Warriors: Into The Wild

Warriors (Book #1)  by Erin Hunter  

Hunter, Erin. Warriors: Into the Wild. New York:Harper Trophy , 2004.

Lexile Level: 790

Grades: 5-7

Summary: Rusty is  an ordinary house kitten at first. He travels into the forest and gets involved in the epic battles of the cat warrior clans who rule the entire wild.  He quickly turns into a warrior and even takes on a new name. Firepaw - and a position as a Thunderclan apprentice.  He quickly learns what it truly means to be a warrior and may turn out to be the bravest of all.

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Learning activity:

Using the Book to Connect to Social Studies Unit on Ancient China- 6th grade activity

Students will use this book to compare/contrast to research on about Ancient China and chinese culture. Students will use various print and digital websites for research. They will use information from the book as well as information from their research on Ancient China to fill our graphic organizers. Students will then create a slideshow or Prezi’s to present their information and cite their sources.

Here are three topics for compare/contrast research (students can also add their own inquiry questions):

• Respecting and honoring one’s elders

• Battles/Invasions  

• Special Ceremonies celebrated

Students will record research on this graphic organizer: Using Multiple Sources

Learning Goal: Students will compare/contrast the culture of cat clans in the book Warriors, to that of Ancient Chinese culture to better understand societal beliefs during that time period.  

Learning Objectives:

• Students will identify similarities and differences through reading Warriors and research on Ancient Chinese culture (Cognitive) .  
• Students will use multiple sources of information to research Ancient Chinese life. (Cognitive, Psychomotor)
• Students will create a slideshow or Prezi to present their research on Ancient Chinese culture compared to that of which they read in the book, Warriors (Cognitive, Psychomotor).

Learning Standards:

CC Standards:

Key Ideas and Details:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1

Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.3

Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.

Information Fluency Continuum:

5.3 Selects and uses multiple appropriate print, nonprint, electronic, and human sources to answer questions.

5.6 Uses various note taking strategies (e.g., outlining, underlining, bulleted lists, highlighting, graphic organizers)

American Association School Library:

4 Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions.

2.4.1 Determine how to act on information (accept, reject, modify).

Work Cited:

• Empire State Information Literacy Continuum (2013). Information Skills Benchmark. Retrieved November 16th, 2017 from http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/1A931D4E-1620-4672-ABEF-460A273D0D5F/0/EmpireStateIFC.pdf