Scholastic | Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life.
  • Teachers
  • Parents
  • Kids
  • Administrators
  • Librarians
  • Book Clubs
  • Book Fairs

TEACHERS

Where Teachers Come First

New Site Design! See New Features
  • Home
  • Resources & Tools
  • Strategies & Ideas
  • Student Activities
  • Books & Authors
  • Products & Services
  • Shop The Teacher Store
  • Storia™ eBooks

Lesson Plan

Where the Red Fern Grows

  • Grades:
    Grades 3–5, Grades 6–8
  • Save to Organizer
  • Print
  • Share
  • Tweet
Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

By Wilson Rawls
Shop Now

About this book

Grade Level Equivalent: 6.4
Lexile Measure: 700L
Guided Reading Level: X
Age: Age 9, Age 10, Age 11
Genre: Adventure, Classics, Realistic Fiction
Subject: Animal Stories, Country Life, Death, Grief, and Loss, Determination and Perseverance
VOCABULARY

The following words are used in the book and may be unfamiliar to students. You might assign several words to each student. Have students look up their words and be prepared to present them to the class on a predetermined Word Celebration Day. Encourage students to be creative in their presentations. In addition to giving definitions, parts of speech, inflected forms, and sample sentences, students might make posters, banners, or wallet cards with their words. They might also plan to illustrate their words with photos, drawings, or skits. Remind students to look for these words as they read the book.

residential

cur

rind

whimper

quench

caress

allotted

aromatic

squall

canebrake

festered

mulled

heft

urgency

work-calloused

riffle

depot

sorghum

hillbilly

muster

britches

anvil

aggressive

ventured

vicious

romping

trance

querying

obstacle

wily

gouge

leverage

persistence

limber

rodent

domain

cinch

liniment

momentum

nonchalantly

spellbound

belligerent

bewildered

runt

slough

hysterical

shinnying

predicament

cunning

fatal

flinty

eddy

trough

dauber

bootlegger

smirked

disposition

begrudgingly

designated

maneuver

surpassed

taut

protruding

hubilant

gloating

monotonous

eerie

pruned

doused

lull

haggard

squabble

predatory

berserk

lithe

decipher

  • Subjects:
    Word Recognition, Vocabulary, Word Origins and Usage
  • Skills:
    Vocabulary, Word Origins and Usage, Descriptive Writing
top
Scholastic

School to Home

  • Book Clubs
  • Book Fairs

Teacher Resources

  • Book Lists
  • Book Wizard
  • Instructor Magazine
  • Lesson Plans
  • New Books
  • New Teachers
  • Scholastic News Online
  • Kids Press Corps
  • Strategies and Ideas
  • Student Activities
  • Daily Teacher Blogs
  • Videos
  • Whiteboard Resources

Products & Services

  • Author Visit Program
  • Classroom Books
  • Classroom Magazines
  • Find a Sales Representative
  • Free Programs and Giveaways
  • Guided Reading
  • Math Intervention
  • Product Information
  • Read 180
  • Reading is Fundamental
  • Request a Catalog
  • Scholastic Professional
  • Tom Snyder Productions

Online Shopping

  • ListBuilder
  • Printables
  • Teacher Express
  • Teacher Store
share feedback

Teacher Update Newsletter

Sign up today for free teaching ideas, lesson plans, online activities, tips for your classroom, and much more.

See a sample >

About Scholastic

  • Who We Are
  • Corporate Responsibility
  • Media Room
  • Investor Relations
  • International
  • Scholastic en Español
  • Careers

Our Website

  • Teachers
  • Parents
  • The Stacks (Ages 8-12)
  • Family Playground (Ages 3-7)
  • Librarians
  • Administrators
  • Product Information

Need Help?

  • Customer Service
  • Contact Us

Join Us Online

  1. twitter
  2. facebook
  3. rss
  4. youtube
PRIVACY POLICY · Terms of Use · TM ® & © Scholastic Inc. All Rights Reserved.