The Sign of the Beaver Study Guide
Study Guide for Sign of the Beaver
This extensive study guide workbook covers comprehension, spelling, vocabulary, grammar & enrichment ideas related to The Sign of the Beaver for 3rd-6th 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: I like how the author portrays Matt's weaknesses as well as his strengths. The story has plenty of adventure, but remains gentle enough for sensitive readers. (Grades 3, 4, 5, 6)
About the book: The Sign of the Beaver
by Elizabeth George Speare
Too many months have passed and Matt's family still hasn't returned. Should he join the Beaver tribe heading north, or try to survive the coming winter alone? Learn more at Wikipedia.
Book Summary — 135 pages
Book Category — Historical Fiction
Theme — Family
Setting — Maine, 1768
Novel Study Highlights — 8 units
Spelling-Vocabulary — Light-Medium
Biblical Focus — Peaceful living
Related Studies — Penobscot Indians, Maine history
Grammar/Writing — Paragraphs, Possessives
The Sign of the Beaver Book FAQs
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The Sign of the Beaver is based on a true story from 1802 in which a teenage boy left to care for his family's cabin is helped by the Natives when his supplies are ravaged by a bear.
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The Sign of the Beaver is a novel about a boy left by himself in the wilderness of Maine for an entire summer who survives with the help of local Natives.
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The Biblical Focus of The Sign of the Beaver is Peaceful Living.
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Matt’s main problem is being left alone in the Maine wilderness. He is lonely and does not know how to take care of himself.
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