I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 Book Club Focused on Story Elements
I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 Book Club Focused on Story Elements
Already apprehensive about moving from his farm in Minnesota to Chicago, Oscar is devastated when his suitcase, containing the only memento of his father, is stolen at the train station. In a split-second decision, Oscar takes off after the thief and soon finds himself in a city engulfed in the flames of The Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Like all the books in the I Survived series, this chapter book is the perfect blend of fact and fiction. The author's sequencing of events creates a fast-paced historical fiction that students will enjoy reading, making it a smart choice for a Book Club focused on sequence of events.
- Included in this resource
- Lesson plans for 5 book club meetings focused on Story Elements
- Chapter by chapter discussion questions and key vocabulary
- Book Club calendar
- Conversation prompts
- Student self-evaluations forms
- Reading response board
- Culminating activity
- Instructional focus assessment, answer key, and rubric
- Note: This set of instructional resources is for use with the book I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 by Lauren Tarshis. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
Already apprehensive about moving from his farm in Minnesota to Chicago, Oscar is devastated when his suitcase, containing the only memento of his father, is stolen at the train station. In a split-second decision, Oscar takes off after the thief and soon finds himself in a city engulfed in the flames of The Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Like all the books in the I Survived series, this chapter book is the perfect blend of fact and fiction. The author's sequencing of events creates a fast-paced historical fiction that students will enjoy reading, making it a smart choice for a Book Club focused on sequence of events.
- Included in this resource
- Lesson plans for 5 book club meetings focused on Story Elements
- Chapter by chapter discussion questions and key vocabulary
- Book Club calendar
- Conversation prompts
- Student self-evaluations forms
- Reading response board
- Culminating activity
- Instructional focus assessment, answer key, and rubric
- This set of instructional resources is for use with the book I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 by Lauren Tarshis. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.
The instructional overview includes instructional background for sequence of events, instructional objectives for each of the Book Club meetings, and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to the I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 Book Club.
Author Lauren Tarshis uses flashbacks and flash forwards to tell Oscar's story in I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871. Throughout this Book Club, students will learn how track the sequence of events in a text with a non-linear timeline and how this type of timeline deepens their understanding of the characters and events in the story.
This I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 Book Club meeting focuses on the difference between the order of events that the story is told in and the chronological sequence of events. An included hands-on activity helps students visualize this concept.
Students will use a Story Line Graph to help them sort out the sequence of events in Lauren Tarshis' I Survived The Great Chicago Fire, 1871. Seeing the events written out in this way allows students to track their thinking.
Identifying major and minor conflicts with I Survived The Great Chicago Fire, 1871 by Lauren Tarshis will assist students with following the sequence of events. Students will realize that the major conflicts of the story are associated with the factual events of the fire and the minor conflict are tied to the fictional portions of the story.
This final I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 Book Club meeting provides students an opportunity to discuss the climax and resolution of the story and reflect on how their understanding of the world can be shaped by historical fiction.
Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with sequence of events.
| Common Core Alignment: | RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.4.6, RL.4.7, RL.4.9, RL.4.10, SL.4.1a, SL.4.1b, SL.4.1c, W.4.8, L.4.4a, L.4.5c, L.4.6, W.4.9 |
| Vocabulary Connections: | L.4.4a, L.4.5c, L.4.6 |
| TEKS Alignment: | 4.1A, 4.1C, 4.1D, 4.6A, 4.6B, 4.6C, 4.6D, 4.6E, 4.6F, 4.6G, 4.6H, 4.6I, 4.7A, 4.7B, 4.7C, 4.7D, 4.7E, 4.7F, 4.7G, 4.8A, 4.8B, 4.8C, 4.8D, 4.9A, 4.9B, 4.9D(i), 4.9D(ii), 4.9D(iii), 4.9E(i), 4.9E(ii), 4.9E(iii), 4.9F, 4.10A, 4.10B, 4.10C, 4.10D, 4.10E, 4.10F, 4.10G, 4.13A, 4.13C, 4.13E, 4.13H |
| Vocabulary Connections: | 4.7E, 4.7F, 4.3A, 4.3B |
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