The Boxcar Children By Gertrude Chandler Warner A Book Unit www.bookunitsbyteachers.com Scroll down for free lesson plans for the book, The Boxcar Children. Here, you will find a sample lesson, a chapter quiz, and a portion of a test. You can also find the scope and sequence for our complete The Boxcar Children book unit! It includes lessons, games, comprehension questions, a test, writing assignments, and an answer key. We use these lessons and test in our own classrooms and base them on common core standards. To buy the entire unit, go to the following link: http://www.bookunitsbyteachers.citymax.com/catalog/item/8283574/9299693.htm Thank you! Book Units By Teachers, LLC Book Units By Teachers, LLC 2012 Page 1
Scope and Sequence Common Core State Standards that are addressed in each chapter are in parenthesis beside the chapter/skill. My Family Tree Project (SL4) Pages 3-4 Discussion Vocabulary Chapter One (RL1, L4) Page 5-7 Story Mapping (RL1,2,3).. Page 8 Discussion Vocabulary Chapter Two (RL1, L4).. Pages 9-10 Cause and Effect (RL1).. Page 11 Discussion Vocabulary Chapter Three (RL1, L4).. Pages 12-13 Types of Sentences (L2) Page 14 Discussion Vocabulary Chapter Four (RL1, L4).. Pages 15-16 Compound Word Game (L4). Page 17 Compound Word Practice (L4). Page 18 Discussion Vocabulary Chapter Five (RL1, L4). Pages 19-21 Sequencing (RL2). Page 22 Chapters 1-5 Unit Test. Pages 23-24 Discussion Vocabulary Chapter Six (RL1, L4).. Pages 25-27 Ask and Answer Questions (RL1)... Page 28 Discussion Vocabulary Chapter Seven (RL1, L4) Pages 29-31 Quotation Marks (L2) Page 32 Discussion Vocabulary Chapter Eight (RL1, L4). Page 33-35 Point of View (RL6)... Pages 36-37 Discussion Vocabulary Chapter Nine (RL1, L4) Pages 38-40 Plural Nouns Ending in Y(L2) Page 41 Chapters 6-9 Unit Test.. Pages 42-43 Discussion Vocabulary Chapter Ten (RL1, L4) Pages 44-46 Adjectives (L1). Page 47 Discussion Vocabulary Chapter Eleven (RL1, L4). Pages 48-50 Possessives (L2).. Page 51 Discussion Vocabulary Chapter Twelve (RL1, L4)..... Pages 52-54 Irregular Verbs (L1) Page 55 Discussion Vocabulary Chapter Thirteen (RL1, L4).. Pages 56-58 Writing (Graphic Organizer) Opinion Piece (W1,5) Page 59-61 Chapters 10-13 Unit Test.. Pages 62-63 Answer Key.. Pages 64-66 Book Units By Teachers, LLC 2012 Page 2
Questions/Vocabulary for Chapter Two Look in your text to find the answers to the following questions. Write the answers and the page on which you found the answers. 1. Where did the children find a place to sleep? 2. Why did the children sleep in the day? 3. What did they hear coming up the road? 4. Which city did the children walk towards and why? 5. At the end of this chapter, where did it say the children had to sleep? Look in a dictionary or use context clues in the book to find the meanings of the following vocabulary words. Discuss the words and their meanings with your group. Vocabulary: haystack, brook, pump, drinking fountain, pine needles Book Units By Teachers, LLC 2012 Page 3
Chapter Two-Cause and Effect We are going to learn about cause and effect. An effect is what happens. A cause is why that happened. Here are the questions you can ask yourself when you think about cause and effect. To find the effect: What happened? To find the cause: Why did that happen? Here is an example: My bike has a flat tire. I ran over a nail. Cause: I ran over a nail. Effect: My bike has a flat tire. See if you can answer the question below: 1. Why did Henry and Jessie wake up Benny? Match each cause on the left with the effect on the right. Cause Effect 2. Someone might see Benny. a. The children hid in the bushes. 3. They heard someone coming up the b. The children went toward Silver City. road. 4. The baker and his wife were looking c. The children did not see the lightning for them in Greenfield. or hear the thunder. 5. The children were fast asleep. d. Benny had to wait until dark to get water. Book Units By Teachers, LLC 2012 Page 4
Unit Test-Chapters 10-13 1. Why did Henry decide to run in the race? a. He liked running and they needed the money. b. Dr. Moore wanted him to race. c. He thought he could win Benny a prize. 2. Dr. Moore told Henry he wanted him to go to Field Day so he could tell him who won the races. What was the real reason Dr. Moore wanted him to go to field day? a. He wanted Henry to run in a race. b. Dr. Moore knew their grandfather would be at field day. c. Dr. Moore wanted Henry to watch him race. 3. Which adjective best describes Dr. Moore? a. mean b. kind c. huge 4. Which statement is not true about the children s grandfather? a. He was a rich man. b. He owned the mill where people worked. c. He was a very mean man. 5. Why did Henry ask Dr. Moore to come to the boxcar? a. because he needed help building a fire. b. because he wanted him to teach Benny to swim. c. because Violet was very sick. This is only a portion of one of the tests! Download the entire unit today for other great Common Core based lessons, games, discussion questions/vocabulary, writing activities, and the complete book tests! Book Units By Teachers, LLC 2012 Page 5