Julie of the Wolves Study Guide
Study Guide for Julie of the Wolves
This extensive study guide workbook covers comprehension, spelling, vocabulary, grammar & enrichment ideas related to Julie of the Wolves for 6th-8th graders. As students read, they complete worksheets, writing topics, hands-on activities and field trips.
The study guide is broken down into weekly units in which students read a section of the novel and answers comprehension questions pertaining to those chapters. Each unit contains a variety of critical thinking activities including projects, drawing, writing assignments, and a puzzles which correlate to chapters in the novel. Writing assignments apply concepts in the story to the student's life and many passages are chosen to emphasize Biblical lessons that relate to the story.
Total Language Plus study guides are designed to take about 8 to 10 weeks to complete. Depending on the number of activities students perform and the degree of emphasis placed on composition skills, this study guide may serve as your complete Language Arts curriculum.
Barbara's Notes: Exceptional writing, plenty of adventure, excellent handling of touchy subjects; however, it is on our 'Controversial Books' list. (Grades 6, 7, 8)
About the book: Julie of the Wolves
by Jean Craighead George
After leaving an intolerable situation in her adoptive home, Julie struggles in the frozen wilderness, dependent upon a pack of wolves for her survival.
Book Summary — 170 pages
Book Category — Adventure
Theme — Accepting change
Setting — North slope of Alaska
Novel Study Highlights — 5 units
Spelling-Vocabulary — Light to Medium
Critical Thinking — Difficult
Biblical Focus — God cares, a time for everything
Related Studies — Eskimo culture, biomes, astronomy, marriage, divorce, adoption
