Intermediate Guided Reading Lesson Plan

Title:
Twenty and Ten by Claire Hutchet Bishop
ISBN 0-590-34168-5 / Genre:
Biography / Text Structure:
Narrative Informational / Level:
U
Literacy Core Objective:
Sixth grade literacy standard
40060-07 Standard VII: Comprehension. Students understand, interpret, and analyze narrative and informational grade level text. / Enduring Understanding: Purpose for reading
Determine human rights and responsibilities in the world.
Content Core Objective:
Sixth Grade Social Studies Standard IV
Students will understand current global issues and their rights and responsibilities in the interconnected world. / “I Can Statements” - Essential Questions:
What rights and responsibilities do we have in our world today?
What are essential human rights?
What civic responsibilities do humans have to one another in the modern world?
ELL Strategies:
Students reading at this level are likely to be quite fluent speakers of English although they may need more support with idioms, expressions, vocabulary, and multiple meaning words. This will affect their ability to draw conclusions and infer from the text. Encourage these students to use sticky notes or a notebook to jot questions they have while reading to be discussed/clarified at the guided reading table during the following session.
Other ELL strategies can be found at
http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/pages/4x4activity.htm
and tailored to the individual needs of your students.
Before Reading
Vocabulary:
Tier 2 Vocabulary Words are high frequency words that are found across a variety of domains. At a minimum, provide student-friendly explanations that tell what a word means in everyday connected language. A wide range of vocabulary resources are available at http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/cbl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=35.
pummeling
betray
ration
vehemently
obstinate
aghast
impudent
Activate/Build Prior Knowledge:
Students will encounter the abbreviation DP throughout the book. It stands for “Displaced Person” – people who were displaced during WWII by fighting and destruction in their hometowns.
Using a map such as this one http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-maps/world-war-ii-map-of-europe.html help students identify France. You can also use resources available at http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/gcselinks/wars/secondwwlinks/chronology.html to help build students’ knowledge of WWII.
This story takes place at a convent in France and there are references to the Bible story of Mary, Joseph and Jesus’ flight into Egypt to escape Herod. Ensure that students are familiar with that reference.
Comprehension Strategy:
Synthesizing
During Reading
Using appropriate Guided reading strategies, students will be reading at their own pace and teachers will be listening to students read, monitoring, giving feedback, taking anecdotal notes and running records.
Attend to Comprehension Within, Beyond, & About the text.
After Reading
Discussion questions:
·  Page 18: Has your mom ever said to you, “It’s all fun and games until somebody gets hurt”? How does that connect with these events?
·  Page 23: Help students understand rationing.
·  Page 25: How do you feel about Henry after he makes Arthur take the rest of his soup?
·  Page 40: Do you agree with definition of “an emergency” and how it makes children behave?
·  Page 57: Why do you think the poke from Henry was enough for the girl to decide to help out?
·  Page 74: Why do you think the first time was the hardest?
Attend to Comprehension Within, Beyond, & About the text:
Content Core Integration:(Science, Soc. St., Math, etc.)
Assessment:
Write a paragraph on the following topic:
What civic responsibilities did the “twenty” children take for the “ten”? What is a circumstance in your life where you have taken a civic responsibility for another person (e.g., classmate, sibling)?
Use the following rubric to evaluate:
http://cbp.theebizshop.net/images/ElementaryWritingRubric.pdf / Activities:
See http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLRESOURCES/units/byrnes-literature/kirby.html for an entire unit plan based on this book.

*Not all activities will be done in each lesson. Some lessons may take multiple days to complete. However, all students should be reading each time you meet.