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Teaching with Gary Paulsen
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Teaching with Gary Paulsen
Introduce your students to award-winning author Gary Paulsen, with an in-depth study of five of his most captivating novels: Woodsong, Dogsong, Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter.
Help your students make long-lasting literature connections with meaningful discussion questions, reading comprehension reproducibles, literary element graphic organizers, vocabulary activities, writing prompts, and literature response projects.
$23.95
Paperback Book Collection | Grades 5-8
Grades 5-8 $23.95
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Dogsong
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Dogsong
Russell, a 14-year-old Eskimo boy, longs for the traditions of his forefathers, and begins a journey of self-discovery across the tundra. "A remarkable book."—SLJ starred review
$5.95
Paperback Book | Grades 6-9
Grades 6-9 $5.95
Interest Level:
6-8
Lexile Framework:
930L
Grade Level Equivalent:
5.8
Guided Reading Level:
V
Age:
11-13
Genre:
Adventure, Realistic Fiction
Subject:
Pets, Character and Values, Courage, Bravery, Heroism, Changes and New Experiences, Eskimo and Inuit, Honor
In Paulsen's Newbery Honor novel, 14-year-old Russel Susskit leads a dog team on an arduous trek across the frozen Alaskan wilderness on a life-altering journey haunted by dreams of an ancient warrior whose life oddly parallels his own.
Text Excerpt
His people no longer use dog sleds, instead they use snowmobiles; but Oogruk still has an old team of sled dogs, and they've grown fat and lazy. Russell wonders what it was like to run with the dogs, to look at the snow and ice and hear only the swish of runners along the icy crust, to be like his ancestors. To answer his thoughts, he turns to Oogruk who tells him of the old days and the songs of his people. But hearing about it is not enough, so Russell learns to run the dogs and soon takes off across the tundra, replicating journeys that have been made for thousands of years.
