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Eyes That Kiss
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Day 1 - First Read
Building Comprehension Through Productive Struggle
Text
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners​ by Joanna Ho & Dung Ho
Genre: Realistic Fiction
I Can...
I can retell a story including key details using a strategy.
I can ask and answer questions about key details in the text.
RL1: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL2: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of
their central message or lesson.
RL3: Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key
details.
RL7: Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or
events.
Before Reading
Today friends we are going to read a story titled ​Eyes That Kiss in the
Corners​. This is the story of a girl and her eyes. As we read the story, I
want you to pay attention to what makes her eyes so special that she
writes an entire story about them.
During Reading
Read through allowing students to build
comprehension through productive struggle
After Reading
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Common Core
Standards
Discussion
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Think-Frame-Pair-Square Activity: Students think about a prompt, use a
sentence frame and talk with a partner. Teacher allows students time to
talk with their partner to form their ideas and add on to their idea. Then
students “Square”: two pairs of students join to form a square (4 students
total) and continue discussing the prompt using the ideas from their first
partner. Afterwards, share out as a whole group.
What makes the girl’s eyes different from other eyes?
Who else has eyes like the girl’s?
What does the girl see with her eyes and her family’s eyes?
Writing/
Discussion Prompt
Retell the story including key details using a narrative
retell/timeline/Somebody Wanted But Then So/graphic organizer.
Why are the girl’s eyes so special to her? Explain using evidence from
the text.
The girl’s eyes are so special to her because____
They also are special to her because____
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Day 2 - Close Reading
Analyzing Author’s Craft
I Can...
Common Core
Standards
I can describe the meaning of figurative language in a text.
RL4: Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the
senses.
RL7: Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
Yesterday friends we read our story ​Eyes That Kiss in the Corners​. The author
Joanna Ho used really creative words in her writing called figurative language.
Today we are going to use our own background knowledge and the illustrations to
help us understand this figurative language.
Analysis
Close Reading:
Reread the story. Stop on the pages indicated in the anchor chart and prompt:​*note
gradual release of responsibility*
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Before
Analysis
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What does Joanna Ho mean when she says_____? What makes you think that?
I think____ means____ because____
(prepare before analysis and co-construct with students)
Figurative Language
Evidence
“Eyes like sapphire
lagoons with lashes
like lace trim on
ballgowns”
I DO​ blue, pretty eyes with
pretty eyelashes; blue eyes
are like pretty dresses
The girls in the illustrations have
blue eyes with long eyelashes. Says
their eyes are like ballgown dresses
“My Mama is my sun
and sky”
WE DO​ (she is very
important)
(the sun is very important, the girl is
smiling and loves her mom)
WE DO​ (Mei Mei is excited
to see her, happy when
she is around)
(follows her, plays with her, Mei Mei
is smiling at her)
“My lashes curve like
the swords of warriors,
and, through them, I
see kingdoms in the
clouds”
YOU DO​ (her eyes remind
her of her family’s culture
with warriors and
kingdoms)
(everyone in her family has eyes
like her, warriors and kingdoms in
the clouds are part of their culture)
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Anchor Chart
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“Gazing up at me like I
am her best present”
Writing/
Discussion
Prompt
What does the author mean when she says, “eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like
warm tea?” What makes you think that?
I think “eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea” means that____ because____
(her eyes have a shape that makes it look like they kiss, her eyes are brown like tea)
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Day 3 - Deep Comprehension
Analysis of Critical Details
I Can...
I can describe the lesson in a story using key details in a text.
I can compare and contrast stories using key details in a text.
RL2: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their
central message or lesson.
RL9: Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
Before Analysis
Option A: Today is our final day with ​Eyes That Kiss in the Corners​, and today we are
actually going to read another story. As we read this new story, I want you to think
about how the two stories compare and contrast.
Option B: Today friends is our final day with ​Eyes That Kiss in the Corners​. Since we
know the story so well already, we are only going to page through the illustrations. As
we do this, I want you to think about what lesson the author wanted us to learn from
this story.
Analysis of Critical
Elements
Option A: Read another story. Some great ones that could pair well might be: ​Drawn
Together, All Because You Matter, Leo the Late Bloomer​, etc.
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Common Core
Standards
Then:
Students complete a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the stories.
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Option B: Page through the illustrations and review the anchor chart from the previous
day. As you do, model thinking aloud about the prompt such as: “I remember here
how the girl admired the round, blue eyes that the other girls have” Continue paging
through and call on students to model thinking aloud.
Then:​Class Discussion: Students sit in a circle and teacher provides prompts.
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Teacher attempts to stay out of the conversation by encouraging students to
build off of each other’s ideas by using a sentence stem such as “I
agree/disagree with ____because____,” “I’d like to add_____,” etc.
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Are her eyes bad because they are different?
What things make you different? Is it bad?
When is it good to be different?
Writing/
What is the lesson that Joanna Ho wanted us to learn from this story? Explain using
Discussion Prompt evidence from the text.
The lesson is____ because____
What should you do in your life based on what happened in the story? Explain.
In my life, I should_____ because in the story_____
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Date: ________________
Retell the story using key details from
the text. Create a timeline of the
important events of the story to retell
the story.
Date: ________________
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the text. Create a timeline of the
important events of the story to retell
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the text. Create a timeline of the
important events of the story to retell
the story.
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Date: ________________
Date: ________________
Retell the story using key details from
the text. Use the strategy Somebody
Wanted But Then So to write your
summary.
__​(somebody)​__ wanted ____,
but___
Then_____, so_____
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__​(somebody)​__ wanted ____,
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Then_____, so_____
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Date: ________________
Date: ________________
Retell the story​ ​using key details from
the text. Use the sentence stems
below to write your summary.
There once was _____
Later ______
Next _____
Finally ______
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There once was _____
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Who were the characters in the story?
What was the setting? What was the
problem? How was the problem
resolved?
The
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setting was____
problem was____
problem was resolved by____
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Why are the girl’s eyes so special to
her? Explain using evidence from the
text.
The girl’s eyes are so special to her
because____
They also are special to her
because____
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They also are special to her
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Why are the girl’s eyes so special to
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text.
The girl’s eyes are so special to her
because____
They also are special to her
because____
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Date: ________________
What does the author mean when she
says, “eyes that kiss in the corners and
glow like warm tea?” What makes you
think that?
I think “eyes that kiss in the corners
and glow like warm tea” means
that____ because____
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says, “eyes that kiss in the corners and
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glow like warm tea?” What makes you
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I think “eyes that kiss in the corners
and glow like warm tea” means
that____ because____
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Date: ________________
What is the lesson that Joanna Ho
wanted us to learn from this story?
Explain using evidence from the text.
The lesson is____ because____
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Explain using evidence from the text.
The lesson is____ because____
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What should you do in your life based
on what happened in the story?
Explain.
In my life, I should_____ because in
the story_____
What should you do in your life based
on what happened in the story?
Explain.
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Why are the girl’s eyes so special to her? Explain using
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They also are special to her because____
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