Peter and the Starcatchers Literary Study 

                        Outline of Strategies/Reader Response

Building Background-Launch:  (Small Group and Individual)

Note: You will complete each activity with the .

• Pre-reading activities

·         “What I Noticed About These Areas” Activity

o       Students will listen to music, view books, pictures, and articles related to: Pirates, Peter Pan, and ships.

o       Students will complete a worksheet about what they noticed about these areas.

·        K-W-L on pirates

·        The Best Book of Pirates by Barnaby Harward

·        Internet Workshop: Pirates!

·        Concept Map

·        Prediction of Story Elements and Questions

·        Vocab-O-Gram

Read Pages 1-36  Section 1 (MSWord)  Peter and the Starcatchers

In Class Introduce:

·        ABC Book Assignment

• • Creating an ABC Book Example

  • ABC book links
    • http://www.sleepingbearpress.com/ Check out the teacher's guides!
    • ABC Books and Activities-- Sue LeBeau's comprehensive site for making ABC books
    • Lesson Plan for ABC Books
    • Comprehensive List of Published ABC Books
    • Example of ABC Book on Dinosaurs
    • Example of ABC Book with Young Children
    • Example of ABC Book with Poems for Each Letter--from Hans Christian Andersen : The A-B-C Book

·        Character Sketcher/Character Log: Characterization

• Peter Character Sketcher
• Molly Character Sketcher
• Black Stache Character Sketcher

Example of Character Sketcher--Implied Traits with Bud, Not Buddy

• Example of Character Sketcher
•  Character Traits

Read Pages 37-62 (Section 2) and Pages 63-95 (Section 3)  MS Word

In Class Introduce:

·        Discussion Director

• Discussion Director Literature Circle MS Word

• Read Write Think Lesson Plan on Developing "Thin-Thick" Questions

• Bloom's Taxonomy References

  • Analysis
  • Explanation
  • Key Words
  • Example

  Question Answer Relationship (QAR)

  • Examples

·        Internet Workshop: Porpoises-Trading Cards

(You develop and connect to 5^th grade science)

• Porpoise Example
• Sea Turtle Example

Example:

http://www.learnnc.org/lessons/cholden10172004724

Blackbeard Lesson Plan

Use these questions about Blackbeard to guide you as you check out the following sites:

• http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/channel/blackbeard/interactive.html -- National Geographic Movie about Blackbeard
• http://www.blackbeardlives.com/theplank.htm -- RealAudio or Quick Time Audio Clips from Historians Discussing Blackbeard
• http://www.kipar.org/piratical-resources/pirate-fame.html -- Famous Pirates (Remember Blackbeard's Real Name)
• http://www.piratesinfo.com/biography/biography.php -- Biographies of Famous Pirates (Remember Blackbeard's Real Name)
• http://www.teachshole.com/exhibit.htm -- The Story of Blackbeard

Presentation Format: Students could write a Headline News Article (as the above lesson plan suggests) about Blackbeard's capture or a diary entry written from Blackbeard and his ghost!

 

·        Vocabulary Instruction and Exercises/  Activities (MS Word)

• Vocabulary: An Overview--vocabinstruction.doc
• Vocabulary Instruction (Packet)
• Merriam-Webster Online   (Word of the day)
•  http://www.wordcentral.com/ (Word of the day for children)
• Common Prefixes and Suffixes
• Common Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots
• Resources
• Vocabulary Instruction
• 7 Principles of Vocabulary Instruction

Read Pages 96-129 (Section 4) and Pages 130-170 (Section 5)

In Class Introduce:

·        Discussion Director continued…/Double Entry Diary

·        Continue Vocabulary Instruction/Activities

·        Author’s Craft-Metaphor and Personification  MS Word

Figurative Language (Tone and Mood)

• Example 1, Example 2, Example 3

• Read, Write, Think K-2 As Slippery as an Eel http://readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=832

• Figurative Language--Metaphor, Alliteration, Simile, Personification, Onomatopoeia
• Examples of Figurative Language
• Metaphors and Other Types of Figurative Language
• Dictionary of Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions
• Idioms--List of Idioms
• ESL Idiom Page
• Idiom Connection
• Figurative Language in Poetry

Read Pages  171-205  (Section 6) and Pages  206-236 (Section 7)

In Class Introduce:

·        Author’s Craft-Simile and Onomatopoeia

·        Artistic Representation

·        Introduce Wanted Poster (Main Character)

• Wanted Poster Example
  • Wanted Poster and examples
  • http://etc.usf.edu/plans/lessons/lp/lp0106v.htm – Pirate Wanted Poster
  • http://www.atlantictallships.ca/gv.php?GuideID=27&lang=e – Pirate Wanted Poster
  • Search google for wanted posters
    http://www.fbi.gov/wanted.htm -- FBI List of Most Wanted
  • http://iitc.tamu.edu/lessons/lesson38.html -- Wanted Posters in Science

·        Discussion Director

•  Vocabulary Activities (MS Word)

Read Pages  237-265 (Section 8) and Pages  266-295 (Section 9)

In Class Introduce:

·        Begin Internet Workshop-Wanted Poster (Pirate)

·        Learning Log/Response Journal

Pages  296-335 (Section 10) and Pages  336-365 (Section 11)

·   I Poem

• I POEM Resources

• Mr. Leahy's Class
• How to Write an I am Poem
• I am Poem Template 1 (pdf)
• I am Poem Template 2
• I am Poem Template 3
• Online I am Poem Generator
• Bud I Poem and Artistic Representation
   

·        Cinquain

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=43

http://www.kristinegeorge.com/teachers_guide_toasting_marshmallows.html#Cinquains

• Word Wizard

Read Pages  366-403 (Section 12) and  Pages  404-end (Section 13)

·        Poem for 2 Voices

http://www.washalee.com/joyfulnoise.htm

(Fleischman's words sung!)

• Poems for Two Voices
  • Poems for Two Voices Lesson Plan
  • Poem for Two Voices Lesson Plan Social Studies
  • Poem for Two Voices Resources

   

• I Poem for 2 Voices

·        Reader’s Theatre

• Reader's Theatre  Aaron Shepard’s RT Page

                      The Reading Lady http://www.readinglady.com/

                  http://www.literacyconnections.com/ReadersTheater.html (Many resources for you)

                  http://teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm (Wow! Many scripts)

                  http://bms.westport.k12.ct.us/mccormick/rt/RTHOME.htm (Scripts for upper elementary)

                  http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/readerstheater.htm

                      (Wonderful article with plenty of resources!)

                  http://www.lisablau.com/archives.html (Wonderful Scripts for Reader's Theatre)

   

                  Pictures of Third Graders Performing Folktales

·        Writing a Feature Story-Summarizing

Closure Activities      

·        Revisit Story Elements/Predictions

·        ABC Book

·        Complete “L” of KWL

·        Sketch to Stretch

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