Lila Yoder

South Brookley

Teaching Strategy: read-aloud

Date: October 27, 2003

Grade Level: 5^th

Time Required: 30 minutes

I. Concepts – comparing and contrasting

II. Behavioral Objectives – The student will be able to compare and contrast characters when they read books.

III. Alabama Course of Study

ACOS 1 – Use a wide variety of strategies to interpret, evaluate, appreciate, and construct meaning from print materials.

ACOS 5 – Interpret passages in print material.

ACOS 7 – Use literary analysis.

IV. Materials – Book (Pink and Say by Patricia Polaco), overhead, pen

V. Teaching/Learning Procedures

a. Motivation

I will ask the students if they have ever found a new friend. I will say that we are going to read a book about two boys that became friends.

b. Instructional Procedures

1. I will hold up the book and introduce the book by reading the title and author. I will say that as I am reading I will be looking for ways that these two boys are alike and ways that they are different. I will say that I will be putting them on a Venn diagram as I go to help me keep track of them.

2. I will say that I notice one difference from looking at the front cover, and that is that one child is white and one has dark skin.

3. I will begin to read the book, and I will stop two times to add characteristics to the diagram. I will then add more characteristics after I finish the book.

c. Closure

I will end by looking at the Venn diagram we completed and noticing how comparing and contrasting these characters helped me understand the story. An example of this would that I know that both boys were fighting for the Union Army, but Pink was living in the South.

VI. Evaluation

The lesson will be successful if at least some of the children will begin to compare and contrast characters as they read. I will provide blank Venn diagrams if they would like to use those.

VII. Professional Reflection

I felt like this lesson went very well. The children enjoyed the story, and I could tell that they were paying attention. After the lesson, they wanted to share things that they noticed, and they found several characteristics to compare and contrast. It seemed very simple to do, but I think it was a good lesson.