Lesson 5
Lesson:
Read the sections assigned and do Literature Circle jobs.
Discussion Director: (do questions 2-6 for both books)
Problem/Solution What was Little Red Hen's problem in the story? How does she solve her problem? How would you solve her problem?- write this in your reading journal to share later.
Characterization (give words to describe characters and find evidence from the book that proves those are the traits)
Main Idea (the most important idea from this section)- write this in your reading journal to share later.
Point of View ( who is telling the story)- talk about it with your group members.
Setting (where and when the story takes place)- talk about it with your group members.
Theme/Moral (a lesson learned about life)
Passage Picker: (do questions 2-6 for both books)
Find two passages from this section and answer two questions: Why did the author include this passage in the story? What does this passage add to the story?
Character Sketcher: (do questions 2-6 for both books)
Give three character traits of Squanto and Little Red Hen and explain them, be sure to write down the page numbers you found the traits on. Illustrate for the class what you think these two characters looks like through the traits you found.
Word Wizard: (do questions 2-6 for both books)
Using the words Hen, grains, and mill from The Little Red Hen and community, rotting, and slave from Thanksgiving on Thursday answer these questions: (Examples)
Word Associations- Which words might go with Hen? Why?
Examples and Non-examples-
Which would be a community?
Your classroom or just yourself is a community
Internet Investigator (do questions 2-6 for both books)
Go to http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/celthanksgiving.htm and scroll down to the link Thanksgiving Quiz. Take the quiz. Also go back to the first site and investigate on your own one of the links about Canadian Thanksgiving. Report to the class what you found.