Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template Grade Level/Subject: 4th Reading Central Focus: Comprehension

Essential Standard/Common Core Objective: RL.4.6- Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.

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Daily Lesson Objective: After being provided with an example and practicing the concept on their own, students will be able to compare and contrast the point of view from how an original fairytale and a fractured fairytale are narrated through creating their own fractured fairytale and accurately comparing/contrasting it to the original. 21st Century Skills: Academic Language Demand (Language Function and Vocabulary): language function: compare/contrast; essential academic vocabulary: fractured fairytale

Prior Knowledge: Student should be able to name the author and illustrator, define the role of each in telling the story, identify who is telling the story at various points in a text, acknowledge differences in the points of views of characters, and distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

Activity

Description of Activities and Setting Raise your hand if you have ever heard of the fairytales The Three Little Pigs or Cinderella. For those of us who dont know what these fairytales are about, can someone tell us what each one about? call on two students, one for each fairytale. Great, now who can tell me what in what point of view each of these fairytales is told? Who is telling the story? Again, call on two students, one for each fairytale. Today, were going to be reading fractured fairytales. We will be comparing and contrasting the point of view of the narrator to the original fairytale. You will show me what you learned by coming up with your own idea of a fractured fairytale and comparing and contrasting the point of view of the narrator of your version to the original. This new concept is important because it helps us as readers to understand that a story can have many perspectives and can be told from various points of view.

Time

1. Focus and Review

4 min

2. Statement of Objective for Student

1 min

3. Teacher Input

A Fractured Fairytales is a story that uses fairy tales you know and changes the characters, settings, plots, or in our case, the point of view. In order to understand a fractured fairytale, I must first have background knowledge on what the original fairytale is about. So if I were to read Jack and the Beanstalk, I know that this fairytale is about a little boy named Jack who trades his cow for five magic beans. His mother is mad that he sold their cow for the beans, so she throws them out the window. The next day, there is a giant beanstalk outside of Jacks window. Jack climbs the beanstalk and finds a giant castle at the top. Jack steals a magic goose from the castle that lays golden eggs and is chased out by the giant that lives there as he steals the goose. When Jack gets to the bottom, he cuts the beanstalk so the giant cant get to him. Jack then uses the golden eggs to make a lot of money for him and his mom. In the fractured fairytale, the new setting is the castle, and the 10 min story is told by two other main characters, the Giant and the Goose. The Giant and the Goose are both conspiring against Jack because they know he is going to come up and try to steal the Goose. When he does, the Goose and Giant punish Jack for being a thief and throws him in jail. Draw a Venn diagram on the board, label both sides original and fractured, fill it in as you go. I can now compare and contrast the different points of view from which the different stories are narrated. The point of view of the main character changed from Jack to the Giant/Goose. A similarity was that in both stories, both of the main characters are out to get one another. When the points of view that the story was told in changed, everything we knew about the events that happened in the original story changed, as well. Thats what happens when point of view changes, we see the story in a whole new light. Now, were going to practice reading a fractured fairytale with a group, then discussing the comparisons and contrasts between what we read to the original fairytale that we reviewed earlier. When you and your group are done reading the fairytale, you will work together to make a Venn diagram like I have on the board and write in three similarities and three differences. Have students get into groups and read through fairytale out loud. Walk around class to make sure students are on task. At the end, help to facilitate discussion between students for their Venn diagram. Now that weve practiced this concept together, youre going to choose a fairytale and write your own fractured version in your reading journal. Your fractured version must be at least a paragraph. You will

4. Guided Practice

20 min

5. Independent Practice

20 min

need to write at least three comparisons and contrasts between the point of view of the narrator of the fractured fairytale you make up, and the original fairytale that you chose. When you finish, raise your hand and I will come by and check off your work or have you make corrections. You may then work on independent reading. If student has not followed guidelines as described in oral instruction (paragraph long, 3 comparisons/contrasts of point of view), have them make corrections before checking off their journal entry. They will not receive classwork credit until they have completed the journal entry fully. Today, we learned how to compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated. Why is this an important concept to understand?

6. Assessment Methods of all objectives/skills:

7. Closure

1 min

8. Assessment Results of all objectives/skills: Targeted Students Modifications/Accommodations: Student/Small Group Modifications/Accommodations: Groups and speaking roles are already pre-determined so that a struggling reader is paired up with an advanced reader for the reading of the fairytale. Groups are also predetermined so that the groups are diverse.

Materials/Technology: Three Little Elephants and Spiderella from attached document. References: Myself