Shiloh
Book Unit Sample
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Introduction
Thank you for downloading this sample of Shiloh Book Unit. In this sample I have included all of Lesson 1
covering Chapters 1-2. [Note: Pages numbers on the Table of Contents will be off in this sample as not
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Interest Level
Grades 3 - 5
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 5.7
Lexile Measure®: 890L
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Shiloh Table of Contents
Table of Contents
2
Lesson Plans at a Glance
6
Author – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
7
Vocabulary Set Up
8
Vocabulary List with Sample Sentences and Definitions
9
Vocabulary Word Wall
11
Shiloh Chapters 1 & 2
16
Vocabulary – grovel & abandoned
17
Comprehension Quiz
18
Setting
20
Constructive Response Question with Organizer (Importance of Setting)
21
Map
22
Skill Lesson - Writing Titles
23
Answer Keys for Chapters 1-2
28
Shiloh Chapters 3 & 4
31
Vocabulary Practice – sickle & feeble
32
Multiple Choice Comprehension Quiz
33
Constructive Response (Marty’s Thoughts, Words, & Actions)
35
Skill Lesson - Analogies
36
Making a College
57
Answer Keys for Chapter 3-4
58
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Shiloh Chapters 5 & 6
60
Vocabulary Practice – jowls & commence
61
Multiple Choice Comprehension Quiz
62
Constructive Response – Telling Lies (Character’s Actions)
64
Constructive Response – Problems and Solutions (Inferences)
65
Skill Practice – Context Clues
66
Answer Keys for Chapter 5-6
73
Shiloh Chapters 7 & 8
75
Vocabulary Practice – frankfurter
76
Multiple Choice Comprehension Quiz
77
Constructive Response (Main Events – Summarizing)
79
Skill Practice – Dictionaries, Glossaries, & Thesauruses
81
Answer Keys for Chapter 7-8
87
Shiloh Chapters 9 & 10
89
Vocabulary Practice – suspicions
90
Multiple Choice Comprehension Quiz
91
Constructive Response (Marty’s Course of Action vs. Yours)
93
Skill Lesson – Figurative Language (Similes and Metaphors)
95
Answer Keys for Chapter 9-10
108
Shiloh Chapters 11 - 12
109
Vocabulary Practice – antibiotics & turpentine
110
Multiple Choice Comprehension Quiz
111
Constructive Response – Using Figurative Language
113
Skill Practice – Multiple Meaning Words
114
Answer Keys for Chapter 11-12
122
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Shiloh Chapter 13 & 14
124
Vocabulary Practice – property
125
Multiple Choice Comprehension Quiz
126
Constructive Response – Comparing Judd to Marty
128
Paying Judd Back – Math Problems
130
Skill Lesson - Dialect
132
Answer Keys for Chapter 13-14
139
Shiloh Chapter 15
143
Vocabulary Practice – omission and jubilation
144
Multiple Choice Comprehension Quiz
145
Constructive Response - Theme
147
Skill Lesson – Comparing Book Covers, Dog Themed Books, and Movie to Book
148
Crossword Puzzle
158
Oreo Cookie Dog
159
Answer Keys for Chapter 15
160
Vocabulary Test
163
Informational Text – Beagles
164
Informational Text – Becoming a Veterinarian
165
Dog Pillows
166
Additional Answer Keys
167
Username and Password for Interactive Quizzes
170
Special Note
Common Core Standards are listed at the end of each constructive response, skill lesson, and
English lesson. In many cases more than one standard could be listed, however, I have only
included the standard that focuses on the central theme of the activity.
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Lesson Plans for Shiloh
Vocabulary Reading &
Constructive
Comprehension Response
Quizzes
Extras and/or
Activities
Skill Lessons
Day1
grovel
abandoned
Chapters 1-2
Setting
Author
Writing Titles
Day 2
sickle
feeble
Chapters 3-4
Marty’s Thoughts,
Words, & Actions
Beagle Collage
Analogies
Day 3
jowls
commence
Chapters 5-6
Telling Lies (Marty’s
Actions) &
Problems and
Solutions
Context Clues
Day 4
frankfurter
Chapters 7-8
Summarizing &
Sequencing
Dictionaries,
Glossaries, &
Thesauruses
Day 5
suspicions
Chapters 9-10
Marty’s Course of
Action
Figurative Language
(similes &
metaphors)
Day 6
antibiotics
turpentine
Chapters 11-12
Figurative Language
Multiple Meaning
Words
Day 7
property
Chapters 13-14
Comparing Marty to Paying Back Judd
Judd Travers
Math
Dialect
Day 8
omission
jubilation
Chapter 15
Theme
Compare and
Contrast Shiloh to
other Dog Themed
Books & Shiloh Book
to Movie
Day 9
Crossword Puzzle
Make Oreo cookie
dog
Vocabulary
Test
Dog Pillows
Informational Text
on Beagles and
Becoming a
Veterinarian
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Vocabulary Practice
grovel - to creep face down
Page 4 - Dog goes down on his stomach, groveling about in the grass.
abandoned - deserted, empty, no one's there
Page 14 - Dad's crossing the bridge by the old abandoned gristmill, turning at the boarded-up school,
and for the first time I can feel Shiloh's body begin to shake.
1. Circle four words that mean the same as grovel.
plead
get up
erect
crawl
rise
crouch
kneel
stand up
Write true if the sentence uses the word grovel correctly and false if the word is used incorrectly.
2. __________ Please don’t make me grovel. I just want to go with you to the movies.
3. __________ The dog was groveling down its dinner.
4. __________ Will you grovel your new wagon?
5. __________ The dog will grovel if you come near because he is frightened.
6. Circle four words that mean the same as abandoned.
discarded
maintained
well-looked after
sealed
kept
forsaken
vacant
neglected
Write true if the sentence uses the word abandoned correctly and false if the word is used
incorrectly.
7. __________ The Smith family abandoned the old farm when they won the lottery.
8. __________ The house had been abandoned for so long that it looked creepy.
9. __________ The abandoned schoolhouse was full of laughing students.
10. __________ George abandoned the new car in his garage, so it would be out of the rain.
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Shiloh Chapters 1 & 2 p. 1 - 17
1. What was unusual about Marty's Sunday dinner?
a) Marty's mother burned the chicken.
b) Marty ate his meal in the living room.
c) Marty had to check his meat for buckshot.
d) Marty ate waffles with syrup and liver pudding.
2. Marty liked to ____________ after meals.
a) walk
b) sleep
c) watch TV
d) play outside
3. What does Marty take with him on his walk?
a) his rifle
b) his dog
c) his sister
d) his bow and arrows
4. What does Marty find as he is walking?
a) a dollar
b) a beagle
c) a four leaf clover
d) a hurt squirrel
5. Why did Marty choose to name the beagle Shiloh?
a) Marty's first dog was named Shiloh.
b) Marty's grandfather was named Shiloh.
c) Marty first saw the beagle near the bridge in Shiloh.
d) Marty had read a story about a dog named Shiloh.
6. Marty _____________ to get the beagle to trust him.
a) whistles
b) passes out candy
c) sits quietly
d) pats the dog's head
7. Why has Marty never had a pet?
a) Marty's family was too poor to feed a pet.
b) Marty is allergic to animals.
c) Marty never wanted a pet.
d) Marty's house was too small for a pet.
8. Marty gives Shiloh _________ to eat.
a) bread and milk
b) rabbit meat
c) a hen's egg
d) a ham biscuit
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9. How does Marty feel about Judd Travers?
a) likes him
b) doesn't like him
10. How does Shiloh behave when Marty and his dad take him back to Judd's house?
a) playful
b) excited
c) scared
d) happy
11. What did Judd do when Marty and his dad returned the dog?
a) Judd gave Marty and his dad a puppy.
b) Judd hugged Marty.
c) Judd gave Marty and his dad a reward.
d) Judd kicked the beagle.
12. Which sequence best describes the order of events in Chapters 1-2?
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
Dad and Marty take Shiloh to Judd Travers's house.
Marty goes for a walk with his rifle.
Judd kicks Shiloh.
Marty eats a big meal of rabbit meat and sweet potatoes.
Marty finds a stray beagle near the Shiloh Bridge.
a) 4, 2, 5, 1, 3
b) 4, 2, 1, 3, 5
c) 4, 2, 5, 3, 1
d) 2, 5, 3, 1, 4
13. Which sentence from Shiloh supports the conclusion that Marty loves animals?
a) I'm in trouble enough coming home with my clothes wet.
b) I stop and the dog stops.
c) "Did it die right off?" I ask, knowing I can't eat at all unless it had.
d) The best thing about Sundays is we eat our big meal at noon.
14. Read this line from Shiloh.
The beagle comes barreling toward me, legs going lickety-split, long ears flopping, tail sticking up like
a flagpole.
This line includes which literary technique?
a) simile
b) personification
c) onomatopoeia
d) repetition
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Setting
Marty describes the area in which he lives. "We live high up in the hills above Friendly, but hardly anybody
knows where that is. Friendly's near Sistersville, which is halfway between Wheeling and Parkersburg."
Use this information and the map to
answer the questions below:
4.4 miles from Friendly to Ben's Run
9.1 miles from Friendly to Paden City
52 miles from Friendly to Wheeling
32.4 miles from Friendly to
Parkersburg
Answer these questions:
1. What is the distance between
Parkersburg and Wheeling?
2. Which town is closest to
Friendly, Parkersburg or
Wheeling?
3. To go from Friendly to
Wheeling you must take
Highway 7. This highway runs
parallel to ___ .
4. How would Marty get from
Friendly to Middlebourne?
5. About how many miles would
the trip from Friendly to
Middlebourne be?
6. Which direction would you
travel from Friendly to reach
Interstate 70?
7. Which direction would you
travel from Friendly to reach
Highway 50?
8. Approximately how far is it
from Friendly to West Union?
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Constructive Response
How is the setting important in this story? Use details and information from the story to support your
answer.
Location
Time
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Setting
Write a paragraph describing how the setting is important in Shiloh.
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details
in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).
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Sistersville
Friendly
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Skill Practice – Writing Titles
Lesson Goals
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To correctly write titles
Essential Questions
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When should a writer underline, italicize, or enclose a title in quotations?
When writing a title what should I capitalize?
Common Core Standard
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.2a Use correct capitalization.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.2d Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
Hook Activity
Begin the lesson by having students name items that have titles. Write these on the board as
they are named. The chart below contains examples of items the students could name.
books (novels)
movies
newspapers
reports
songs
magazines
plays
articles
chapters
poems
ships
cartoon series
CDs
short stories
drawings
encyclopedias
statues (sculptures)
pamphlets
TV series
films
paintings
reports
cartoon episodes
commercials
TV episodes
skits
newspaper stories
Note: Some things have titles that are not punctuated; however Rule 2 (capitalization) applies to these.
These include people, buildings, and monuments. You may wish to add them to the list for discussion
purposes.
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Part 1 – (Rule #1)
Rule 1 – Punctuating Titles
Underline the title of any book, magazine, or newspaper (longer complete materials) or italicize
them when typing. Enclose titles of reports, songs, and poems (shorter or small parts of a
complete material) in quotation marks.
Think: short or long
Long things that can stand on their own like books, CDs, or movies are underlined. Short things
that are part of something bigger like chapters, episodes, or poems are enclosed in quotation
marks.
Also, artwork, such as paintings and sculptures, can stand on their own; therefore, they must be
underlined. (Titles of photographs, much smaller pieces of artwork, are enclosed in quotation
marks.)
The answers have been highlighted on the chart on page 23 as follows:
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
green – underline
yellow – quotation marks
Look back at the list. Have students determine if each item in the list needs underlining or
quotation marks. On the next page you will find a printable of this activity if you would like your
students to complete this activity individually or in small groups.
Part 2 - (Rule #2 & Guided Practice)
Begin a second list on the board by asking students to name favorites, i.e. book, movie, song, or
magazine. Write the titles without any punctuation or capitalization. Then explain Rule #2.
Rule 2 – Capitalizing Titles
Capitalize the first word, the last word, and each important word in the middle when
writing titles.
Words that are not important include:
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
articles (a, an, the)
coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
prepositions that are less than five letters (in, of, to, on, from, by. . . )
Have students correct the titles you have
written on the board by using editing marks.
Part 3 - (Independent Practice)
Written practice may be found on pages 26-27.
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Make a capital letter.
Add quotation marks.
Underline.
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Skill Practice –Writing Titles
Here is the rule for punctuating titles:
Rule 1 (Punctuating Titles)
Underline the title of any book, magazine, or newspaper. (In print these are italicized.)
Enclose titles of reports, songs, and poems in quotation marks.
Think: short or long
Long things that can stand on their own like books, CDs, or movies are underlined. Short things
that are part of something bigger like chapters, episodes, or poems are enclosed in quotation
marks.
Also, artwork, such as paintings and sculptures, can stand on their own; therefore, they must be
underlined. (Titles of photographs, much smaller pieces of artwork, are enclosed in quotation
marks.)
Practice: In the box circle all the items whose titles you would underline.
books (novels)
movies
newspapers
reports
songs
magazines
plays
articles
chapters
poems
ships
cartoon series
CDs
short stories
drawings
encyclopedias
statues (sculptures)
pamphlets
TV series
films
paintings
reports
cartoon episodes
commercials
TV episodes
skits
newspaper stories
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Name __________________________________________________
Rule 1 – Punctuating Titles
Underline the title of any book, magazine, or newspaper (longer complete materials). Enclose
titles of reports, songs, and poems (shorter or small parts of a complete material) in quotation
marks.
Rule 2 – Capitalizing Titles
Capitalize the first word, the last word, and each important word in the middle when
writing titles.
Words that are not important include:



articles (a, an, the)
coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
prepositions that are less than five letters (in, of, to, on, from, by. . . )
Practice:
Use editing marks to correctly capitalize and punctuate the following sentences.
Examples
far from home: adventures of a yellow dog was a movie that came to the theaters in
1995.
do you know the words to the song “how much is that doggie in the window?” written by
bobby merrill in 1952?
1. the call of the wild and white fang are books written by jack london
2. because of winn-dixie is both a book and a movie
3. on the news website science daily, you can read an article titled siberian
fossil revealed to be one of the oldest known domestic dogs
4. elvis presley sang a song called hound dog in 1956
5. modern dog is a wonderful magazine if you are a dog lover
6. big scare in the big easy is my favorite episode of scooby-doo
7. did you see the movie beverly hills chihuahua
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8. balto is a statue in central park that commemorates the famous siberian
huskey who transported the diphtheria serum to nome alaska
9. lassie was a famous tv series in the 1950’s
10. a boy meets his dog was painted by norman rockwell
11. snoopy is a fictional character in the comic strip peanuts by charles schulz
12. encyclopedia of dog breeds gives excellent information about dogs
13. tracking plott hound history is a book about north carolinas state dog
14. im writing a report titled working dog breeds
15. the barter players came to our school and presented a play called where the
red fern grows based on the book with the same title
16. the american kennel club has a pamphlet for students called canine
summer safety tips
17. one great magazine about dogs is animal wellness
18. lady and the tramp and old yeller are two movies about dogs
19. shiloh was written by phyllis reynolds naylor
20. sheepdogs and cattle herders is just one of the chapters from the dog
encyclopedia
Write a sentence about each of the following. Be sure to include the title in your sentence.
Your favorite movie
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Your favorite book
_____________________________________________________________________
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Your favorite video game
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
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Answer Keys for Chapters 1-2
Vocabulary
Comprehension
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
plead crawl crouch kneel
true
false
false
true
discarded forsaken vacant
neglected
7. true
8. true
9. false
10.false
Chapters 1 & 2 p. 1 – 17
1. (c)
2. (a)
3. (a)
4. (b)
5. (c)
6. (a)
7. (a)
8. (c)
9. (b)
10. (c)
11. (d)
12. (a)
13. (c)
14. (a)
Setting
1. What is the distance between Parkersburg and Wheeling? Approximately how far is it from Friendly
to West Union? 52 m+ 32.4 m = 84.4 m
2. Which town is closest to Friendly, Parkersburg or Wheeling? Parkersburg
3. To go from Friendly to Wheeling you must take Highway 7. This highway runs parallel to ___ . the
Ohio River
4. How would Marty get from Friendly to Middlebourne? Highway 7 north to Highway 18. Turn
south and travel to Highway 18. Turn south to Middlebourne.
5. About how many miles would the trip from Friendly to Middlebourne be? The distance appears
to be approximately the same as from Friendly to Paden City which is about 9 miles.
6. Which direction would you travel from Friendly to reach Interstate 70? North
7. Which direction would you travel from Friendly to reach Highway 50? South
8. Approximately how far is it from Friendly to West Union? West Union is south of Middlebourne.
It appears to be approximately 20 miles from Friendly by road.
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Constructive Response (Importance of Setting)
Location
We live high up in the hills above Friendly, but hardly anybody knows where that is. Friendly’s
near Sistersville, which is halfway between Wheeling and Parkersburg.
The book Shiloh is based on a real experience Phyllis Naylor, the author, had when she found
an abandoned dog. She based all the locations on actual places from her experience.
Time – present day - - copyright 2000
Importance of this Location
Answers will vary.
out in the country
The author uses dialect of the West Virginia area to add realism to the story.
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Skills – Writing Titles
(The numbers at the end of each item indicate the number of mistakes/corrections up to that point.)
1. The Call of the Wild and White Fang are books written by Jack London. (10)
2. Because of Winn-Dixie is both a book and a movie. (15)
3. On the news website Science Daily, you can read an article titled “Siberian
Fossil Revealed to be One of the Oldest Known Domestic Dogs.” (30)
4. Elvis Presley sang a song called “Hound Dog” in 1956. (37)
5. Modern Dog is a wonderful magazine if you are a dog lover. (41)
6. “Big Scare in the Big Easy” is my favorite episode of Scooby-Doo. (51)
7. Did you see the movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua? (57)
8. Balto is a statue in Central Park that commemorates the famous Siberian
Huskey who transported the diphtheria serum Nome, Alaska. (67)
9. Lassie was a famous TV series in the 1950’s. (73)
10. A Boy Meets his Dog was painted by Normal Rockwell. (81)
11. Snoopy is a fictional character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz. (87)
12. Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds gives excellent information about dogs. (92)
13. Tracking Plott Hound History is a book about North Carolina’s state dog. (101)
14. I’m writing a report titled “Working Dog Breeds.” (109)
15. The Barter Players came to our school and presented a play called Where the
Red Fern Grows based on the book with the same title. (118)
16. The American Kennel Club has a pamphlet for students called Canine
Summer Safety Tips. (128)
17. One great magazine about dogs is Animal Wellness. (133)
18. Lady and the Tramp and Old Yeller are two movies about dogs. (140)
19. Shiloh was written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. (146)
20. “Sheepdogs and Cattle Herders” is just one of the chapters from The Dog
Encyclopedia. (156)
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