Grade Level:  6

Subjects:  Language Arts

Learner Outcomes:

• Students will be aware that every major character in The Secret Garden has at least one secret.
• Students will complete a worksheet telling what secrets the characters had.
• Students will compare the predictions they made at the beginning of the novel with the actual outcome of the novel
• Students will take a final exam testing their knowledge of The Secret Garden.
• Students will take an accelerated reader test on the computer testing their knowledge of The Secret Garden.
• Students will watch a video of The Secret Garden.
• Students will construct a chart comparing/contrasting the novel to the video.
• Students will enter all relative information into their notebooks.
• Students will write a rough draft comparing/contrasting the novel and the video.
• Students will edit their rough drafts with the help of the teacher.
• Students will write a final paper comparing/contrasting the book and the movie..
• Students will write a journal entry describing how this novel has made an impact on his/her life.
• Students who participated in the enrichment activities will present their PowerPoint presentations to the class.
• Students who participated in the enrichment activities will present their plays to the class.

Materials:

1. final exam
2. worksheet
3. video of The Secret Garden
4. notebooks
5. journals

1. copy of video
2. TV
3. VCR
4. projector for power point presentations
5. data projector
6. computers

1. Final exam should be taken from quizzes that have been given each day.  A review should be given the day before to refresh their memories.
2. Students should have their charts designed before they begin watching the video.  The chart should be kept simple.  On one side they will list the likenesses and on the other side the differences.
3. Students should have prior knowledge on how to edit their papers.
4. Final papers should be typed  in the computer lab using microsoft word.

1. A discussion should take place describing all of the secrets that have unfolded throughout the course of the novel.
2. Students will complete a worksheet telling all of the secrets the characters have kept.   Worksheet6
3. Students should find their predictions in their notebooks and compare them to the actual outcomes in the novel.
4. A final exam is given covering the entire novel.  FinalExam
5. An accelerated reader test is given in the computer lab.
6. Students will design their chart for comparing/contrasting movie and book.
7. Students will watch the movie over a period of three days.
8. Students will write a rough draft based on their chart.
9. Students will be given a review of the editing symbols they are to use while editing their paper.
10. Students will edit their paper with the help of the teacher.
11. Students will rewrite the final draft of their paper.
12. Students will be taken to the computer lab to type the final draft of their paper.  This will be done in microsoft word.
13. Students will enter all relevant information into their notebooks.
14. Students who chose to do enrichment activities will present their PowerPoint presentations to the class.
15. Students who chose to do enrichment activities will present their plays to the class.
16. Students will complete a journal activity telling what impact this novel has had on their lives.

1. Teachers should modify the lesson as necessary to meet the students' IEP requirements.
2. Students who need extra help should be given peer tutoring.
3. Teachers should determine the needs for student assistance based on inclusion and request a special education teacher when needed.

1. Students will present their PowerPoint presentations to the class.
2. Students will present their plays to the class.
3. Students may review the novel for the teacher.

1. Final exams will be evaluated
2. Accelerated reader tests will be evaluated
3. Charts will be evaluated
4. Rough drafts will be evaluated
5. Notebooks will be evaluated
6. Journals will be evaluated
7. Enrichment activities will be evaluated

Language Arts:

Writing
     1.  Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process
Reading
     5.  Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process
     6.  Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts
Listening and Speaking
     8.  Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes

Language Arts:

Listening/Speaking
     6.15:  relate personal experiences to the information heard to construct new meaning

Reading Comprehension
     6:22:  locate specific details in a textbook passage to promote understanding (e.g., cause-
              effect, classifying, compare and contrast, sequence, etc.).
     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
     6:30:  make logical predictions based on events in a passage
Writing
     6:53:  use prewriting and drafting strategies (e.g., drawing, clustering, brainstorming,
               discussion, etc.) to generate topics and plan approaches to writing tasks.
     6:54:  use writing strategies to address specific writing purposes, such as research,
               creative, journalistic, essay, narrative, informative and persuasive
     6:59:  use revision strategies (e.g., adding dialogue, varying sentence length and structure,
               adding details, etc.)
     6:60:  edit own writing as well as the writing of others
     6:62:  use a writing prompt to develop a composition that is focused, coherent, and has a
               clear and logical progression of ideas.
     6:65:  demonstrate continuous progress toward mastery of penmanship and keyboarding
               in the writing process
     6:66:  use electronic and traditional editing strategies to correct spelling error (e.g., symbols,
               dictionaries)  (e.g., proper names, homophones.
 

Resources cited:
      LIFT Literature for Thinking. The Secret Garden.  Massachusetts:  Sundance Publishing, 1997.