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Introduction
a. Title
i. Afternoon on the Amazon by Mary Pope Osborne
ii. Genre: Fantasy/ Adventure
b. Grade Level
i. This novel unit is for a group of 5, 3rd grade students in Mrs.
Verbas Title I classroom at Hillview Intermediate School.
ii. Students will work as a whole group, in partners, and as
individuals throughout the unit plan.
c. Duration
i. This unit plan is written to span over a ten day period, each day
lasting 30 minutes.
ii. See block plan for more details.
d. Context
i. This unit plan is occurring towards the middle of the school year
in November. The Kamico tests were just completed and
students are also undergoing progress monitoring in the Title I
room.
Content
a. Goals
i. Students will read the entire novel by the end of the unit. They
will improve in their ability to read as individuals, in pairs, and in
whole group settings. To accomplish this they will be given
opportunities in all three settings.
ii. Students will continue development in their ability to fully
comprehend a text. They will be given opportunities to
summarize, determine fact vs. opinion, use vocabulary, make
connections, and more with the novel.
b. Concepts
i. Students will build their vocabulary throughout the novel.
ii. Students will track character traits throughout the novel
including, bravery, helping others, and being scared.
iii. Students will examine many elements in the novel including
setting, characters, connections, vocabulary, comprehension,
and fact vs. opinion.
c. Vocabulary
i. Chosen by students from the book to be analyzed. Will use
dictionaries for definitions if need be.
d. Skills
i. Story Elements
i. Characterization: comparing and contrasting,
descriptive words, traits, and imagery
ii. Setting: mental imagery from words in the story and
pictures in the story.
iii. Connections: text to text, text to self, and text to world.
ii. Vocabulary
iii. Summarizing/Finding Main Ideas
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c. Day 2
i. Before Reading: Introduction: Building Background (3
mins.)
i. Recall what happened in the story yesterday.
ii. During Reading (15 mins.)
i. Read Chapter 3 (Students will read this chapter each
reading 1 page)
ii. Ask discussion questions and clarifying questions
throughout reading.
iii. After Reading (12 mins.)
i. Comprehension Question-Discuss this question after
students answer it. Ask students if they have any other
questions or insights to share with the group.
ii. Summary Sentence-1 for the chapter.
iii. Exit Tweet- Choose Jack or Annie to write one descriptive
word about, write an A or J at the top of your card.
iv. Adaptations
i. Unfocused or Struggling Learners: Be sure to call on
these students to help with passing materials out or
answering comprehension questions throughout reading.
Make sure to conference with these students as they are
working to ensure comprehension and aid in any
confusion.
ii. High Achievers: Allow these students to share their
thoughts and answers with the group. Allow these
students to help other students with questions or
activities in their packet. Tell them that they can draw
pictures using imagery next to their sentences in their
summary book.
v. Evaluation
i. Were the students engaged throughout the whole
lesson?
d. Day 3
i. Before Reading: Introduction: Building Background (3
mins.)
i. Recall what happened in the story yesterday.
ii. During Reading (10 mins.)
i. Read Chapter 4 (Me)
ii. Ask discussion questions and clarifying questions
throughout reading.
iii. After Reading (17 mins.)
i. Comprehension Question-Discuss this question after
students answer it. Ask students if they have any other
questions or insights to share with the group.
ii. Summary Sentence-1 for the chapter.
iii. Introduce Character Section of LB
a. Write names Jack and Annie on the two white strips
of paper.
b. Underneath the names students should write
descriptive, both physical and non-physical, words
to describe the two characters.
c. Have students draw what Jack and Annie look like
on the paper people cutouts. They should use
descriptions in the chapters and pictures to help
them.
iv. Exit Tweet- Choose Jack or Annie (whichever you didnt do
yesterday) to write one descriptive word about, write an A
or J at the top of your card.
iv. Adaptations
i. Unfocused or Struggling Learners: Be sure to call on
these students to help with passing materials out or
answering comprehension questions throughout reading.
Make sure to conference with these students as they are
working to ensure comprehension and aid in any
confusion.
ii. High Achievers: Allow these students to share their
thoughts and answers with the group. Allow these
students to help other students with questions or
activities in their packet. Tell them that they can draw
pictures using imagery next to their sentences in their
summary book.
v. Evaluation
i. Were the students engaged throughout the whole
lesson?
e. Day 4
i. Before Reading: Introduction: Building Background (3
mins.)
i. Recall what happened in the story yesterday.
ii. During Reading (12 mins.)
i. Read Chapter 5 (Partner Reading-Pair students in groups
of two and three)
ii. Ask discussion questions and clarifying questions
throughout reading.
iii. After Reading (15 mins.)
i. Comprehension Question-Discuss this question after
students answer it. Ask students if they have any other
questions or insights to share with the group.
ii. Summary Sentence-1 for the chapter.
iii. Introduce Vocabulary Section of LB
a. Have students look through the first few chapters
for words that they do not know, or are not familiar
with.
b. Put these words on the vocab chart. Using context
clues to help guide students to what the word
means to write a short definition under the word.
iv. Exit Tweet- Write 1 interesting word or word you do not
know on your card.
iv. Adaptations
i. Unfocused or Struggling Learners: Be sure to call on
these students to help with passing materials out or
answering comprehension questions throughout reading.
Make sure to conference with these students as they are
f. Day 5
i. Before Reading: Introduction: Building Background (3
mins.)
i. Recall what happened in the story yesterday.
ii. During Reading (12 mins.)
i. Read Chapter 6 (Me)
ii. Ask discussion questions and clarifying questions
throughout reading.
iii. After Reading (15 mins.)
i. Comprehension Question-Discuss this question after
students answer it. Ask students if they have any other
questions or insights to share with the group.
g. Day 6
i. Before Reading: Introduction: Building Background (3
mins.)
i. Recall what happened in the story yesterday.
ii. During Reading (12 mins.)
i. Read Chapter 7 (Students each read 1 pg.)
ii. Ask discussion questions and clarifying questions
throughout reading.
iii. After Reading (15 mins.)
i. Comprehension Question-Discuss this question after
students answer it. Ask students if they have any other
questions or insights to share with the group.
ii. Summary Sentence-1 for the chapter.
iii. Continue Vocabulary Section of LB
a. Have students look through the next few chapters
for words that they do not know, or are not familiar
with.
b. Put these words on the vocab chart. Using context
clues to help guide students to what the word
means to write a short definition under the word.
iv. Revisit character, setting, magic tree house coloring
section of LB.
v. Exit Tweet- Write 1 word that you found in the story that
you thought was interesting or you were not familiar with.
iv. Adaptations
i. Unfocused or Struggling Learners: Be sure to call on
these students to help with passing materials out or
answering comprehension questions throughout reading.
Make sure to conference with these students as they are
working to ensure comprehension and aid in any
confusion.
ii. High Achievers: Allow these students to share their
thoughts and answers with the group. Allow these
students to help other students with questions or
activities in their packet. Tell them that they can draw
pictures using imagery next to their sentences in their
summary book.
v. Evaluation
i. Were the students engaged throughout the whole
lesson?
h. Day 7
i. Before Reading: Introduction: Building Background (3
mins.)
i. Recall what happened in the story yesterday.
ii. During Reading (12 mins.)
i. Read Chapter 8 (Partner Read-Put students in groups of
two and three)
ii. Ask discussion questions and clarifying questions
throughout reading.
iii. After Reading (15 mins.)
i. Ask students if they have any other questions or insights
to share with the group.
ii. Summary Sentence-1 for the chapter.
iii. Continue working on vocabulary, character, setting, magic
tree house coloring section of LB.
iv. Exit Tweet- Predict what will happen next in the story in a
few words.
iv. Adaptations
i. Unfocused or Struggling Learners: Be sure to call on
these students to help with passing materials out or
answering comprehension questions throughout reading.
Make sure to conference with these students as they are
working to ensure comprehension and aid in any
confusion.
ii. High Achievers: Allow these students to share their
thoughts and answers with the group. Allow these
students to help other students with questions or
activities in their packet. Tell them that they can draw
i. Day 8
i. Before Reading: Introduction: Building Background (3
mins.)
i. Recall what happened in the story yesterday.
ii. During Reading (12 mins.)
i. Read Chapter 9 (Me)
ii. Ask discussion questions and clarifying questions
throughout reading.
iii. After Reading (15 mins.)
i. Comprehension Question-Discuss this question after
students answer it. Ask students if they have any other
questions or insights to share with the group.
ii. Summary Sentence-1 for the chapter.
iii. Continue Vocabulary Section of LB
a. Have students look through the next few chapters
for words that they do not know, or are not familiar
with.
k. Day 10
i. After Reading (30 mins.)
i. Work Day
a. Have students begin by working on their favorite
part section. They will write a sentence and draw a
picture.
b. Then students should work on their top secret
folder. They will rate the book and write a sentence
about why they rated it that way.
c. Students will then do their fact and opinion
coloring. They will color the trees that have facts on
them green and the trees that have opinions on
them brown.
d. Finally, students should work on finishing up
anything that they have not finished in their
lapbook. This includes coloring, drawing,
vocabulary, characters, and summary.
e. Students will work the period by taking their AR
Test for the book.
f. Exit Tweet-What would you rate the story from 1-5
stars?
ii. Adaptations
i. Unmotivated or Struggling Learners: Make sure to
conference with these learners often to ensure
comprehension and aid in any confusion. Ensure that the
students are engaged with each students presentation.
Allow them to present when they want to.
ii. High Achievers: Have these students help pass out the
different materials. Also allow them to make extra crafts
with the construction paper if they want to.
iii. Evaluation
i. Were the students engaged throughout the whole
lesson?
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