White Fang | Full Week Lesson | Adapted Version | London | No Prep

Do you want students to read White Fang, but you don’t have weeks to push through a 250-page novel with uneven reading levels in the room?

Here’s the solution: A resource that gives you both the complete original Jack London text (public domain) and a tightly adapted 5-Part, one-week version, so you can match the reading path to every student—without changing your assessments or losing instructional time.

The adapted and original versions line up part-for-part using a clean chapter mapping (Parts I–V). Every discussion question, multiple-choice exit quiz, short-answer item, and challenge question has been audit-validated to work for both tracks. Mixed-ability classrooms can now stay on the same scenes, ideas, and themes—even when reading different versions of the text.

Quick Guide for Teachers

Adapted-Only Track (Fastest: 5-Day Model)

• Best for classes that need a manageable, one-week novel study.
• Day 1–5: Students read one adapted part per day and use the matching discussion questions and self-grading quiz
• End the week with the Final Worksheet (Vocab + short answer + challenge questions).
• This track keeps the lesson tight, predictable, and easy to finish within the week.

Original-Only Track (Longer: Multi-Day Per Section)

• Ideal for advanced readers or classes with time for a full novel study.
• Students read the original chapters aligned to each adapted Part.
• Assessments still work exactly the same (except no vocab words)
• This track preserves Baum’s full language, pacing, and descriptive style.

Dual-Track Differentiation (Mixed Readers, flexible timelines)

• Lets your entire class study the same plot, themes, and characters at the same time—even if they are reading different versions of the text.
• Assign adapted version part 1 to students who need a shorter, clearer text and original chapters that correspond to part 1 to students reading the full text (This is fully detailed in the Teacher's Guide)
• Give original-text students multiple days per section while adapted-text students can reread, complete targeted vocabulary work, and/or tackle included discussion questions in small-groups.
• All assessments are usable for both tracks: Discussion questions + MC exit quizzes for each Part + Final Worksheet (except for Vocab Words)

What's the tradeoff of using the adapted version?

Pros:

• Reduces story to a fraction of its original length, fitting neatly into a one week lesson.
• Well suited for shorter attention spans to maintain student interest.
• Preserves core narrative elements, themes and character development.
• Better than omitting it completely due to time limits.
• Works for whole-class read-alouds, small-group novel studies, independent reading, or close reading unit.

Cons:

• Omits some original language and details for brevity, potentially losing nuances of the author's style.
• Limits opportunities for in-depth literary analysis by excluding certain subplots or descriptive passages.

This product includes a zip file consisting of:

Full Original Text ~72,000 words (PDF, DOCX)

• Great for advanced students that can read fast or for classrooms that want to take multiple weeks to read through the story.

Adapted Version Text ~20,000 words, 53 pages (PDF, DOCX, Google Docs)

• Divided into 5 parts for easy daily reading sessions
• Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 5.5

Student Worksheet (PPT, Google Slides, PDF print)

• 10 Vocabulary Words
• 10 Short Answer Recall/Comprehension
• 5 Challenge Questions (synthesis, analysis, themes, real life connection)

Teacher’s Guide & Answer Key (PDF, DOCX, Google Docs)

• 5 Sets of Daily Discussion Questions (1 per part)
• 5 Sets of Self-Graded Exit Quizzes (1 per part, 20Qs each)
• Answer Keys for Vocab, Short Answer, and Challenge Questions
• Key Figures & Places reference sheets to help students track characters and settings

Text Summary
Each part is thoughtfully designed like a short, friendly “mini-novel” in sequence, with each day focused on a coherent slice of the plot. The structure supports chunking and repeated exposure to characters and themes.

• Part 1 – From the Wild to the Hunger Cry: Two mail-carriers struggle to haul a coffin through the frozen North while a starving wolf pack closes in, stripping away their dogs and exposing the thin line between human order and the indifferent Wild.
• Part 2 – The Lair and the Law of Meat: The she-wolf raises her surviving cub in a hidden lair, and his first explorations and hunts teach him that every mistake has a cost and that survival follows the harsh “law of meat.”
• Part 3 – Gods, Bondage, and Betrayal: Drawn into an Indian camp, the cub becomes White Fang under Gray Beaver’s harsh rule, is tormented by other dogs, proves himself as a strong worker, and is finally sold into Beauty Smith’s cruel hands.
• Part 4 – The Fighting Dog and the Love-Master: Beauty Smith turns White Fang into a notorious fighting dog until a brutal match nearly kills him; Weedon Scott intervenes, rescues him, and slowly retrains him through patience and steady kindness.
• Part 5 – The Southland and the Sleeping Wolf: White Fang travels to the Southland ranch, relearns how to live among people and livestock, and finally proves himself as the family’s guardian during Jim Hall’s attack before resting as a “sleeping wolf” at peace.

This one classical literature reading resource gives you a complete, no-prep, one-week unit for teaching White Fang in bite-sized steps—preserving London’s original story while making it truly teachable in real classrooms with real time limits.

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Standards

• Reading Literature: CCSS RL.6-8.1, CCSS RL.6-8.2, CCSS RL.6-8.3, CCSS RL.6-8.4, CCSS RL.6-8.5, CCSS RL.6-8.6
• Writing: CCSS W.6-8.2
• Speaking & Listening: CCSS SL.6-7.1

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