Goal: Becoming an expert. Teaching point (Kid Readers learn who the author is and what he stands for by identifying language!): recognizing common themes and topics. (p.181, p. 182, p. 187) 5.RML.9-11 Catchy phrase: Text: Patricia Polacco Books: Chicken Sunday, Pink and Say, Thank you Mr. Falker. Chart(?): Box & Bullets (continued) Standard: 5.RL.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. Mini Lesson: (7-10 minutes total) Connection: Yesterday, we did some work on looking at the themes the author has in Chicken Sunday. The next step to take this work a little further and identify common themes among more of her books. Let’s use Thank You Mr. Falker and Pink and Say, because, “Readers learn who the author is and what he stands for by identifying recognizing common themes and topics.” Teach: Let’s see what Patricia Polacco stands for by using our box and bullet chart from yesterday and think about these other two books. (Here is another example of how to use the box and bullets among these three books.) Doing something nice for someone else: (Giving)
Goal: Becoming an expert. Teaching point (Kid language!): Readers learn who the author is and what he stands for by identifying recognizing common themes and topics. (p.181, p. 182, p. 187) 5.RML.9-11 Catchy phrase: Text: Patricia Polacco Books: Chicken Sunday, Pink and Say, Thank you Mr. Falker. Chart(?): Box & Bullets (continued) Standard: 5.RL.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. Mini Lesson: (7-10 minutes total) Connection: Yesterday, we did some work on looking at the themes the author has in Chicken Sunday. The next step to take this work a little further and identify common themes among more of her books. Let’s use Thank You Mr. Falker and Pink and Say, because, “Readers learn who the author is and what he stands for by identifying recognizing common themes and topics.” Teach: Let’s see what Patricia Polacco stands for by using our box and bullet chart from yesterday and think about these other two books. (Here is another example of how to use the box and bullets among these three books.) Doing something nice for someone else: (Giving)