10/27/21, 11:40 PM BetterLesson - A Close Read of What Jo Did Monica Brown OAKHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MEMPHIS, TN 4th Grade ELA : Unit #7 - The Value of Work and Play : Lesson #1 A Close Read of What Jo Did Objective: SWBAT complete a story map after reading and discussing the story "What Jo Did." Standards: RL.4.1 RL.4.2 RL.4.3 RL.4.4 Subject(s): English / Language Arts 60 minutes Narrative - 1 minutes What Jo Did close read.mov https://betterlesson.com/lesson/section/16024/a-close-read-of-what-jo-did Introduction - 4 minutes I reviewed the story map with students and got them to explain what information was required in each section. Story maps are quite versatile. I have found story mapping to be an effective post-reading activity and often a good pre-writing activity. For this lesson, I will be using it as a post-reading activity. RESOURCES Story Map.docx https://betterlesson.com/lesson/resource/2359158/story-map-docx Close Read - 30 minutes During this part of the lesson, I took the opportunity to review with scholars the various types of evidence authors cite in writing - facts, examples, quotations, definitions, to name a few. I explained to them that when we do the close read, they are re-reading the story to find information which supports their responses. The reasons and evidence they provide tell the who, what, when, where, how, and why. RESOURCES What Jo Did Powerpoint Presentation.pptx https://betterlesson.com/lesson/resource/2355317/what-jo-did-powerpoint-presentation-pptx https://betterlesson.com/lesson_print/512106 1/2 10/27/21, 11:40 PM BetterLesson - A Close Read of What Jo Did Story Mapping - 20 minutes To close the lesson, I have my students to go back to the story map graphic organizer I reviewed with them at the beginning of the lesson to complete it. Now that we have had an opportunity to complete a close read, writing the responses on the story map should be easier for them. RESOURCES Story Map.docx https://betterlesson.com/lesson/resource/2920149/story-map-docx Closure - 5 minutes Vocabulary notebooks are my scholars' own personal dictionaries. To close the lesson, I have them to take 5 minutes to make entries in their vocabulary notebooks of any new words they learned today. This activity is aligned with CCSS ELA key shift #1 - Regular practice with complex text and its academic language. PERSONAL DICTIONARIES: Performance Tasks My scholars can always look up an unknown word in a dictionary or a thesaurus, but I want them to learn to use context clues and understanding word parts better in order to determine word meanings. Helping them to add to their personal dictionaries and discuss the meanings of new words in small groups is helping them to do just that. ©2018 BetterLesson https://betterlesson.com/lesson_print/512106 2/2
