Adventure/ Survival Story Book Clubs

As students move into higher level and more complex texts, they need to recognize some of the different characteristics of these texts. For example, in more complex texts, students may notice that time jumps back and forth, or that many small details come together to develop a character. To support their transition to these types of stories, we are using high interest Adventure/ Survival texts. As a class read aloud I am reading Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. We are talking about characteristics of adventure/ survival stories to support the students reading of their various books. Each book club group is reading a different adventure/ survival story, and created their own plan for reading and club constitution.

Today we began reading the stories, and students were asked to pay close attention to developing story elements. For example, at the beginning of the book students are typically introduced to the main character, setting, and the problem the main character will face.

Take a  few minutes at home to discuss the adventure/ survival book your child is reading.