Sarah, Plain and Tall - Literature Kit Gr. 3-4
Title | Sarah, Plain and Tall - Literature Kit Gr. 3-4 PDF eBook |
Author | Nat Reed |
Publisher | Classroom Complete Press |
Pages | 60 |
Release | 2008-04-01 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 155319862X |
A unique view on a survival story helps students to value the need for companionship. The comprehension quiz works great as a study guide for a final exam. Students begin by imagining the hardships with living as a pioneer on the American prairies. Answer true or false questions about Sarah's letter to Anna and Caleb. Complete sentences from the story with their missing vocabulary words. Do some investigation to learn about mica, something that Sarah says her dune sparkled with. Use events from the story to inspire a tercet poem. Students imagine interviewing Sarah about her experiences. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: A story filled with wisdom, gentle humor and the practical concerns necessary for a satisfying life. This Newbery Medal-winning story is based on the true adventures of a family living on the vast prairie in the early years of the 20th century. The story begins when Anna and Caleb—missing their mother who died—wish for another woman to make their father laugh again. Sarah responds to an ad, stating she will come by train, wearing a yellow bonnet and that she is plain and tall. And into their lives comes Sarah—with her own needful loneliness and searching—to help them create a whole family. But life on the endless prairie can be hard and unforgiving, taking all a person's strength and courage just to survive.
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Title | Sarah, Plain and Tall PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia MacLachlan |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 1987-09-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0064402053 |
"Did Mama sing every day?" Caleb asks his sister Anna. "Every-single-day," she answers. "Papa sang, too." Their mother died the day after Caleb was born. Their house on the prairie is quiet now, and Papa doesn't sing anymore. Then Papa puts an ad in the paper, asking for a wife, and he receives a letter from one Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton, of Maine. Papa, Anna, and Caleb write back. Caleb asks if she sings. Sarah decides to come for a month. She writes Papa: I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall, and Tell them I sing. Anna and Caleb wait and wonder. Will Sarah be nice? Will she like them? Will she stay?
Caleb's Story
Title | Caleb's Story PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia MacLachlan |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2002-08-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780064405904 |
Anna has done something terrible. She has given me her journal to fill. In Anna′s journal the words walk across the page like bird prints in the mud. But it is hard for me. It is hard for me to find things to write about. "It′s your job now," Anna says as she hands Caleb her journals, asking him to continue writing the family story. But Sarah, Jacob, Anna, Caleb, and their new little sister, Cassie, have already formed a family, and Caleb fears there will be nothing left to write about. But that is before Cassie discovers a mysterious old man in the barn and everything changes. Everyone is excited about the arrival of a new family member except for Jacob, who holds a bitter grudge. Only the special love of Caleb, and the gift he offers, can help to mend the pain of the past. Caleb′s Story continues the saga begun by the Newbery Medal-winning Sarah, Plain And Tall and its sequel, Skylark, spinning a tale of love, forgiveness, and the ties that bind a family together. Ages 8-10
Grandfather's Dance
Title | Grandfather's Dance PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia MacLachlan |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 103 |
Release | 2013-06-25 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0062285742 |
The fifth book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal–winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. Jack leans back on Grandfather's shoulder. Aunt Mattie's knitting needles click in the dark. The moon rises. The candle flickers in the gentle prairie wind. I close my eyes to keep everything there. Could anything be more perfect than a prairie wedding? Cassie Witting doesn't think so, for her sister Anna's wedding brings two lovebirds together, aunts from faraway Maine, a long white dress with a wedding veil, dancing under a clear blue sky, and a world that smells of roses. As the Witting family comes together for this most special day, Cassie sees that life brings the change of seasons, brother Jack on Grandfather's lap, joy, sorrow, and a special dance only Grandfather does.
More Perfect Than the Moon
Title | More Perfect Than the Moon PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia MacLachlan |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2004-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0060275588 |
Cassie spends her days watching Grandfather and Caleb in the barn, looking out at Papa working the fields, spying on her mother, Sarah, feeding the goslings. She's an observer, a writer, a storyteller. Everything is as it should be.
A Guide for Using Sarah, Plain and Tall and Journey in the Classroom
Title | A Guide for Using Sarah, Plain and Tall and Journey in the Classroom PDF eBook |
Author | Kathee Gosnell |
Publisher | Teacher Created Resources |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
"Based on the novel written by Patricia MacLachlan"
Skylark
Title | Skylark PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia MacLachlan |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2013-06-25 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0062285785 |
The second book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal–winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. My mother, Sarah, doesn't love the prairie. She tries, but she can't help remembering what she knew first. Sarah came to the prairie from Maine to marry Papa. But that summer, a drought turned the land dry and brown. Fires swept across the fields and coyotes came to the well in search of water. So Sarah took Anna and Caleb back east, where they would be safe. Papa stayed behind. He would not leave his land. Maine was beautiful, but Anna missed home, and Papa. And as the weeks went by, she began to wonder what would happen if the rains never came. Would she and Caleb and Sarah and Papa ever be a family again?