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Lessons & Units :: Ming Lo Moves the Mountain 1st Grade Unit
Read-Aloud Lesson: Ming Lo Moves the Mountain
Lesson Plan
Ming Lo Moves the Mountain | 600L
- Learning Goal
- Describe the main character’s problem and his attempts to solve it in order to discuss the themes of wisdom and happiness.
- Duration
- Part 1: Approximately 20 minutesPart 2: Approximately 10-15 minutesPart 3: Approximately 10-15 minutes
- Necessary Materials
Provided:
1. Detailed lesson plan
2. Graphic organizer for guided practice
3. Independent student worksheetNot Provided:
Ming Lo Moves the Mountain
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This lesson is a close reading of the entire text. So it’s important to engage students often, to enhance their learning. Here are two tips:
- When you ask the more complex questions from the lesson, ask students to “turn-and-talk” or “buddy-talk” before answering.
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Once you are deep into the lesson, instead of asking students every question provided, ask them to share with you what questions they should be asking themselves at that point in the text. This is also a great opportunity to use "turn-and-talk."
- Suggested teacher language is included in the lesson.
- We recommend you read the book once to your students, either the day or morning before teaching the lesson.
- This research-based, read-aloud lesson may seem long. Why do students need the lesson to be this way?
Part 1: Teacher Modeling and Questioning
Write the following student-friendly learning goal on the board, then read the learning goal out loud with the class:
We will describe the main character’s problem and how he tries to solve the problem and whether he ends up happy.
Transition Students into the Text
Teacher says: If I told you that I moved an entire office building from one street to another, by myself, would you believe me? What if I told you I moved an entire mountain to another place because the mountain was in my way? Would you believe me? No? Well I think we are all going to be very interested in what we are about to read in Ming Lo Moves the Mountain.
Read page 1 out loud, then stop. Page 1 ends with, “...love the mountain.”
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Teacher asks: Where do Ming Lo and his wife live?
Students answer: Ming Lo and his wife live at the bottom of a large mountain.
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Teacher asks: How do Ming Lo and his wife feel about the mountain?
Students answer: Ming Lo and his wife do not love the mountain.
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Teacher says (models thinking): I wonder why Ming Lo and his wife do not love the mountain. Let’s see whether the story tells us.
Part 2: Guided Practice and Discussion
For this oral lesson, it is suggested to have the completed graphic organizer on the board with the answers concealed. After students provide a correct answer, reveal the corresponding answer on the graphic organizer.
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Teacher says: Let’s summarize what we read about Ming Lo and how he tried to solve his problem.
2.
Teacher asks: Let’s start by remembering what Ming Lo's problem is. What is Ming Lo's problem?
Students answer: The mountain brings Ming Lo and his wife unhappiness.
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Teacher says: Ming Lo goes to a wise man and asks how to move the mountain. The wise man tells him what to do.
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Teacher asks: What is the first thing Ming Lo does to try to move the mountain?
Students answer: Ming Lo cuts down a tree and pushes it against the mountain.
Part 3: Student Independent Practice
Read each question out loud to your students and have each student complete the worksheet independently. For questions 5 A) and 6, you can have students draw their answers, answer orally, or write their answers depending on your students’ progress. If you have them write their answers, you may want to write the word(s) on the board for them to copy. Question 7 is a class discussion question.
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Excellent resource!
As a first year teacher, I greatly appreciate the details in this lesson :-)
brilliant