Lessons & Units :: Willow 1st Grade Unit

Paired Text Questions: “Callie Learns to Listen” & Willow

Lesson Plan

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Willow
Learning Goal
Integrate information from the fiction passage “Callie Learns to Listen” and the book Willow to compare characters across different texts.
Necessary Materials
Provided:
  1. Questions
  2. Fiction reading passage “Callie Learns to Listen”

Not Provided:
Willow
 
  • Questions 1 and 2 refer to the fiction passage "Callie Learns to Listen." Questions 3 and 4 refer to the book Willow. Questions 5 and 6 refer to both the passage and the book.
  • Student versions of the questions are in the 'Texts & Materials' tab.
 
Part 1: "Callie Learns to Listen"
 
Read the passage “Callie Learns to Listen” out loud to your students. Alternatively, students can read the passage independently or as a group.
 
Question 1: What does Callie keep trying to close?
 
Sample student answer: Callie keeps trying to close her backpack.
 
Question 2: Ms. Jenkins tells the class what the assignment is. Then Callie asks whether there is an assignment. Why does Callie ask this question?
 
Sample student answer (responses may vary in wording but should resemble the following): Callie asks this question because she has been trying to close her backpack instead of listening to Ms. Jenkins.
 
Part 2: Willow
 
Question 3: What is one thing Willow does that makes Miss Hawthorn unhappy?
 
Sample student answer: Responses may vary, as long as they reflect the book. For example, students may respond that Willow paints a pink tree instead of a tree with a brown trunk and green top.
 
Question 4: Why does Miss Hawthorn get unhappy with Willow?
 
Sample student answer: Responses may vary but should reflect the book. For example:
  • Miss Hawthorn gets unhappy with Willow because Willow paints a pink tree.
  • Miss Hawthorn gets unhappy with Willow because Willow does not paint things the way they are.
 
Part 3: "Callie Learns to Listen" and Willow
 
Question 5: How are Callie and Willow alike?
 
Sample student answer (responses may vary but should have a basis in the two texts): Callie and Willow are both students whose behavior does not seem to make their teachers happy.
 
Question 6: Is Willow a better listener than Callie? Support your answer with information from the book and the passage.
 
Sample student answer: Responses may vary, as long as they are supported by the book and passage. For example, students may respond that Willow is a better listener than Callie. Willow does not miss anything Miss Hawthorn says. She just chooses to do things differently. Alternatively, students may respond that Willow does not seem to be a better listener than Callie. Callie only fails to listen once and then resolves to be a good listener. Willow is yelled at again and again for not doing what Miss Hawthorn wants.

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