Where the Red Fern Grows - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6

Students will be engaged in this resource and have no trouble getting started. Describe what you already know of the setting in which this novel takes place. Complete a plot puzzle to show how events led to each other. Characterize the simple trick a raccoon used to fool the two hounds. Explain what the ghost raccoon is. Translate idioms found in the novel into your own words. Compare the argument of love vs loyalty in a dog’s behavior. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, our worksheets incorporate a variety of scaffolding strategies along with additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key.

About the Novel:
Where the Red Fern Grows tells the heartwarming tale of a young boy and his two little hunting hounds. Billy wants two dogs to hunt raccoons along his family’s property in the Ozarks. Not just any dogs, but redbone coon hounds. The problem is, his father can’t afford dogs like that. Billy decides to take it on himself and save the money he needs. It takes two years, but Billy finally has enough for his dogs. When they arrive, Billy is overwhelmed and sets about training them. Soon, Billy and his dogs become proficient hunters—good enough to enter a county-wide championship. Throughout this time with his dogs, Billy learns many hardships. He faces guilt, grief and loss, as well as love and laughter. The story culminates into a final lesson of acceptance and moving on as he deals with the inevitable loss of his best friends.