Grade Level:           6th

Subject(s):                Language Arts, Science, Health

Learner Outcomes:
Students will:

1. Read chapters 21-27 of The Secret Garden.
2. Define key vocabulary words and use each in a context sentence.
3. Complete quizzes, testing comprehension of what they have read.
4. Complete worksheets answering literal, interpretive, and critical questions from this novel.
5. Come to an understanding of what magic has to do with the novel.
6. Understand the importance of positive thinking.
7. Understand the difference between what is real and what is an illusion.
8. Understand that taking care of one's self is essential to having a happy life.
9. Share with the class the goal they have worked on to raise their self-esteem.
10. Enter relevant information into their notebooks.
11. Continue writing in journals.
12. Continue monitoring their experiments

Duration of Lesson:    (7) 60 minute class periods

Materials:
1. Copies of the novel The Secret Garden
2. List of Vocabulary words
3. Quizzes
4. Worksheets
5. Notebooks
6. Journals
7. Plants

Technology Tools/Courseware:

• Computer to access Keywords, Quizzes, and Worksheets

Teacher Notes:

• Teacher will need to find someone who is willing to come into the classroom and perform magic tricks.

Modifications:

1. Teachers should modify the lesson as necessary to meet the students IEP requirements.
2. Cassette tapes of the novel should be made available to students who have difficulty reading.
3. Peer tutoring should be made available to students who have difficulty reading.
4. Teachers should determine the needs for student assistance based on Inclusion and request a special education teacher
    when needed.

Enrichment Activities:

1. Students will continue to work on powerpoint presentations to be presented at the conclusion of this unit
2. Students may use on scene from The Secret Garden and present it as a play.  They should add sound effects to make it
    interesting for the class.

Evaluation/Assessment:

1. Student quizzes will be evaluated daily.
2. Student worksheets will be evaluated
3. Notebooks will be evaluated
4. Journals will be evaluated
5. Class participation will be evaluated.

West Virginia IGOs and National Standards
West Virginia IGO's
    Language Arts:
        Reading Comprehension
                6.16    read literary works by national and international authors to include but not to be limited to: short stories,
                           biographies, contemporary fiction, nonfiction (science and social sciences), narratives, novels, folk-lore,
                           poetry, and drama
                6.20    locate key words and other explicit information to construct initial meaning of a text
                6.25    determine the meaning of a word by using context clues
                6.26    draw conclusions to describe character traits, thoughts, feelings, and motives
                6.27    draw conclusions to make generalizations, judgments,  inferences, and to summarize and analyze
                           information  based on reading selection
                6.28    draw conclusions from functional material (e.g., advertisements) to make analysis of information
                6.29    justify conclusions based on textbook information
                6.30    make logical predictions based on events in a passage
                6.31    use setting, plot, characterization, author's style, and theme to determine understanding and extend the story
    Reading Vocabulary
                6.35    recognize and use key words introduced in the text
    Writing
                6.52    write sentences that are complete, varied, and economical
                6.54    use writing strategies to address specific writing purposes, such as research, creative, journalistic, essay,
                           narrative, informative and persuasive
                6.56    use a writing prompt to develop a composition that addresses the assigned topic
Science   6.18    utilize experimentation to demonstrate scientific processes (e.g., formulating questions, predicting, forming
                           hypotheses, quantifying, identifying dependent and independent variables)
Health
    Personal/Health Wellness
                6.8    Describe characteristics of positive mental and emotional health; discuss self-concept, self-esteem

National Standards
Language Arts:
    Reading
            6. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts
    Writing
            1. Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process

Science
    Life Sciences
            6. Understands relationships among organisms and their physical environment

Health
            4. Knows how to maintain mental and emotional health

References:
        LIFT Literature for Thinking: The Secret Garden,  Massachusetts, Sundance Publishing, 1977

Authors:
Williamson Middle School
                     Delores Gattuso   and    Eddie Booten
 

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