The Highlights of HomeschoolingNovel Literature Unit Study

Rifles For WatieWritten by Harold Kieth

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Everything in the unit can be used to create a file folder lap book.

Pre-Reading Skills ActivityAuthor Information ActivityTime line ActivityTheater Box Activity

Each Lesson covers one whole book and includes:Create a Newspaper Layout Activities including: Editorial, Travel, Advice Column,Comics, Society News, Sports, Obituary, Weddings, Book Review, Want Ads, Word Search. Creative Writing Activities including: Letter, Fairy Tale, Mystery, Science Fiction, Fable, Dream or Nightmare, Tall Tale, Memoir, Newberry Award, A Different Ending.Writing Skills Activities including: Description, Expository, Dialogue, Process, Point of View, Persuasion, Compare and Contrast, Sequel, Climax and Plot Analysis.Poetry Skills Activities including: Couplet, Triplet, Quinzain, Haiku, Cinquain, Tanka, Diamanté, Lantern and Shape Poem.Literature Skills Activities including: Main Character, Main Setting, Main Problem, Possible Solutions, Character Traits, Character Interaction, Cause and Effect, Description, Pyramid of Importance, Villain vs. Hero.Art Expression Activities including: Main Character, Main Setting, Travel Brochure, Postal Stamp, Book Cover, Menu, Fashion Designer, Puzzle, Mini Book, Ten Commandments.Poster Board Activities including: Collage, Theater Poster, Wanted Poster, Coat of Arms, Story Quilt, Chalk Art, Silhouette, Board Game Construction, Door Sign, Jeopardy.Creative Art Activities including: Sculpture, Shadow Box, Mosaic, Mobile, Acrostic,Tapestry, Paper Dolls, Book Mark, Photography, Parade Float, Sketch.

Encyclopedia Skills ActivityJournal ActivityMain IdeaKey EventPredictionComparisonComprehensionTrue and FalseVocabulary Skills Activities including: Define,Synonym, Antonym, Syllables,Sequence of Events.HandwritingFinal Activities including: Sign Language Vocabulary, Literature Web, Bingo.

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To use this unit either print out all the pages or have the studentrecreate most of them in a notebook or on white or colored paper.

All of the pages can be added to the lapbook project as shown in thephotos, or only use those items you want to use to create yourlapbook and use a spiral notebook for the other pages.

The following are photos of how the work can be presented in thelapbook format. You can make yours look different if you like.To create the lapbook use 3-6 file folders (colored are best), construction paper or index cards, markers, glue and a stapler.

This is followed by a photos of how to do the newspaper layout.

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Each unit divides the book into 10 lessons or less. Each lesson covers one to four chapters of the book. Students read the chapters for each lesson, then do the work for that chapter.

Lesson 1 Chapter 1,2,3Lesson 2 Chapter 4,5Lesson 3 Chapter 6,7,8Lesson 4 Chapter 9,10Lesson 5 Chapter 11,12,13Lesson 6 Chapter 14,15Lesson 7 Chapter 16,17,18Lesson 8 Chapter 19,20Lesson 9 Chapter 21,22,23Lesson 10 Chapter 24,25

Vocabulary Words:Lesson 1. erratic cliques factions seceded bushwhackers adversary brogans regiment indifferent teamsters

Lesson 2. vindictive mystified subdued evasive etiquette bivouac desertion swill jaded daguerreotype

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Lesson 4. inspection pulverized hearth confiscate effrontery destitute prairies desolation intermarried incredulously

Lesson 5. allegiance compelled propaganda gauntlets instinctively ominously edifice intrepidly conspicuously articulate

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Lesson 8. consorting gargoyle identity scrutinized divulged prematurely barbarously plantation resonant refugees

Lesson 9. penetrated smuggling conscience appropriation contraband disavowed archaic inexhaust-ible unmistakably subterfuge

Lesson 10. calculate melancholy unencumbered monotonously opaque landmark quarry ransacked rehabilitation nostalgia

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Newspaper Activity: As the student completes the newspaper activitieshave them lay them out on a big board or on several poster boards. Don’t glue them on until the entire newspaper is laid out.Begin by creating a name for your newspaper. Type out the name of your newspaper, in big bold letters and place it on the board where you think it should go. Use tape or sticky clay to place articles and pictures on your poster board, until you are done with all of them. By using this method of placement, you can move them around as needed.

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