1. Stone Fox By: John Reynolds Gardiner

2. Get ready to read! 1. Video 2. Back cover

3. Setting: Wyoming (State) On a Potato Farm This is CT (us)!

4. Let’s make predictions!

5. Chapter 1: Grandfather Characters: ●Grandfather ●Little Willy ●Searchlight ●Doc Smith

6. Chapter 2: Little Willy

7. Iditarod 1. Read Article Aloud 2. Video 3. “My Iditarod Dog-Sled Book”

8. 1. Where does the Iditarod Race take place? _________________ 1. What is the setting of Stone Fox? _______________________ 1. Is the dogsled race that Willy joins in Stone Fox the same as the Iditarod? ____ 1. What animals race in the Iditarod? _______________ 1. What is a nickname for the Iditarod? _________________________ 1. When is the Iditarod starting this year?________________ Alaska Wyoming No Dogs The Last Great Race on Earth March 2 Let’s see what you learned!

9. Chapter 3: Searchlight New Character: Miss Williams

10. New Character: Clifford Snyder What is going to happen? What do we predict Little Willy will do? Chapter 4: The Reason

11. Chapter 5: The Way

12. Chapter 6: Stone Fox Predictions What does it mean to be a good prediction? ~Prediction Worksheet~ NOW, make a prediction of what you think will happen next!

14. Chapter 7: The Meeting

15. Chapter 8: The Day

16. Chapter 9: The Race

17. Learning Target I can… ● Read and use strategies to understand Chapter 10 of Stone Fox. ● Compare and contrast, using a Venn diagram, how Little Willy was in the beginning of the book to how he is at the end of the book, using character traits. Key Terms: compare, contrast, Venn diagram, Little Willy, character traits *Remember: character traits connect to the text!

18. Chapter 10: The Finish Line Post Reading: ● Reactions ● Questions ● Do we think Little Willy changed through the story?

19. Venn Diagram Review:

20. Let us compare Little Willy’s character from the beginning to the end of the story. Little Willy in the beginning of the book. Little Willy at the end of the book. Little Willy the whole story (did not change).

21. Here is an example! Now, come up with 3-4 of your own! ● Not a dog- sled racer. ● Winner of a dog-sled race. ● 10 years old.

22. Learning Target I can… ● Read and use strategies to understand Chapter 10 of Stone Fox. ● Compare and contrast, using a Venn diagram, how Little Willy was in the beginning of the book to how he is at the end of the book, using character traits.

23. Willy was a normal kid. He lived with his grandfather and they had a great relationship. He didn’t have to worry about taking care of the farm, paying the bills, or any other grown up thing. He raced home happily from school every day with Searchlight without a care in the world. At the beginning of the story...

24. Now, he had to act like the adult in the house. He had to start worrying about taking care of grandfather. He had to grow up really fast. He figured out what was wrong, and instead of just crying and panicking about the tax money, he figured out a way to solve the problem. He was even willing to give up his college money. By the end of the book he had grown up and matured. He realized that with perseverance and determination you can make a difference. After grandfather got sick, Willy changed a lot...

25. Comprehension Test Try your best!

26. Final Project Distribute Handout Read Options Choose Partner