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Learning Intention: We are learning to form opinions about characters and understand that authors/others have different perspectives.
Learning Intention: We are learning to form opinions about characters and understand that authors/others have different perspectives.
Success Criteria:
Success Criteria:
Students can:
Students can:
- view the world from a character's perspective
- view the world from a character's perspective
- identify words (adjectives) that describe character features
- identify words (adjectives) that describe character features
- describe character traits and features
- describe character traits and features
- make connections to personal experiences and knowledge.
- make connections to personal experiences and knowledge.
Introduce the text Elmer, focusing on the front and back cover. Remind students that authors might include the main character’s name in the title to create interest in stories and to prompt them to pay attention to this character.
Introduce the text Elmer, focusing on the front and back cover. Remind students that authors might include the main character’s name in the title to create interest in stories and to prompt them to pay attention to this character.
What do you notice about Elmer?
What do you notice about Elmer?
Explain the vocabulary ‘patchwork’, check for understanding, and connect to background knowledge. For example, my Nonna made a patchwork quilt.
Explain the vocabulary ‘patchwork’, check for understanding, and connect to background knowledge. For example, my Nonna made a patchwork quilt.
Ask students to make predictions about the text.
Ask students to make predictions about the text.
Read Elmer, with minimal interruptions. Confirm students’ predictions about the text.
Read Elmer, with minimal interruptions. Confirm students’ predictions about the text.
Activity: Draw students’ attention to the words describing the characters.
Activity: Draw students’ attention to the words describing the characters.
Explain that adjectives can be about a personality trait, or about how a character looks. For example, different, patchwork, young, same old, old, tall, fat, thin, serious, silent, still, ordinary.
Explain that adjectives can be about a personality trait, or about how a character looks. For example, different, patchwork, young, same old, old, tall, fat, thin, serious, silent, still, ordinary.
Revisit the first 4 pages of the text. Discuss how the author uses adjectives to tell the reader that some of the grey elephants have features that are the same and some are different, so it’s not just Elmer that is different.
Revisit the first 4 pages of the text. Discuss how the author uses adjectives to tell the reader that some of the grey elephants have features that are the same and some are different, so it’s not just Elmer that is different.
Activity: Look at the herd of elephants and have students match adjectives with individual elephants.
Activity: Look at the herd of elephants and have students match adjectives with individual elephants.
For example, find an elephant that is old and label it with the adjective. Consider other adjectives that are not in the book that could be used to describe the elephants, for example, wrinkly, blue, small.
For example, find an elephant that is old and label it with the adjective. Consider other adjectives that are not in the book that could be used to describe the elephants, for example, wrinkly, blue, small.
Create a word wall that includes adjectives that describe personality traits and appearance for students to refer to when reading and writing.
Create a word wall that includes adjectives that describe personality traits and appearance for students to refer to when reading and writing.
Draw, Talk, Write, Share
Draw, Talk, Write, Share
Model drawing Elmer and one of the grey elephants. Include detailed features and labels with simple adjectives.
Model drawing Elmer and one of the grey elephants. Include detailed features and labels with simple adjectives.
Students draw Elmer and one of the other elephants. Students can label their illustrations using print from the teacher's model or the adjective word wall.
Students draw Elmer and one of the other elephants. Students can label their illustrations using print from the teacher's model or the adjective word wall.
Provide the opportunity for students to describe their illustrations orally and read any writing they have produced.
Provide the opportunity for students to describe their illustrations orally and read any writing they have produced.
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