Bracken Keeps the Hill: read-along
Bracken Keeps the Hill as a read-along for the projector: 18 pages, 1436 words, level 9, grade 4.
Page 1 of 18
The storm arrived over Hallam Hill on the last night of March, a full month after anyone had wanted it. By midnight the snow lay level with the top of the wall. Bracken, who was twelve years old and had patrolled this hill since before the new gate was hung, lay on the kitchen rug with his chin on his paws. He felt the weather in his hips first, a slow, stiff ache that told him somebody would have to go out in it.
Keys: ← → or Page Up and Page Down turn the page, Space starts and pauses the voice, Home and End jump, F fills the screen. Tapping the right side of a page goes on; the left side goes back.
How to use it
- Press Full screen (F) to put the book on the projector.
- Press Read to me (Space), or read it yourself and turn pages with the arrow keys or a tap. Pick the Pace that suits the class.
- After the last page, three questions come up to talk about.
About this book
- Level 9, Grade 4
- 18 pages, 1436 words, about 11 minutes aloud
- A story, gentle
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About Bracken Keeps the Hill
Old Bracken carries a runt lamb out of a snowstorm and spends the year teaching her the hill: the safe paths, the swinging gate and the fog. By autumn she is ready, and his own long walks are over.
Words to preview
- drift
- a heap of snow
- fleece (FLEESE)
- a sheep's wool
- ewe (YOO)
- a mother sheep
- fold (FOHLD)
- a sheep pen
- hinge (HINJ)
- a gate joint
Questions that fit any book
- What happened at the beginning, in the middle and at the end?
- Which page was your favorite? Why?
- How did the main character feel at the end? What tells you?
Questions
How long does Bracken Keeps the Hill take to read aloud?
It has 18 pages and 1436 words, so about 11 minutes at the Steady pace and a little less at Quick. If you stop to talk on the way, plan for more.
What reading level is Bracken Keeps the Hill?
Level 9, Grade 4. The library numbers its levels from 0 to 18 and puts the level of a book on its cover; level 9 sits at grade 4. A level is a guide for choosing, so look at the pages yourself.
Whose voice is it?
Your browser's own. Read to me uses a speaking voice already on the computer, so it sounds like that computer and works without a sign-in. Voices differ: some light each word as it is spoken, and some do not, in which case the highlight follows a steady pace instead. Some browsers use an online voice; if yours does, the browser, not us, sends the words of the page to its speech service. If no voice is installed, turn the pages and read it aloud yourself.
Do students need an account?
No. Nothing is asked of anyone and nothing is sent to us. Project the page, or share the link and let students open it on their own screens.
Where does this book come from?
It was written for Peabody's library. It is not copied from a published book.
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