Teacher collects homework bookmarks from each student and records their participation grade. Whole group reviews the answers to the comprehension questions from the homework assignment. Teacher reviews specific big events that occurred in the last reading assignment… leading into inferences for the day’s reading. Routine Student Tasks (10 minutes) Students add to Character Development Poster based on homework reading assignment. Teacher takes time to direct students’ attention to this poster and observe how the characters are already changing. Teacher asks students to talk to a partner about what changes (if any) have they seen in the characters since the beginning of the novel? What has stayed the same? Students add to “Think Tank” based on homework reading assignment. Mini Lesson: Synonyms and Antonyms (10 minutes) Students in pairs will be presented with a bag full of words (either all meaning the same thing or pairs of antonyms). Students will be asked to try and figure out why all of the words are grouped together. What do they have in common? Once students give their ideas, the teacher will introduce the topic of the lesson today: synonyms and antonyms. The teacher will use two posters to present the information about synonyms and antonyms to students. Students will then be asked to give their own examples of both synonyms and antonyms. Teacher will remind students to be looking for words in the section of reading today that have both simple and complex synonyms and antonyms. During Reading [CHAPTER 16-19] (20 minutes) Students participate in partner reading, as well as teacher read aloud. Students fill out comprehension questions in Battle Books throughout reading with partner they are reading with. Teacher stops students intermittently to discuss different parts of the book/points of interest, as well as seeking to gauge if students are following the action in the novel. Teacher stops at the vocabulary words (strategy, kin, and truce) and leads students through the “Word Map” and “Visual Vocabulary” worksheets in partners.
Teacher collects homework bookmarks from each student and records their participation grade. Whole group reviews the answers to the comprehension questions from the homework assignment. Teacher reviews specific big events that occurred in the last reading assignment… leading into inferences for the day’s reading. Routine Student Tasks (10 minutes) Students add to Character Development Poster based on homework reading assignment. Teacher takes time to direct students’ attention to this poster and observe how the characters are already changing. Teacher asks students to talk to a partner about what changes (if any) have they seen in the characters since the beginning of the novel? What has stayed the same? Students add to “Think Tank” based on homework reading assignment. Mini Lesson: Synonyms and Antonyms (10 minutes) Students in pairs will be presented with a bag full of words (either all meaning the same thing or pairs of antonyms). Students will be asked to try and figure out why all of the words are grouped together. What do they have in common? Once students give their ideas, the teacher will introduce the topic of the lesson today: synonyms and antonyms. The teacher will use two posters to present the information about synonyms and antonyms to students. Students will then be asked to give their own examples of both synonyms and antonyms. Teacher will remind students to be looking for words in the section of reading today that have both simple and complex synonyms and antonyms. During Reading [CHAPTER 16-19] (20 minutes) Students participate in partner reading, as well as teacher read aloud. Students fill out comprehension questions in Battle Books throughout reading with partner they are reading with. Teacher stops students intermittently to discuss different parts of the book/points of interest, as well as seeking to gauge if students are following the action in the novel. Teacher stops at the vocabulary words (strategy, kin, and truce) and leads students through the “Word Map” and “Visual Vocabulary” worksheets in partners.