Ups & Downs of Growing Up
"Come with me where you'll never have to worry about grown up things again."
--J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
Objectives
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Skills
inference, supporting details, character traits, figurative language, tone, point of view
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The Great Rat Hunt
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Eleven
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On Turning Ten
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Character Trait Vocabulary
Introduce internal character traits to your students by exploring their aspirations -- the type of person they hope to be in the future. The personal connections helps my students to retain the meaning of the words.
For a more detailed description of this activity read "Aspirations Balloons Icebreakers" on the Scholastic Top Teacher Blog. This engaging activity was inspired Dave Stuart Jr. in his article "Simple Questions on the First Day of School". |
The Great Rat Hunt
You can teach students how to use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words, or you can create a pre-reading activity. Words student may not know include: barricade, rationalize, wince, perpetual, improvise, reserve, vigilant, ravage, ineptitude, brusquely.
Enriching Vocabulary Activity
Students explore words that can be used to describe Laurence or Father when engaging in group discussions or in their writing. Print the character trait vocabulary cards to use in your classroom.
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Throughout the unit, students respond to many of the essential questions during writing activities. We use the short answer response graphic organizer as a guide when we first start out. Later in the year, the structure of a paragraph become second nature and they don't need it.
Criteria for a short answer response:
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Essay Graphic Organizer Poster
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Download, print, and display the classroom poster describing the parts of the essay.
Print the graphic organizer to guide students through the planning stages of a 4-paragraph essay |
Essay Graphic Organizer for Students
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