Jason Resnick February 16, 2013 Lesson Plan: Reading Mini-Lesson

Grade : 5 Standard:

Time: 25 minutes

RL.5.2. 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.

Objective: Students will identify specific examples in the story where the main character experiences challenges and emotions and how she transforms throughout the book to overcome these challenges. Students will be able to complete a character development chart of the main character Trisha from the beginning, middle and through the end of the book. Materials: Thank you Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco Chart paper labeled, Character Development Chart Lesson Sequence: 1. Lesson Introduction (Engagement) Boys and girls, do you remember the book I read during the Interactive Read-Aloud yesterday? Thank you, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco. Do you remember the order of the book and what happened in the beginning, middle and the end of the book? Does anyone remember the challenges that Trisha faced and the emotions that she felt as she learned how to read and how through a lot of practice, hard work and with her teachers support, she was able to overcome her challenges?

2. State Objective and Purpose Today readers we are going to discuss the book Thank you, Mr. Falker again and work on a character development chart which traces Trishas challenges and emotions throughout the story. We will identify where Trisha begins to have problems reading then we will discuss how Trisha changes by identifying her feelings and confidence levels throughout the story.

3. Teach and Model Have chart paper ready with heading, Character Development Chart Label three columns on the paper, the first column will say "Beginning," the second column will say Middle," and the last column will say End.

Boys and girls, when reading this book, we saw that Trisha faced challenges in school because of the difficulty she had learning to read. Being able to learn character development and how a character feels in the beginning, middle and end of a story is the key to learning text better and to becoming a good reader.

4. Guided Practice Lets now discuss as a group what you remember about Trishas challenges and her feelings in the beginning, middle and end of the book. First, we will discuss the beginning of the story, please explain what you remember about what happened to Trisha in the beginning of the book and then after you explain what happened to Trisha, then tell us one or two words that we can place on the chart that describe the situation and her feelings you just explained. Who would like to start? I will then call on a few students who volunteer to tell me what happened in the beginning of the book. Very good students, now we will do the same for the middle and the end of the story. Who can now tell me what happened in the middle of the book?" After a few students go, I will then ask them, Who can now tell me what happened at the end of the book.

5. Independent Practice/Assessment Fantastic job boys and girls, now I will ask you to go back to your desks and take out your independent reading book, and I will give each of you your own copy of a beginning, middle and end chart. I will then ask you to start reading your independent reading book and as you begin to read your book, I would like you to write key words down about the main character in your book and how they change throughout the beginning, middle and end of the book. I will assess the students based on how they answered questions during the group meeting and how they completed their individual beginning, middle and end character development chart.

6. Closure Boys and girls as I was walking around the classroom, I saw that you were all doing a great job on your beginning, middle and end character development charts. We will continue to use these charts for the remainder of the month for every independent reading book that you choose. 7. How will you know if the lesson has been successful? I will be able to determine if the lesson was successful if the students are able to identify the main characters challenges and emotions, and show how the main character transforms throughout the book to overcome their challenges, by how they complete their individual beginning, middle and end character development charts based on their independent reading books.

8. Differentiation

To differentiate the lesson I will ask various levels of questions that will help the students recall what we have read, so that all the students will be able to participate in the discussion. Another way the lesson will be differentiated is each child will choose their own independent reading book, which will be based on their own reading level.

Character Development Chart

Beginning

Middle

End