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Woods Runner
Lesson Plan
Chapters 1-3
Jennifer Miller

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Howard County Secondary Language Arts English

Lesson Plan Format
Lesson Title: Woods Runner Introduction (50 Minute Period)
Student Objectives:
Students will be able use technology to bookmark the Novels resources.
Students will be able to collaborate in small groups to share ideas.
ISTE Standards
Technology Operations and Concepts 6.a
Understand and use Technology systems
Technology Operations and Concepts 6.b
Select and use applications effectively and productively
Common Core Lesson Focus Standards
Reading Literature
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the
course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot;
provide an objective summary of the text.
Speaking and Listening
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.1
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups,
and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building
on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Materials/Equipment
Woods Runner By Gary Paulsen Book
iPad
Projector Screen
Quizlet Account
Woods Runner Website
Anticipatory Activity: (30 Mins)
Have Students enter room and write down their homework.
In order to be successful in this unit students will need to bookmark the Woods Runner
Website. (Ideas for sharing the link with students: Click here to access and print the QR
code, or copy this website: www.elmswoodsrunner.weebly.com and send to
students)There will be some students who need more support than others, roam the room
and offer any support necessary while using technology
Explain to students we are starting a new book, called Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen.
Woods Runner is a Historical Fiction Novel, that alternates fiction with historic segments.
All the materials needed for this unit will be found on the website. Project QR code for
website or have students access the website some other way. Tell students to bookmark
the website for future use. Students will need to download the Woods Runner Response
Journal to their device. On iPad devices the document is formatted to be saved as a
Pages document. Student devices will need to have a word processing application to

open. Explain this is where all answers to comprehension questions will be completed.
Tell students that before most chapters there will be a Quizlet vocabulary activity. Each
student will need to sign up for a Quizlet account. Click here to access the Quizlet Sign Up
Tutorial.
After Students have signed up for Quizlet, students are to close/put their devices to the
side.
Procedures (15 mins)
Students will watch the Woods Runner Trailer from Wood Runner Website. After viewing
have students make predictions and capture their thoughts on a word processing or
drawing app.
Collaboration Activity: Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up Explain that students will take their
devices with them if they need to, and share their predictions with classmates. They will
Stand Up, put their Hand Up, and Pair Up with someone in the class. They will have one
minute to discuss their predictions with each other before they will have to complete the
process again. Tell them this activity will require them to pay attention and share how their
predictions were similar or different to their different partners.
( Kagen Kagan, S. & Kagan, M. Kagan Cooperative Learning. San Clemente, CA: Kagan
Publishing, 2009.)
This activity should be repeated three times depending on class size. Set timer for 4
minutes

Transition
Signal to students using timer or screen timer, that activity is over and they need to return
to their seats. Ask students to share how the predictions were similar or different between
the groups they collaborated with.
Summary/Closure
Thank students for sharing responses and tell students who excited you are to start the
novel with them tomorrow.
Assessment (formative/summative)
N/A
Homework
Read 20 minutes

Howard County Secondary Language Arts English

Lesson Plan Format
Lesson Title: Woods Runner Chapter 1 (50 Minute Period)
Student Objectives: Students will be able to determine the meaning of new words before
reading, and cite textual evidence after reading Woods Runner.
ISTE Standards
Technology Operations and Concepts 6.a
Understand and use Technology systems
Technology Operations and Concepts 6.b
Select and use applications effectively and productively
Common Core Lesson Focus Standards

CCSS.ELALITERACY.RL.8.1
Citethetextualevidencethatmoststronglysupportsananalysisofwhatthetextsaysexplicitly
aswellasinferencesdrawnfromthetext.

CCSS.ELALITERACY.RL.8.4
Determinethemeaningofwordsandphrasesastheyareusedinatext,includingfigurativeand
connotativemeanings;analyzetheimpactofspecificwordchoicesonmeaningandtone,
includinganalogiesorallusionstoothertexts.
Materials/Equipment
Woods Runner By Gary Paulsen Book
iPad
Projector Screen
Quizlet Account
Woods Runner Website
Anticipatory Activity: (10 mins)
Instruct students to open their devices to either the Quizlet app, or access Quizlet through
the internet. Students are to Study Chapter 1 vocabulary words. Within the Quizlet app
there are choices for students to study. Students can Study using cards that flip between
the definition and the word, Learn where the app will show you the definition and you are
required to type the word, or Match the words with the definition. Walk around and
monitor student devices to make sure students are studying.
Procedures (20 mins) Read page 3-12
Now instruct students to open to page 13. Today students will have 20 minutes to read
pages 3-12. They are to read and keep their device open to the Chapter 1 Padlet.
Students will capture their thoughts as they go along on the Padlet.
Transition (15 mins)
After 20 minutes of reading students will open to their response journal on their iPad and
answer the comprehension 1-4 questions as well at the Text to Self

Summary/Closure ( 5 mins)
Have students share their answers and their text to self response.
Assessment (formative/summative)
N/A
Homework
Read 20 minutes

Howard County Secondary Language Arts English

Lesson Plan Format
Lesson Title: Woods Runner Chapter 2 (50 Minute Period)
Student Objectives: Students will be able to determine the meaning of new words before
reading, and cite textual evidence after reading Woods Runner.
ISTE Standards
Technology Operations and Concepts 6.a
Understand and use Technology systems
Technology Operations and Concepts 6.b
Select and use applications effectively and productively
Common Core Lesson Focus Standards

CCSS.ELALITERACY.RL.8.1
Citethetextualevidencethatmoststronglysupportsananalysisofwhatthetextsaysexplicitly
aswellasinferencesdrawnfromthetext.

CCSS.ELALITERACY.RL.8.4
Determinethemeaningofwordsandphrasesastheyareusedinatext,includingfigurativeand
connotativemeanings;analyzetheimpactofspecificwordchoicesonmeaningandtone,
includinganalogiesorallusionstoothertexts.
Materials/Equipment
Woods Runner By Gary Paulsen Book
iPad
Projector Screen
Quizlet Account
Woods Runner Website
Anticipatory Activity: (10 mins)
Instruct students to open their devices to either the Quizlet app, or access Quizlet through
the internet. Students are to Study Chapter 2 vocabulary words. Within the Quizlet app
there are choices for students to study. Students can Study using cards that flip between
the definition and the word, Learn where the app will show you the definition and you are
required to type the word, or Match the words with the definition. Walk around and
monitor student devices to make sure students are studying. After students have studied
7-8 minutes, prompt them to open to their Reader response Journal and create their own

definitions.
Procedures (15 mins) Read page 13-17
Now instruct students to open to page 13. Students will have 20 minutes to popcorn read
pages 13-16. They are to read and keep their device open to the Chapter 2 Padlet.
Students will capture their thoughts as they go along on the Padlet.
Transition (25 mins)
After 15 minutes of reading students will open to their response journal on their iPad and
answer the comprehension questions 1-4, as well as complete the Daily life of a colonist
poster.
Summary/Closure
N/A
Assessment (formative/summative)
Collect Colonist Daily life poster.
Homework
Read 20 minutes

Howard County Secondary Language Arts English

Lesson Plan Format
Lesson Title: Woods Runner Chapter 3 (50 Minute Period)
Student Objectives: Students will be able to determine the meaning of new words before
reading, and cite textual evidence after reading Woods Runner.
ISTE Standards
Technology Operations and Concepts 6.a
Understand and use Technology systems
Technology Operations and Concepts 6.b
Select and use applications effectively and productively
Common Core Lesson Focus Standards

CCSS.ELALITERACY.RL.8.1
Citethetextualevidencethatmoststronglysupportsananalysisofwhatthetextsaysexplicitly
aswellasinferencesdrawnfromthetext.

CCSS.ELALITERACY.RL.8.4
Determinethemeaningofwordsandphrasesastheyareusedinatext,includingfigurativeand
connotativemeanings;analyzetheimpactofspecificwordchoicesonmeaningandtone,
includinganalogiesorallusionstoothertexts.
Materials/Equipment
Woods Runner By Gary Paulsen Book
iPad
Projector Screen

Quizlet Account
Woods Runner Website
Anticipatory Activity: (10 mins)
Instruct students to open their devices to either the Quizlet app, or access Quizlet through
the internet. Students are to Study Chapter 3 vocabulary words. Within the Quizlet app
there are choices for students to study. Students can Study using cards that flip between
the definition and the word, Learn where the app will show you the definition and you are
required to type the word, or Match the words with the definition. Walk around and
monitor student devices to make sure students are studying. After students have studied 78 minutes, prompt them to open to their Reader response Journal and create their own
definitions.
Procedures (25 mins) Read page 18-22
Have students share their answers/questions/comments from Chapter 2 Reader Response
Journal. Now instruct students to open to page 18 and open to the Reader Response
Journal to preview the questions. Students will have 20 minutes to read pages 18-22.
Transition (20 mins)
Students will answer comprehension questions 1-5 in their reader response journal. This
time the reader response journal will be whole class and students should be prepared to
answer out loud.
Summary/Closure
N/A
Assessment (formative/summative)
Have Students hand in their reader response journal to through their Google Drive
folder or have them email directly to the teacher.
Homework
Read 20 minutes

Howard County Secondary Language Arts English

Lesson Plan Format
Lesson Title: Woods Runner Digital Story Telling (2 days-50 Minute Periods)
Student Objectives: Students will be able summarize and retell events from the novel
Woods runner to demonstrate comprehension of the first three chapters.
ISTE Standards
Technology Operations and Concepts 6.a
Understand and use Technology systems
Technology Operations and Concepts 6.b
Select and use applications effectively and productively
Common Core Lesson Focus Standards

CCSS.ELALITERACY.RL.8.1
Citethetextualevidencethatmoststronglysupportsananalysisofwhatthetextsays

explicitlyaswellasinferencesdrawnfromthetext.
CCSS.ELALITERACY.RL.8.2
Determineathemeorcentralideaofatextandanalyzeitsdevelopmentoverthecourseofthetext,
includingitsrelationshiptothecharacters,setting,andplot;provideanobjectivesummaryofthe
text.
Materials/Equipment
Woods Runner By Gary Paulsen Book
iPad
Projector Screen
Poplet App
Woods Runner Website
Anticipatory Activity: (10 mins) Day 1
Instruct students to open their devices to the Poplet app. Today we are going to
summarize chapters 1-3. Each Summary should include, a place to identify setting and
characters. As a class summarize chapters 1-3. Each chapter should have at least three
events.
Procedures (35 mins) Access StoryBoardThat.com Continues to Day 2
Hand outand go over the Chapter 1-3 Story Board That Project Rubric. Tell Students
today we are going to take our summaries and make a digital story using the website,
storyboardthat.com. Explain that they should use their Poplet to complete the Story
Board. First students are to watch the Storyboardthat.com tutorial. Remind them the first
thing they should do is sign up so they can save their storyboard. Then they can be on
their way to create their digital story.
Transition (with 5 mins left in the period) Continues to day 2
Instruct students to save their work to their Storyboardthat.com account. If they finish
then they need to screenshot their work and upload this into their Google drive or email
directly
Summary/Closure
N/A
Assessment (formative/summative)
After 2 days of work, grade story boards according to the rubric.
Homework
Read 20 minutes