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Note: As this book is a chapter book we will be reading it over a period of four weeks. This
lesson details one of the culminating activities that we will do to process the book. The handout
however, will be sent to the parents before the book is read.
Book: When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Grade: 5th
Subject/Content Area: Self Esteem, Bullying, Friendship (Differences in Others)
Essential Questions: What happens when an unhealthy lifestyle takes over who you are? How
are you limited when you make poor nutrition choices? How can you look beyond your own
lifes troubles to befriend someone who is different than you?
Standards Met:
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
Objective:
5th grade students will identify at least 6 characteristics and 6 changes in the character of Toby
from the book Zachary Beaver Comes to Town from the beginning of the book to the end, and
identify the cause of those changes by drawing a character map.
Interdisciplinary Connections: Health and Reading
Assessment: In groups of two or three students will complete a character map of Toby. They will
draw a picture of Toby at the beginning of the book and write what his feelings are, what he
thinks of himself, how others view him, including quotes and themes from the book. They will
then draw a picture of Toby at the end of the book and document how he has changed.
This assessment will be one of the culminating activities for this book unit. An example is
attached.
Materials:
Markers/Crayons/Colored Pencils
Paper
Procedures:
o Have students share their posters with the class. Hang them up around the room
so they can see how a character can change for the better through unlikely
friendships.
o We see how Toby has changed, has it been for the better?
o As your ticket out the door for recess, I want you to write what positive key
message we can learn from Toby and apply to our own lives, on a sticky note and
put it on the white board.
TOTAL TIME: 56 minutes