Novel Thinking Lesson GuideCharlotte’s Web

Novel Thinking Lesson GuidesCharlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlotte’s WebShiloh

In Their Own Words: Abraham LincolnGeorge’s Marvelous Medicine

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Norman J. Larson

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Table of Contents

About the Authors .................................................................................................................................. ii

Teaching Suggestions ............................................................................................................................ix

Chapters 1 & 2 ...................................................................................................................................... 1-6 Exercise A ................................................................................................................................................. 1 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ...........................................................................................................................................2 • Context Clues Exercise C ............................................................................................................................................3 • Characters Exercise D ...........................................................................................................................................4 • Setting Exercise E ...........................................................................................................................................5 • Cause and Effect • Details • Inference • Vocabulary • Sequence • Setting • Main Idea • Characters

Chapter 3 .............................................................................................................................................7-10 Exercise A ...........................................................................................................................................7 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ...........................................................................................................................................7 • Characters Exercise C ............................................................................................................................................8 • Details • Setting • Drawing Conclusions • Compare/Contrast • Characters • Inference • Main Idea • Summarizing • Sequence

Chapter 4 ............................................................................................................................................11-14 Exercise A ..........................................................................................................................................11 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ..........................................................................................................................................11 • Context Clues Exercise C ..........................................................................................................................................12 • Characters

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Exercise D .........................................................................................................................................12 • Cause and Effect • Details • Characters • Main Idea • Inference

Chapter 5 ........................................................................................................................................... 15-18 Exercise A .........................................................................................................................................15 • Vocabulary Development Exercise B .........................................................................................................................................16 • Context Clues Exercise C ..........................................................................................................................................17 • Characters Exercise D .........................................................................................................................................17 • Cause and Effect • Main Idea • Details • Sequence • Inference • Problem and Solution

Chapter 6 ........................................................................................................................................... 19-21 Exercise A .........................................................................................................................................19 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B .........................................................................................................................................19 • Analogy Exercise C ......................................................................................................................................... 20 • Characters Exercise D ........................................................................................................................................ 20 • Main Idea • Cause and Effect • Sequence • Inference • Characters

Chapters 7 & 8 ................................................................................................................................22-24 Exercise A ........................................................................................................................................ 22 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................ 22 • Word Scramble Exercise C ......................................................................................................................................... 23 • Cause and Effect • Main Idea • Details • Inference • Compare/Contrast • Characters

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Chapter 9 ..........................................................................................................................................25-27 Exercise A ........................................................................................................................................ 25 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................ 25 • Context Clues Exercise C ......................................................................................................................................... 26 • Sequence • Main Idea • Cause and Effect • Inference • Details • Compare/Contrast

Chapter 10 ........................................................................................................................................28-30 Exercise A ........................................................................................................................................ 28 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................ 28 • Word Scramble Exercise C ......................................................................................................................................... 29 • Sequence • Characters • Cause and Effect • Main Idea • Details • Drawing Conclusions • Inference

Chapter 11 ......................................................................................................................................... 31-34 Exercise A .........................................................................................................................................31 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................ 32 • Context Clues Exercise C ......................................................................................................................................... 32 • Cause and Effect • Inference • Main Idea • Sequence • Details

Chapter 12 ........................................................................................................................................35-37 Exercise A ........................................................................................................................................ 35 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................ 35 • Antonyms Exercise C ......................................................................................................................................... 36 • Inference • Cause and Effect • Characters • Details

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Chapter 13 ........................................................................................................................................ 38-41 Exercise A ........................................................................................................................................ 38 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................ 38 • Antonyms • Context Clues Exercise C ......................................................................................................................................... 39 • Drawing Conclusions • Cause and Effect • Details • Main Idea • Inference • Characters

Chapter 14 ........................................................................................................................................42-45 Exercise A ........................................................................................................................................ 42 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................ 42 • Synonyms Exercise C ......................................................................................................................................... 43 • Events Exercise D ........................................................................................................................................ 43 • Characters Exercise E ........................................................................................................................................ 44 • Cause and Effect • Details • Summarizing • Inference • Compare/Contrast

Chapter 15 ........................................................................................................................................46-50 Exercise A ........................................................................................................................................ 46 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................ 46 • Context Clues Exercise C ......................................................................................................................................... 47 • Events Exercise D ........................................................................................................................................ 47 • Cause and Effect • Details • Making Predictions • Inference

Chapter 16 ........................................................................................................................................ 51-55 Exercise A .........................................................................................................................................51 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B .........................................................................................................................................51 • Context Clues

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Exercise C ......................................................................................................................................... 52 • Events Exercise D ........................................................................................................................................ 53 • Main Idea • Inference • Details • Compare/Contrast • Sequencing • Summarizing • Drawing Conclusions

Chapter 17 ........................................................................................................................................56-60 Exercise A ........................................................................................................................................ 56 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................ 56 • Analogy Exercise C ......................................................................................................................................... 57 • Events/Details Exercise D ........................................................................................................................................ 58 • Details • Sequence • Cause and Effect • Summarizing • Drawing Conclusions

Chapters 18 & 19 ............................................................................................................................. 61-67 Exercise A .........................................................................................................................................61 • Vocabulary Development Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................ 62 • Context Clues • Parts of Speech Exercise C ......................................................................................................................................... 64 • Events/Sequence Exercise D ........................................................................................................................................ 64 • Details • Cause and Effect • Inference • Main Idea • Drawing Conclusions • Summarizing • Making Predictions

Chapter 20 .......................................................................................................................................68-70 Exercise A ........................................................................................................................................ 68 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................ 68 • Context Clues Exercise C ......................................................................................................................................... 69 • Sequencing • Cause and Effect • Details • Drawing Conclusions

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Chapter 21 ........................................................................................................................................ 71-73 Exercise A .........................................................................................................................................71 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B .........................................................................................................................................71 • Synonyms • Antonyms Exercise C ......................................................................................................................................... 72 • Drawing Conclusions • Sequencing • Details • Cause and Effect • Summarizing • Inference • Main Idea

Chapter 22 .......................................................................................................................................74-78 Exercise A ........................................................................................................................................ 74 • Vocabulary Development Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................ 74 • Characters Exercise C ......................................................................................................................................... 75 • Details • Summarizing • Cause and Effect • Main Idea • Inference • Sequencing • Comparison/Contrast Writing

Compare/Contrast Writing Paper ..................................................................................................... 79

Creative Story ....................................................................................................................................... 85

Extension Activities ..............................................................................................................................91

Answers ................................................................................................................................................... 93

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Teaching Suggestions

The Novel Thinking books are student-oriented lesson guides, aimed at enhancing both reading comprehension skills and vocabulary. The intent is to provide structured, pragmatic, and easy-to-use supplemental classroom materials based on novels of interest to a particular grade level.

These lesson guides include the following language arts skills in the comprehension questions:

• Main Idea and Supporting Details • Characters, Setting, and Plot • Problem and Solution • Cause and Effect • Making Inferences and Predictions • Drawing Conclusions • Comparing and Contrasting • Cause and Effect • Sequencing

The table of contents includes the skills used in each exercise.

Vocabulary skills such as context clues, synonyms, and naming parts of speech are emphasized. Writing activities that use compare/contrast and descriptive writing are also included.

Comprehension Exercises Students are instructed to answer in complete sentences whenever possible.

Scoring MethodologyComprehensionEach question has a possible total of 10 points.• 5 points for content• 5 points for grammar and punctuation

Students are awarded points based on the accuracy of their answers (content) and the format in which they provide the information (sentence structure). Setting a five-point range in each area allows the teacher to provide the student with an evaluation of student skills across a broader base.

All Other Sections Each question is scored on content, and points are indicated following each question.

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Chapter1“BeforeBreakfast”Chapter2“Wilbur”

A. Vocabulary:Write the underlined vocabulary word next to its defi nition below. Then name the part of speech (noun, verb, adverb, or adjective) for each word.

1. One of the pigs is a runt. It will never amount to anything. 2. The grass was wet as Fern ran to catch her father, so her sneakers were sopping

by the time she reached him. 3. Fern thought killing a runt pig was the most terrible case of injustice of which

she had ever heard. 4. When Avery saw the pig, he said, “That’s a fi nespecimen of a pig—it’s no bigger

than a white rat.” 5. Fern sat on the school bus thinking what a blissful world it was, and how lucky

she was to have entire charge of a pig. 6. Fern was enchanted by the way Wilbur dug a tunnel in the straw and crawled into

it to sleep. 7. Fern waved good-bye to Wilbur, and he watched the bus until it vanished around

a turn. 8. Wilbur’s appetite had increased, he was beginning to eat scraps of food in

addition to milk.

WORD PARTOFSPEECH DEFINITION

a. ___________________ ________ soaked; very wet

b. ___________________ ________ an example of a type or from a group

c. ___________________ ________ disappeared; gone from sight

d. ___________________ ________ full of happiness; contentment

e. ___________________ ________ a desire for food or drink

f. ___________________ ________ an animal that is unusually small as compared to others of its kind

g. ___________________ ________ an unfair act or deed

h. ___________________ ________ held in a spell

Name:__________________________ Date:____________________________

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B. ContextClues:Write the correct vocabulary word to complete each sentence. Use each word just once.

runt sopping injustice specimen blissful enchanted vanished appetite

1. After the rainfall, our clothes were __________________ and heavy from being soaked.

2. The cowboy thought it was a great _________________ that he was sent to jail without a trial.

3. Carrie felt ____________________ as she ate the ice cream cone.

4. The coin seems to have __________________ in thin air from the magician’s hand.

5. The princess was ___________________ by the young man who rescued her from the fire-breathing dragon.

6. The elephant had a huge _________________ and ate a lot of hay each day.

7. The ___________________ of a litter of kittens is small and weak, so it needs extra care.

8. The detective took a ___________________ of her handwriting to see if it matched what was written on the ransom note.

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C. Characters: Identify the characters introduced in chapters 1 and 2. Then tell two things about each character.

1. Who is Mrs. Arable’s daughter? ____________________________________

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2. Who is Papa? _________________________________________________

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3. Who told Fern some pigs were born last night? _________________________

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4. Who was holding an air rifl e and a wooden dagger? ______________________

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5. What name did Fern give her pet? __________________________________

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6. Who bought Wilbur? ____________________________________________

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7. Who did Fern talk to fi rst when she phoned the Zuckerman’s farm? _________

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7. Who did Fern talk to fi rst when she phoned the Zuckerman’s farm? _________

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D. Setting:The time (when) and location (where) in which a story takes place is called the setting. Using complete sentences, tell about the setting of Charlotte’s Web.

1. Where: ______________________________________________________

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2. When: _______________________________________________________

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E. Comprehension:Answer the following questions in your own words using complete sentences. Use supporting details from the book where applicable.

1. This story begins with a confl ict when Fern becomes upset at breakfast. a. What was the cause? b. What did Fern do about it?

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2. How was the confl ict solved?

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3. a. How did the author describe Avery? b. Why do you think the author described Avery that way?

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