I have some free winter copywork. Also, grab more ideas on my pages Winter Season Unit Study Free Lapbook & Hands-On Ideas and Homeschool Middle School.
I’ll share soon all that I have been up to, but today I wanted to kick off the winter months by sharing some beautiful poetry or free winter copywork.
I wouldn’t want you to think that copywork is only for the younger grades because middle and high school kids still benefit from copywork and especially when it’s poetry.
So today, I have a free download for winter copywork which is Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost.
It’s such a beautiful poem that can be deciphered many ways if you want to, but there is no denying the lure of the cold, snow and long wintry days.
I just thought it would be a great way to kick off the change in the season. It is three pages and it is in cursive.
It is not babyish, so it can be used for a variety of ages.
It is one of Robert Frost’s most famous poems and was first published in 1923.
What we loved about it is that it described a peaceful winter scene in the countryside.
Also, reading the poem together allows time with your middle school to explain his feelings.
For example, you can discuss the serenity of winter, taking time to be in the moment and observe nature.
Even talking about how the winter season can make some feel lonely.
Next, look at some of these books to read during winter and chase away the doldrums.
7 Books for Middle School Students to Read in the Winter
These books also make for a great read aloud, even older kids would enjoy piling up on the couch in the morning for a good story together.
Julie of the Wolves is a staple in the canon of children’s literature and the first in the Julie trilogy. The survival theme makes it a good pick for readers of wilderness adventures such as My Side of the Mountain, Hatchet, or Island of the Blue Dolphins.
This edition, perfect for classroom or home use, includes John Schoenherr’s original scratchboard illustrations throughout, as well as bonus materials such as an introduction written by Jean Craighead George’s children, the author’s Newbery acceptance speech, selections from her field notebooks, a discussion guide, and a further reading guide.
To her small village, she is known as Miyax; to her friend in San Francisco, she is Julie. When her life in the village becomes dangerous, Miyax runs away, only to find herself lost in the Alaskan wilderness.
Four adventurous siblings—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice.
The domesticated life of a powerful St. Bernard-Shepherd mix named Buck is quickly turned on end when he is stolen away from his master and put to work as a sled dog in Alaska. His once life of luxury turns into a life of survival and adaptation as he learns the ways of the wilderness.
It's 1934, and times are tough for Trip's family after the mill in their small Wisconsin town closes, leaving her father unemployed. Determined to provide for his family, he moves them all to Alaska to become pioneers as part of President Roosevelt's Palmer Colony project. Trip and her family are settling in, except her mom, who balks at the lack of civilization. But Trip feels like she's following in Laura Ingalls Wilder's footsteps, and she hatches a plan to raise enough money for a piano to convince her musical mother that Alaska is a wonderful and cultured home. Her sights set on the cash prize at the upcoming Palmer Colony Fair, but can Trip grow the largest pumpkin possible--using all the love, energy, and Farmer Boy expertise she can muster?
Ever since Cora's father disappeared through the ice, whispers about her family's "curse" have grown increasingly louder. Desperate to help her mother and siblings survive another bleak season in the Winter King's frozen grasp, Cora begins to bend (and even break) the rules she has kept since she was a little girl. But when she discovers a secret that's much bigger than herself, she realizes too late that she has put herself--and those she loves--in even greater peril.
Orphan Elizabeth Somers’s malevolent aunt and uncle ship her off to the ominous Winterhouse Hotel, owned by the peculiar Norbridge Falls. Upon arrival, Elizabeth quickly discovers that Winterhouse has many charms―most notably its massive library. It’s not long before she locates a magical book of puzzles that will unlock a mystery involving Norbridge and his sinister family. But the deeper she delves into the hotel’s secrets, the more Elizabeth starts to realize that she is somehow connected to Winterhouse. As fate would have it, Elizabeth is the only person who can break the hotel’s curse and solve the mystery. But will it be at the cost of losing the people she has come to care for, and even Winterhouse itself?
When a deadly plague reaches the small fish camp where he lives, an orphan named Leif is forced to take to the water in a cedar canoe. He flees northward, following a wild, fjord-riven shore, navigating from one danger to the next, unsure of his destination. Yet the deeper into his journey he paddles, the closer he comes to his truest self as he connects to “the heartbeat of the ocean . . . the pulse of the sea.” With hints of Nordic mythology and an irresistible narrative pull, Northwind is Gary Paulsen at his captivating, adventuresome best.
Beat Winter Homeschooling Burnout
The benefits of copywork go beyond learning how to write, which is why it’s a great tool to use for older kids too.
Copywork is a super way of rekindling the love for language arts for either a middle or high school kid.
I feel it’s an underused tool for the older kids because we think of using copywork to teach writing. However, for older kids copywork is a way for older kids to learn how to organize their ideas and thoughts.
Sometimes, even our older kids need a visual model for writing and copywork can be one solution.
MORE WINTER ACTIVITIES
- Homeschooling – Activities and Free Downloads. 5 Days of Look Alive. Day 1- Look to the Sea.
- Homeschooling – Look to the Sea. 17 Hands-on Activities for Two to Teens.
- Fun Winter Craft Ideas for Middle School Homeschool
- 50 Keep Me Homeschooling Activities During the Long Cold Winter Days
- Put A Little Spring In Your Winter Weary Homeschool Step
- Colorful Winter Bird: Northern Cardinal Lapbook & Unit Study
- Nature Craft: How to Make Easy DIY Bird Feeders
- Winter Craft Ideas How to Make Fun Pinecone Flowers
- 3 Fun Cocoa Winter Hands on Science Activities
- Winter Craft Ideas for Kids Animals in Winter Fun Snow Slime
- Cardinal Birds in Winter and Birch Trees Easy Watercolor Kids Activity
- Easy Hands on Snowflake Winter Craft for Kids Who Don’t Have Snow
- Two Fun Candy Cane Hands-on Science Winter Experiments
- Winter Season Unit Study. Free Lapbook & Hands-On Ideas
Finally, look at how to grab the free winter copywork.
HOW TO GET THE FREE WINTER COPYWORK FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL: STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING
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Did you see these other posts about copywork?
Free History Copywork
French Revolution Copywork
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