King of the Wind Study Guide
Study Guide for King of the Wind
This extensive study guide workbook covers comprehension, spelling, vocabulary, grammar & enrichment ideas related to King of the Wind 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: Even readers who are not 'horse-crazy' will get caught up in this high adventure tale. Based on a true story. (Grades 6, 7, 8)
About the book: King of the Wind
by Marguerite Henry
Will Sham's great speed ever earn him the honor he deserves? If the stable boy Agba has his way, Sham will be known as the greatest horse ever.
Book Summary — 174 pages
Book Category — Historical fiction
Theme — Perseverance, loyalty
Setting — Morocco, France, England
Novel Study Highlights — 6 units
Spelling-Vocabulary — Med. to Difficult
Critical Thinking — Difficult
Biblical Focus — Service
Related Studies — Horses, horse racing, Muslim religion, geography of Morocco, France, England, King Louis XV
Grade Level — 4th-7th
