• Write a summary of this story in no less than 100 words.
(Feb. 7, 1867 – Feb. 10, 1957)
• Little House in the Big Woods (1932) • Farmer Boy (1933) • Little House on the Prairie (1935) • On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937) • By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939)
Language Appreciation
• Home was where Pa’s fiddle was hung on the wall. It was wherever Pa put up a shelf for Ma’s china shepherdess. It never got broken. (opinion)
• The Long Winter (1940)
• Little Town on the Prairie (1941) • These Happy Golden Years (1943) • On the Way Home (1962) • The First Four Years (1971) • The Road Back (2006)
Reading Aloud
• Tips:
• Try to imitate the recording. • Pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation. • Use your voice and expression to tell what is
• We were poor, but we made the best of what we had. (fact)
• It didn’t matter where we were. If we were together, we were happy. (opinion)
Writing
• Imagine yourself being a pioneer in a wild place. Write about the hardships you have gone through and how you survived in around 100 wor
• Little House in the Big Woods —— Ma slapped a bear
• Little House on the Prairie —— Pa hunting, Indians, cornbread
Retelling
• Our House on Plum Greek —— my greatest enemy, a sad time
• Town on the Prairie —— the worst winter)
Discussion
• Would you have enjoyed being a pioneer like the writer? Why or why not?
• What do you think home is?