Fred Gipson's Old Yeller tells of a stray yellow dog who becomes the best friend a boy could ever have. While reading the novel, learners complete sentences with new vocabulary words, answer comprehension questions, and create alliterative phrases.

Concepts

novels, responding to literature, studying literature

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Compare and contrast living today to the style and methods of life during the story 
• Study rabies along with causes, signs, treatment, and prevention

Classroom Considerations

• The end of the story may disturb some students
  
• Only provides a preview of the full novel study

Pros

• Requires learners to analyze the unique expressions in the text
• Addresses the use of foreshadowing 

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.4.1 RL.4.3 RL.5.1 RL.5.3 RL.5.10 RL.6.1 RL.6.3 RL.6.10 RL.7.1 RL.7.3 RL.7.10 RL.8.1 RL.8.3 RL.8.10