Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Rosie raccoons rock and roll raft lexile find a book. Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by time magazine winner of. Through the raft and the adventures it brings him on, nicky finds new common ground with his grandmother, a fellow river rat, who encourages him to explore his newfound talent for art. The conflict in this book is pretty obvious, shes in a plane crash and stuck in the middle of the ocean with only a raft and a few kind of useless supplies. Laura hillenbrand rewrote unbroken as a ya book by jojo. Nicky isnt one bit happy about spending the summer with his grandma in the wisconsin woods, but them the raft appears and changes everything. She knows the pilot, but on this flight, there is a new copilot named max. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will. Mystery in the cave lexile find a book metametrics inc. A 6th grade level book falls in the 850 to 1050 lexile range.
Trumbull retells the story of 3 aviators whose plane went down in the pacific. Nature this book combines many of my favorite thingsadventure far from shore, the spirit of exploration, and the fight to save our oceansall in a gripping narrative thats also a parable for our time. Bodeen is the story of a plane crash and a desperate attempt at survival by a fifteen year old teenager. Max pulls her onto the raft, and thats when the real terror begins. Recommended esl summer reading list 6th 8th grade dodea. Due to the uncertainty of covid19 and the stay at home orders for the city of st.
Now i only mentioned where i read this book because the raft is about an airplane ride gone wrong. But what isnt so obvious are the conflicts inside the main conflict like the fact that she has no food or that the raft has a hole in it, maybe sharks. In brackets, beside each title, is the exact lexile level for each title. The lexile power v word selector identifies up to 10 challenging words in each book that are important for students to know. Robie mitchell had been visiting her aunt in hawaii, but now she was cutting. The raft is a book about 15yearold robie mitchell who must stay at her aunts apartment in honolulu, hawaii, until she returns. Her aunts friend, who is to check on robie every day while her aunt is away, is not able to do so. Junk raft is a stimulating, thoughtprovoking and factually grounded read. When she has to get to midway in a hurry after a visit with her aunt in hawaii, she gets on the next cargo flight at the last minute. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Perfection learning north second avenue logan, ia, 515460500 p. The perfect book to read while solidifying in subzero weather is the raft by robert trumbull. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in america. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world.
Yellow raft in blue water, a jane schaffer writing program. He worked as a reporter for the honolulu advertiser from 1933 to 1943 but began writing for the new york times in 1941, serving during world war ii as the times war correspondent in the pacific theater until 1945. Click on the link below for a great resource to find tons of books in all lexiles. Shes taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands where her parents live, many times. Are you trying to find a book in a specific lexile level. The first book of their adventures cythia rylant lexile. Liferaft horizon, book 5 by aditi khorana, hardcover. Citation formats are based on standards as of july 2010. The raft by jim lamarche scholastic books for kids. John livereating johnson, born john jeremiah garrison johnston c. Lexile measure 1020l lexile measure of the book 740l.
Josef is a jewish boy living in 1930s nazi germany. The airplane crashes and the main protagonist ends up having to survive using only a raft and max. They are in alphabetical order by the authors last name. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Robert trumbull was born in chicago in 1912 and graduated from the university of washington at seattle. The wild colorado lexile find a book metametrics inc. As nicky explores, the raft works a subtle magic, opening up the wonders all around him the animals of river and woods, his grandmothers humor and wisdom, and his own special talent as an artist. They had a rubber raft and little else because the plane sank so quickly. Lexile find a book ecms learning commons cobb learning. The story is engaging by reason of its remarkable events, rather than any felicity of style or depth of reflection. Of mice and men by john steinbeck, the road by cormac mccarthy, the grapes of wrath by john steinbeck, the. The raft that becomes her support contains some useful items, but with the only other survivor almost comatose, it is clear that robie is pretty much on her own.
The true story of louis zamperini, olympic athlete and wwii army air force bombardier who survives 47 days adrift on a raft before being rescued by the japanese navy and became a prisoner. At first reluctant to spend the summer with his artistic grandmother, nicky. This books lexile measure is 1020l and is frequently taught in the 4th and 5th grade. Guided reading, lexile measure, grade level equivalent, dra level. This books lexile measure is 1020l and is frequently taught in the 6th to 8th grade. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the. This curriculum unit includes tested and proven materials for teaching a yellow raft in blue water to high school students. Unbroken is an unforgettable testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit, brought vividly to life by seabiscuit author laura hillenbrand. Louis county, we have suspended shipping until midmay. The raft has a calming magic about it, affecting both nicky and the wildlife of the river and woods. She has taken the flight from honolulu to the midway atoll, a group of pacific islands where her parents live, many times. Created by ninth grade students as part of a class project.
Our booksource team is working remotely and available to answer questions, create price quotes and place book orders. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. The raft navy general library program downloadable books. I was gobbling up the book and finished it in one sitting. Johnson is said to have been born with the last name garrison, in the area of the hickory tavern between pattenburg and little york, near the border of what is. The books listed below are fiction and nonfiction in the lexile level of 090 0s. The raft is a soldiers straightforward report of his thirtyfourday ordeal adrift in a tiny raft in the pacific with two other men and almost no equipment or supplies during wwii. Take our free the raft quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. And one look at the cover will suggest that another bite of that fat laden steak is wellworthwhile. Fiction will be listed first and then the nonfiction list will be second. Harry potter and the deathly hallows book 7 take quiz. As a survival tale, this is both engaging and full of scary factoids and frightening possibilities. Mrs beetons book of household management oxford worlds classics by.