found and summarize it in a composition.
One lesson is also devoted to Leveled Critical Thinking Questions:
- Interpretive Questions require students to simply interpret facts that are given.
- Critical Questions require students to think deeply to develop answers that go beyond what is in the text.
- Personal Response Questions have no right or wrong answer; students formulate and give their own opinions.
A Nonfiction Reading Assignment is incorporated into this novel study unit for White Fang. Students are required to read at least one nonfiction article and view at least one nonfiction video related to the story and complete a short report form analyzing their sources.
A Variety of Additional Activities are woven into this White Fang novel study:
- Oral Reading Evaluation
- Writing Conferences
- Oral Reports
A class period is devoted to Vocabulary Review. Review puzzles, games, and worksheets are provided.
One class period is devoted to Whole-Unit Review in preparation for the unit test. Review puzzles, games, and worksheets are provided.
Five Different Unit Tests are provided on different levels and to use for make-up tests or tests for different classes if you're teaching the book to more than one class at a time. Two are multiple-choice, two are short-answer, and one is advanced short-answer. You can mix-and-match test sections as well.
Evaluation Rubrics are included for some activities.
A page of Bulletin Board Ideas is included.
A page of ideas for Extension Activities is included.
Answer Keys are provided for the short-answer comprehension questions, multiple choice quizzes, vocabulary worksheets, tests, and review materials.
FLEXIBILITY is a key property of this novel study unit for White Fang.
- It is formatted so that you can skip an activity I have planned and plug-in one of your own favorites if you want to.
- You can use all or just parts of this LitPlan.
- Written for whole-class use, but easily adaptable for:
- independent study
- small groups or lit circles
- Homeschooling
- tutoring
A teacher-favorite for years, hundreds of thousands of LitPlans (and Puzzle Packs!) have been used by tens of thousands of teachers in the USA, Canada, and overseas schools, providing reliable, high-quality, standards-based resources for teaching literature. If you want a solid foundation for teaching a work of literature, LitPlans have proved themselves worthy over years of use worldwide.
What Users Have Said About The White Fang Novel Study Guide:
Stacie P., August 18,2021 - Extremely satisfied. Excellent resource.
Jennifer S., January 6, 2021 - I love this resource. Very thorough! Thanks
Cara LokkenFrandsen, December 12, 2020 - This is a fun and engaging way to keep track of the happenings in the story. It is well planned out and useful.
Julie H., July 23, 2020 - Great resource... loved the planning aspect.
Additional Products available for White Fang:
- Puzzle Pack
- Google Forms Chapter Quizzes
- Google Forms Unit Test
- Interactive PDF Unit Test
- Q&A Presentation
- Theme Pack
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