Welcome to the I Survived Book Club! Everything you ever wanted to know about the books and the history behind them. Overview Each month, one title from Lauren Tarshis’ bestselling I Survived series will be featured as the I Survived Book Club pick. The book club will include FREE videos and resources for in-school and at-home! Who is the I Survived Book Club for? All readers (new and existing) of the I Survived chapter book series plus parents and caregivers, teachers, and librarians. What’s included each month? Each month, materials for book club participation are provided, including: Videos from bestselling author Lauren Tarshis featuring information on the book, the backstory, fun facts, and a chapter read aloud. Resources and activities for fun and learning, including word scrambles, trivia, read aloud skits, and more! Curriculum tie-in materials Sneak peeks at upcoming book club picks I Survived swag in Scholastic Home Base Where can I find all the materials? Visit http://scholastic.com/ISurvivedBookClub for the downloadable materials and to sign up for more information!
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Welcome to the I Survived Book Club! Everything you ever wanted to know about the books and the history behind them.
Overview Each month, one title from Lauren Tarshis’ bestselling I Survived series will be featured as the I Survived Book Club pick. The book club will include FREE videos and resources for in-school and at-home!
Who is the I Survived Book Club for? All readers (new and existing) of the I Survived chapter book series plus parents and caregivers, teachers, and librarians.
What’s included each month? Each month, materials for book club participation are provided, including:
Videos from bestselling author Lauren Tarshis featuring information on the book, the backstory, funfacts, and a chapter read aloud.
Resources and activities for fun and learning, including word scrambles, trivia, read aloud skits, andmore!
Curriculum tie-in materials
Sneak peeks at upcoming book club picks
I Survived swag in Scholastic Home Base
Where can I find all the materials? Visit http://scholastic.com/ISurvivedBookClub for the downloadable materials and to sign up for more information!
READ-ALOUDIn this read-aloud from I Survived the American Revolution, Nate, Paul, Martin, Samuel, and the men of Connecticut’s 5th are preparing to defend Brooklyn from the British
when a very special visitor shows up. Assign roles to your family and friends, and recreate the night before the Battle of Brooklyn.
Narrator: On the night of August 26th, 1776, soldiers from different companies, including Connecticut’s 5th, gather around campfires at Fort Greene in Brooklyn.
Samuel: Men, eat now, because soon—Paul: —soon we’ll be driving those Redcoats back to merry old England!Narrator: The men all cheer and begin to sing.Paul, Samuel, Other Soldiers: (singing) “Yankee Doodle went to town, riding on a pony...”Martin: Here, Nate, take this.Narrator: Samuel hands Nate a hunk of pork. Nate is too worried to eat.Nate: I don’t think I can.Martin: You have to. Keep your strength up.Nate: Why are they singing? Aren’t we about to go into battle?Martin: It’s a way to get ready for what’s about to happen.
Paul, Samuel, Other Soldiers: (singing louder now) “Yankee Doodle, keep it up, Yankee Doodle Dandy...”
Nate: What’s a Yankee Doodle?Martin: It’s what the British call us. They say the Americans are a bunch of Yankee
Doodles, country fools who don’t know how to f ight.Paul: The British made up this song, to tease us in battle.Nate: (confused) So why are we singing it?Samuel: Because at Bunker Hill, we showed them what a bunch of Yankee Doodles can do.
We stole the name—and the song!Narrator: A trumpet sounds. The soldiers leap to their feet as a hush comes over the
camp. Three men appear, one of them very tall and wearing a blue uniform. Paul: (whispering) Stand tall, Nathaniel Fox. General George Washington is here to
address us.General Washington: The moment has come, men. The enemy has landed. And now the
honor and success of America depends on you. You are f ighting for freedom, and for your new country. The world will soon learn what a few brave men, f ighting for their own land, can do.”
Narrator: The general f inishes and leaves the camp, but his powerful words hang in the air after him. The men are silent, and full of purpose.
Paul: To bed now, boys. Who knows what tomorrow will bring.Samuel: A battle. And we’ll be ready.Martin: We will. America needs us. Narrator: That night, as Nate falls asleep in his tent, General Washington’s words echo in
his mind.Nate: (whispering to himself) “The moment has come...and the world will soon learn what
a few brave men, f ighting for their own land, can do...” ■
Imagine you’re f ighting alongside Nate. To help him get home safely, answer the trivia questions below, then use letters from your answer to spell a special phrase
by matching the numbers. Hurry—Nate needs you!
ESCAPE THE BATTLE!
1. The Connecticut 5th is ordered to protect the Gowanus Heights. As you walk along the ridge...Boom! KI-crack! Hissssssss! Who is f iring on you? (pg. 90)
2. As the f ire continues, one of your fellow soldiers is hit. Nate takes his weapon and together, you carry on the f ight for him. What is the soldier’s name? (pg. 91)
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
3. Suddenly, it seems like a stampede of giants is heading right for you. It’s the Hessians! Take a closer look—what colors are their uniforms? (pg. 96)
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ and ______ ______ ______
4. You, Nate, and the rest of your company retreat. It’s terrifying, and many are wounded—or worse—but you and Nate make it. You have survived the Battle of...