Objectives: build up the sense of what to learn.

Have a brief introduction of the vocabulary and language

skills in this lesson.

6% Writing Listening and Speaking 14%

Write about your family trip 1. Give information about a family trip
2. Compare genres

42%
38% Vocabulary and Language
Reading
1. Identify nouns
1.Read and analyze Postcard to
2. Learn the grammar rules of
Grandpa
proper nouns
2.Identify setting with a T-chart

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 Objectives: discuss your family trip.
1. Talk about the photo. Ask and answer the given
questions.
2. Model to use the sentence frames. Use the words in the
word bank. Have students use them to give more
information about their family trips.

•Where are they?

•What are they doing here?
•How do they feel?
•How can you tell?
•Where do you go with your
family? What do you do?
We go to ____.
This is where we ___ together.

Word Bank
zoo, animals, park, picnic,
library, read, restaurant, eat

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 Objectives: identify and practice with nouns.
1. Discuss the picture, explain what a noun is. Focus on the types of
nouns.
2. Help and encourage students to give more examples of nouns.
Type to record the nouns on the sheet.

father
mother
Mention more nouns:

Person:
________ ________
son

daughter Place:
________ ________

Thing:
Mom helps cut the cake. Grandma gets a slice. ________ ________

A noun names a person, place, or thing. 4

 Objectives: discuss the cover of the postcard, make a prediction.
1. Talk about the cover page of the postcard. Point out the title.
2. Guide students to make a prediction before reading.

Details
Who writes the
postcard?
Where does it come
from?
Genre
A postcard is like a
letter. You send it in
the mail.

Predictions
What will Amy
by Anna Goy
share in the
postcard?
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 Objectives: learn the text features of a postcard.
Ask and answer questions to learn more information about the
features of a postcard.

March 15
• Who is the author?
Dear Grandpa,
• When does the
Arizona is so fun. author write it?
Arizona
I like riding the horses. • Who does the author
You should come to this write to?
To: Grandpa Tong • What is the setting?
place. • How does Arizona
We miss you! 820 Sunnybrook
look?
Love, Greenhill, Wisconsin • Where will the
Amy postcard be sent?
93759
by Anna Goy

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 Objectives: read and analyze the postcard.
Details
Ask and answer the given questions. Talk about the setting. Make
connections about ourselves.
Find out the date.
March 15 What does Amy do in
Arizona?
Dear Grandpa, How does she feel?

Arizona is so fun. Setting

Arizona
I like riding the horses. What do you know
about cold, snowy
You should come to this places?
To: Grandpa Tong Does Arizona have cold
place.
or hot weather?
820 Sunnybrook
We miss you! How do you know?
Love, Greenhill, Wisconsin
Connections
Amy 93759 What will you write if
you’re going to send a
by Anna Goy postcard?
Who will you send it
to?
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 Objectives: review and practice the text features of postcards.
Ask and answer the given questions to practice the text features.

Text Features
• Who is the author?
May 15 • When does the
Dear Grandpa, author write it?
• Who does the author
Camp Blue Lake is write to?
great. We like to cook • What is the setting?
• How does Camp Blue
outside. I wish you Lake look?
• Where will the
can come with us next To: Grandpa Lee postcard go?
time! 27 Yellow Stone Street
Connections
Love, Seattle, Washington • Where will you go if
98335 you’re going to take a
Bali by Anna Goy trip?
• What will you do?

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 Objectives: use the T-chart to gather information from the postcard.
1. Ask and answer questions to fill in the T-chart.
2. Model to use the sentence frames to make a conclusion of what
we’ve learned from the postcard. Have students use them.

Make Conclusions What the Place

• Fill in the T-chart. Use Place Is Like
the information in the
box below. • __________ • __________
Arizona fun
• Use the sentence frames
to retell the postcard.

• This postcard is from _____ to

_____.
Arizona, fun, riding the
• I know that the author wrote it
horses, Amy, Grandpa,
on ____.
March 15
• The setting is _____.
by Anna Goy

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 Objectives: compare different genres.
1. Review A Special Day for Victor and Postcard to Grandpa.
2. Compare the characters and settings.
3. Compare the genres.

Compare Genres
• Mention what you’ve
learned from A
Special Day for
Victor and Postcard
to Grandpa.
• Compare the
characters and
settings.
• Review and compare
the genres.
by Anna Goy
The story is made up, The postcard is a message from
but it seems real. a real person. 3
4
 Objectives: identify and practice with proper nouns.
1. Discuss the picture, explain what a proper noun is.
2. Learn the grammar rules of proper nouns.

A proper noun is the name of a special person, animal, or place.

Grammar Rules
Start a proper noun with a capital
letter.

Sample:
My grandpa likes his cat, Bo.
capital letter
Grandpa walks on Cherry Street.

capital letters
I see Amy.
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 Objectives: recognize and revise the proper nouns.
I’m Amy. This isis
amy. This 1. Find out the grammar errors. Tell the reasons.
2. Revise the errors.

Bo.
my dog, bo.
Hi,
Hi,Monkey
monkey

Dee!
dee!I’m
I’mBob!
bob!

Fancy
fancy Zoo
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 Objectives: talk about a family trip.
1. Talk about the pictures. Review the grammar rules of proper
nouns.
2. Fill in the T-chart. Type to record the information on the T-
chart.
3. Model to use the sentence frames. Have students use them.

Places Things We Do

• _________ • _________

Fancy Zoo City Library • _________ • _________

• _________ • _________

• _________ • _________

We go to _____.
Greenish Park Whales Restaurant This is where we _____ together.
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 Objectives: explain the homework.
Explain the homework to students. Remind
students to shoot and post their writing.

• Online exercise

• My Writing Journal P21-24