{"product_id":"the-sound-the-ice-makes-grade-9-classical-literature-packet-cornerstone-academics","title":"The Sound the Ice Makes | Grade 9 Classical Literature Packet | Cornerstone Academics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sound the Ice Makes\u003c\/em\u003e — Gunnar Sigurdsson came to Iceland in the third ship of the settlement in 870, on an August morning when the sky was the blue that Iceland produces in summer, and the land was unlike Norway in ways he found difficult to describe to a man who had not seen it. The story follows the first winter — the sounds the ice makes, the costs of staying, and what a man learns about himself when the thing he came to find is not quite what he found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEach packet includes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal classical short story (complete text)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes on historical setting and literary tradition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNarration prompts (oral and written)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComprehension questions — literal and inferential\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVocabulary exercises\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharacter Constellation graphic organizer (including Character Change Axis)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStory Arc study (five movements, with attention to subtler turning points)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheme \u0026amp; Meaning questions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocratic discussion questions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterary Analysis (tone, diction, imagery, symbolism, contrast, motif, irony, structure, turning points, foreshadowing, allusion, narrative lens, narrative distance, narrative restraint)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCopywork and memory work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptional writing prompts (reflective, explanatory, creative, analytical)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete parent answer key\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStandards alignment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten for Grade 9. Suitable for Grades 8–10 with guidance. This packet is available as a digital download only.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone Academics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49917791666405,"sku":null,"price":6.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3845\/6805\/files\/THE_SOUND_THE_ICE_MAKES.png?v=1782882863","url":"https:\/\/cornerstoneacademics.co\/products\/the-sound-the-ice-makes-grade-9-classical-literature-packet-cornerstone-academics","provider":"Cornerstone Academics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}