| Author: | EB White |
| Title: | Charlotte's Web |
| Illustrator: | Garth Williams |
| Readability Score: | Grade Level: 4.9 Guided Reading: R DRA:40 Lexile Measure: 680L |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Subgenre: | N/A |
| Theme: | Friendship, Death farm life |
| Primary and Secondary Characters: | Wilbur, Charlotte, Fern, Templeton, Henry, Uncle. |
| Awards: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, Newbery Honor Book, Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, Massachusetts Children's Book Award, ALA Notable Children’s Book, Horn Book Fanfare | |
| Publishing Company: | Harper Collins |
| ISBN Number: | 978-0-064-40055-8 |
| Summary and How would you use the book: This book is about the value, a little girl thinks, all life should have. Fern wants to keep the runt pig, from being killed. Fern nurses the pig until it is too big to take care of and sells him to her uncle, who owns a farm down the road. Charlotte is a spider who helps make the people think Wilbur is special. She also helps Wilburn believe in himself. | |
| Picture of Book Cover: |  |
| Description of how you would use the book: You could give the students a writing prompt for them to write an alternate ending. You could use this to show the different points of view in the story. | |
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Charlotte's Web
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