Date:
Lesson 4
Overall Aims and
objectives:
Unit of Study – Fiction
The Tiger Rising, by Kate Di Camillo
Reading Workshop-Long Term Focus: I will think aloud how good readers
think about what they are reading, making connecti0ns to the text and
engage in the text. The focus of this new novel, The Tiger Rising lends itself
to teaching high level comprehension strategies. I will focus on Character,
setting, plot, problem and solution. We will stop and jot as I read and use our
notes to warm up with each reading. We will retell in sequential order and
also focus on characters and their relationships. The strategy or aim chosen
is determined upon the text that is being read throughout the novel.
NCCCS: 4.RL.1,
4.RL.2, 4.RL.3
These objectives
will be weaved
throughout this
unit.
4.RL.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, events, drawing on specific
details in the text. (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions). I will
describe a character, setting, and event. 4.RL.1 Refer to details and
examples in text when explaining what text says and when drawing
conclusions. I will ask and answer questions. I will recall details from text. I
will analyze important details.4.RL.2 Determine a theme of story by
summarizing text. I will explain what the theme is using specific details and
evidence from the text.
How can we use our inference skills to determine the theme of a poem?
A Tiger Rising, by Kate DiCamillo Chapters 7-9, Use post-its as a warm up.
Think aloud as I am reading to model inferences I can make about the main
character.
“Yesterday we talked about envisioning skills. Today I am going to teach you
how we can make an inference while we are reading.
Teaching Point:
Read Aloud
Connection:
Mini-Lesson/Teach
Active Involvement:
Link/Independent
Reading:
Closure/Share
I will first discuss what an inference is. An inference is a conclusion we draw
about the story that is not clearly stated in the text. I will model with the
song Pick Myself Up, by Frank Sinatra . I will play the video clip from
YouTube. After the song I will point out the clues in the song that allowed
me to make an inference and draw the conclusion that no matter how bad or
tough times are, we must rise above it, put it behind us and move forward in
a positive way.
Students will have a try with the poem, “Mother to Son”. They will each have
a copy of the poem. They will read silently, stop and jot, then discuss what
they can infer from it with a partner. Students must infer to truly
understand its theme. We will discuss their findings in whole group.
Students will read their novels for 30 minutes. As they read they will try to
make an inference and or practice previously taught strategies. I will meet
with one Guided Reading group and confer with 2 students.
A few students will share how they made an inference. Today we learned how
to draw a conclusion based on an inference we make with the text.