Title: Meet the Author
Grade level: 3-5
Subjects: Language Arts, Science
Learner Outcomes:
1. The learner
will research the author of Charlotte's Web.
2. The learner
will brainstorm a list of farm animals that could be at a farm.
3. The learner
will make a folder to be used as a journal for vocabulary development and
story summaries.
4. The learner
will choose one animal from a list of farm animals and think what that
animal could say if he could talk.
5. The learner
will look at the cover of the book and the table of contents and predict
what the book will be about.
Duration of lesson: 2 or 3 - 50 minutes sessions
Materials: enough copies of Charlotte's Web for each child in the class, pocket portfolio folders, paper, markers, crayons, or colored pencils, glue, scissors
Technology Tools/Courseware: multimedia computer, computer overhead projector
Teacher Notes: Be careful when searching for author information on E. B. White, as some of it is not appropriate for children.
Procedures:
1. Tell class that
they are going to read Charlotte's Web. Pass out books and
allow the children to look at the cover and the table of contents and predict
what the story is about. Give the children a folder and some composition
paper to make a journal. Write the predictions on the first page.
Make and color a picture that would go along with what they think the story
will be about. Glue onto the front of the folder.
2. Introduce the
author, E. B. White,
and talk about the reasons
that he wrote Charlotte's Web.
3. Brainstorm animals
that might be seen on the farm. Write the animals' names on a piece
of paper, making sure to have enough slips for each child. Fold,
place in a hat. Allow each student to pick a slip. Take turns
saying things that their animal might say if the animal could talk.
Allow other children to try to guess who the animal is. The child
guessing the correct animal would be next. Allow all children to
have a chance to "talk" like his/her animal.
Modifications: Have someone read the story to any child who has trouble reading the book because of reading .
Enrichment Activities: Make a booklet from 6 sheets of Xerox paper stapled on the side and draw pictures that show adult and baby animals in their habitats. Write a brief paragraph about the picture. Make a front cover. Add title and author/illustrator's name. Share with other children.
Evaluation/Assessment: completion of folder and picture, teacher observation, student participation
WV State IGOs,: Language Arts 3.15, 3.17, 3.24, 3.44, 3.81, 4.15, 4.17, 4.29, 4.52, 4.90, 5.12, 5.13, 5.14, 5.158, 5.161, 5.55, 5.15, 5.16, 5.17, 5.18, 5.20, 5.22, 5.23, 5.24, 5.25, 5.28, 5.31 Science 5.32, 5.33
References: E. B. White, http://www.edupaperback.org/authorbios/White_EB.html
Authors: Lula
Speelman, Jackie McCrum,
Cathy
Robinson
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