Where the Red Fern

Where the Red Fern Grows Questions and Journal Entries


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Pre-reading


  • Please respond to the Journal Entry.

  • Using the picture that you brought from home do the following: Write about what you brought. Explain what it is? Why did you choose to bring it? Why is it so important to you?


Chapter 1


While reading chapter one, look for the following words and jot down any words that you are not familiar with in your notebook. Be prepared to volunteer your words and discuss each one as a group.

  • hedge (11) - bushes or shrubs.

  • cur (12) - an aggressive dog or one that is in poor condition.

  • dormant (13) -

  • whimper (13) -

  • twilight (13) -

  • pangs (14) -

  • devotion (14) -




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Chapter 2-3

While reading chapter one, look for the following words and jot down any words that you are not familiar with in your notebook. Be prepared to volunteer your words and discuss each one as a group.

  • sparse (17)

  • allotted (17)

  • aromatic (17)

  • prowl (24)

  • haunches (25)

  • dumbfounded (28)

  • calloused (28)

  • quavering (29)



Chapter 4-5
  • canebrakes

  • commotion

  • drastic

  • festered

  • muster

  • provisions

  • sheen

Chapter 6 - 8

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