Lesson Plan
Where the Red Fern Grows
- Grades:Grades 3–5, Grades 6–8
About this book
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


