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The Yearling Story Study Lapbook
Created by Helena Gosline
Lapbook Templates
Instructions
Born: August 8, 1896 in Washington, DC
Died: December 14, 1953 (age 57)
American Author
Wrote novels with rural themes and setting
Her home in Cross Creek, Florida is a state Historical Site
Near her home in Cross Creek, Florida is now a restaurant named after The
Yearling. The restaurant serves Southern food such as catfish and alligator
tail.
Characters:
Write one character on each piece of the fan for
the Characters Fan book.
Ezra Baxter: also known as Penny, used to be in the army. Father
of Jody.
Ory Baxter: mother of Jody.
Jody Baxter: the son of Ory and Penny Baxter.
Flag: Jody's pet fawn.
The Forresters: a family that lives near the Baxters.
Fodder-wing: Jody's best-friend
Setting:
-- The time and location in which a story takes place is called the setting.
Place - Where is the geographical location?
The
location of this story is in the big scrub, a semi wilderness area, located
between the Ocklawaha and St. Johns rivers, of North Central Florida. The area
today falls within the Ocala National Forest. The Baxter family has settled in
a clearing of pines near the "scrub"—a deeply forested stretch of land enclosed
by rivers, surrounded by marshes, and inhabited by wild animals.
Time - When is the
story taking place? The story takes place in the
1870s
Setting Shutter
Florida Facts:
Nickname - Sunshine State
Motto – In God we Trust
State Flower - Orange Blossom
State Tree – Sabal Palm
State Animal – Panther
State Bird - Mockingbird
Florida Facts
Tab Book
Learn more at this website
Vocabulary Words: (Pick
and choose and add words from story that you are unfamiliar with)
Vocabulary Shape Book
Fodder: cow pea hay
Glen: a narrow valley
Fortress: any place of exceptional security
Gourd: the fruit of a vine that is related to the pumpkin, squash, and
cucumber.
Hammock: a low mound or ridge of earth
Rations: a fixed allowance of provisions or
food
Fawn: a young deer
Flank: the side of the body
Venison: the meat of a deer used for food
Sinkholes:
Research sinkholes and complete the book. Include what a sinkhole is and some
examples. Some examples are Devil’s Millhopper or the one where my husband grew
up – Winter Park, Florida.
Sinkholes Shutter
Penny Baxter: Describe Penny Baxter's character in detail. Penny Baxter Accordion
Description: Rawlings is very descriptive in this book. Some have even argued that it is to much so. Good descriptions help a reader “see” what they are reading. As you are reading look for some and write one on each petal. Description Petal
Examples:
A column of smoke rose thin and straight from the cabin chimney. The smoke was
blue where it left the red of the clay.
Its bright blade ate into the decayed center of the tree.
The first week in September was as parched and dry as old bones.
The fire blazed, the meat dripped its juices into the flames, the fragrance eddied up with the smoke.
The thick layers of fat under the hide made him roly-poly and flabby.
Conflict: Pick and examine three different examples of conflict in the story and log them on this Conflict Chart.
Man vs. Man (ex: Situations between the Baxters and the foresters or Ory vs.
Grandma Hutto)
Man vs. Nature (Ex. Baxters vs. the storm or Old Slewfoot; Penny vs. the snake)
Conflict: What is the problem?
Action: What is done to solve the problem?
Results: What happens as a result of the action taken?
Deer:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Classification Layer
Good go-along books--
All About Deer by Jim Arnosky
Bambi: A Life in the Woods
by Felix Salten
Horn vs. Antlers:
At one point in the
story Penny says flag is getting his horns.
Deer don’t have horns they have antlers.
Horns are hollow and made of hard skin.
Antlers are solid bones.
Horns vs. Antlers
Flap
Deer Antlers:
Spring: Begin as knobs and grow rapidly. Has a velvety covering which is nourishing blood vessels.
Summer: Antlers grow larger. The deer’s neck swells.
Autumn: Velvet dries and peels. Deer help remove it by rubbing their antlers on stems of small trees.
Winter: Antlers drop
off. Shed antlers are eaten by rodents.
Antlers Cards & Pocket
Reading Journal: While reading
keep a reading journal.
Write a paragraph after each reading summarizing what you have read.
Do you agree/disagree with what happened? How would you feel?
We used
questions from this study guide as well.
Take notebook paper and cut it in half. Use this for your journal sheets. When
you are done with the book staple them together and make a cover. Glue into
your lapbook or notebook.
Additional Research opportunity:
Black Bears