TUMBLEBOOKLIBRARY LESSON PLAN COMMON CORE STANDARD READING: LITERATURE 4.RL.2 KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS Suggested TumbleBkLibrary Text: DIMPLES DELIGHT By Freida Wishinsky This lessn plan is intended t encurage students t read literature clsely t cmprehend literary text using clse reading strategies, finding the main idea and summarizing. It is designed fr grade 4 students and can be used as a whle grup study r as part f an independent small grup r Literature Circles learning experience fr mre prficient readers. LESSON TOPIC: MAKING SENSE OF TEXT THROUGH MAIN IDEA/SUMMARIZING Cmmn Cre Alignment: 4 RL.2 asks students t determine a theme f a stry, drama r pem frm details in the text; summarize a text 4 6 sessins, 30 45 minutes each Materials/Resurces: - DIMPLES DELIGHT TumbleBkLibrary e-text by Freida Wishinsky - SmartBard r white bard - laptps/ipads - learning lgs r jurnals - writing utensils, highlighter markers - clse reading guide, Persnal Respnse Icns, Main Idea Wheel, End f Bk Sequencing
Strategic Lessn Plan Develpment: Intrductin: Activate prir knwledge abut nvels stries that are lnger and require mre in-depth telling, chapter rganizatin, multiple changes f setting and multiple characters and events, a prblem r multiple prblems, slutins and a final cnclusin Discuss with students pssible themes nvels might have (e.g. Friendship, lss, a quest, helping, cping with a disaster, gd versus evil, etc) and genres (mystery, adventure, cming-f-age, sprts, bigraphy, autbigraphy, histrical fictin, science fictin) and what genre this culd be (narrative fictin) Activate a discussin arund reading clsely lking fr details and clues, being aware nt everything is explained utright but may require sme deep thinking, cmparing and cntrasting, making cnnectins with previus knwledge, texts r events refer t the Clse Reading Guide fr infrmatin t share with students Discuss with students the qualities f a narrative/fantasy stry what are the elements f this type f stry Display the e-bk Dimples Delight frm TumbleBkLibrary n the SmartBard and ask students t cnsider the frnt cver and blurb make preliminary predictins abut the nvel Instructin: Briefly discuss and brainstrm the basic cmpnents f a nvel characters, setting, plt r sequence f actin and events as well as the characteristics f narrative/fantasy fictin Develp a plan fr reading with the students (suggestins: small grups r partners, establish expected pages/chapters t be read each sessin, establish a timeline 4 6 sessins if students are reading chapters tgether; fewer if reading is an expectatin utside f instructinal times) Display/intrduce the Persnal Respnse Icns and the Main Idea Wheel students will cmplete a persnal respnse at the end f each reading sessin; students will need t identify the Main Idea f the stry and supprting details as they read thrugh the text Display the End f Bk Sequencing rganizer students will need t summarize the imprtant events f the stry nt this rganizer Explain students will be engaging in a read-alng/listening experience ver several days as they read the e-bk DIMPLES DELIGHT n TumbleBkLibrary Intrduce the nvel by reading the first chapter alud (r asking a prficient student t read it alud) and asking the students wh they think the main character is? What d they already knw abut him? D they knw this frm direct r inferred infrmatin prvided by the authr? Discuss the differences and find examples f each in the text. This is what is meant by clse reading watching fr details as well as inferences. Encurage students t take jt ntes
in their learning lgs r jurnals f the imprtant infrmatin they are gathering frm the text. Student Activities: Explain students will be listening/reading carefully t: Read/listen t text, take jt ntes, discuss characters, events, actins each sessin Cmplete a persnal respnse at the end f each reading sessin, using the Persnal Respnse Icns Organizer as a guide Main Idea Wheel students will need t identify the Main Idea f the stry and supprting details as they read thrugh the text Display the End f Bk Sequencing rganizer students will need t summarize the imprtant events f the stry nt this rganizer Fllwing the cmpletin f the nvel, create an illustrated timeline Discussin: Text-dependent questins These questins can be used as: discussin starters fr student discussins in pairs r small grups questins t be answered in learning lgs/jurnals 1. Describe the main character. What d yu knw abut Lawrence and his family. Find evidence. 2. What is the prblem in the stry? Wh is having the prblem? Are there multiple prblems? 3. Wh are the ther characters in the stry? What rles d they have? Hw d they add t the stry? 4. Where did the authr, Freida Wishinsky, get the title f the stry frm? D yu think this is a gd title? Why r why nt explain yur thinking? 5. What des Lawrence find ut abut Stewart that helps him slve his prblem? Explain yur thinking. 6. What is yur favurite scene in the nvel? Explain yur thinking. 7. Were yu satisfied with the ending? Why r why nt? Assessment (Frmative): Cmplete persnal respnses Cmplete Main Idea Wheel Cmplete End f Bk Sequencing rganizer Create an illustrated timeline
CLOSE READING A prcess f gradual release where teachers guide analysis f text with multiple readings ver several instructinal lessns. Prepare and participate in a variety f cnversatins with diverse partners, building n thers ideas and expressing wn ideas clearly and persuasively. Reading #1: Literal meaning Text-based questins (details, right-there infrmatin, recall) What happened? Wh are the characters? What rle d the characters play in the stry? Why are the characters imprtant? Hw are the characters feeling abut the events? What d yu think abut the events and characters? Text-based evidence t answer text-based questins/lgical inferences (cntextbased clues) Wh is the main character? What are the events in the stry? What are the prblems? What are the strategies f the characters t reslve the prblems? Find evidence. What is the cnclusin? Hw des this happen? What is the structure f the stry? (chrnlgical, befre/after, etc) When is this stry taking place? Find evidence. Hw is the character handling the prblems in the stry. Find evidence. Where is their help? Where are the relatinships in the stry? Hw are they playing ut? Why is this stry imprtant? Wh wuld benefit frm reading this stry? What wuld they learn? Where is the evidence t supprt yur ideas? What questins remain? What d yu still wnder abut?
Key vcabulary What wrds are imprtant t the stry? Why? What d they mean? Examples f simile, metaphr, idim Hw are these used in the stry? What is their impact? Find yur favurite juicy wrds talk abut them, describe them think abut why yu like them Chse ne wrd that best describes each character in the stry (eg. Greedy, brave, ppular, etc ) What wrds give vice t the main character? Why? Find evidence t supprt yur ideas. PERSONAL RESPONSE ICONS: R = retell (summary) = Feelings (hw did yu feel reading the stry; hw did the characters feel) = questins (what wuld yu like t ask the authr; what puzzles yu) = predictins (what d yu think will happen next? Why?) = experiences (has smething similar happened t yu r smene yu knw? Have yu read abut this in a bk befre r seen it in a vide r n tv?) W = Wrd (new r unfamiliar vcabulary and understd meaning frm cntext; write meaning and use in a sentence)