Lessons & Units :: Stone Soup 2nd Grade Unit

Paired Text Questions: Stone Soup & "My Travel Journal in China, Day 5"

Lesson Plan

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Stone Soup
Learning Goal
Integrate information from the reading passage “My Travel Journal in China Day 5” and the book Stone Soup to analyze the actions of the characters in the two texts.
Duration
Approximately 20 minutes
Necessary Materials
Provided:
  1. Questions
  2. Non-fiction reading passage “My Travel Journal in China Day 5”

Not Provided:
Stone Soup
 
  • Questions 1 and 2 refer to the passage “My Travel Journal in China Day 5.” Questions 3 and 4 refer to the book Stone Soup. 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: “Ancient China – My Travel Journal in China Day 5”
 
Read the passage “My Travel Journal in China” out loud to your students. Alternatively, students can read the passage independently or as a group.
 
Question 1: What site in China did the author visit?
 
Sample student answer: The author visited the Forbidden City.
 
Question 2: The author wrote that the Forbidden City is now a museum and is an "amazing sight." Based on this evidence, why did the author travel to the Forbidden City?
 
Sample student answer: The author traveled to the Forbidden City to visit the museum and learn about the Forbidden City.
 

Part 2: Stone Soup

 
Question 3: What place did the monks visit?
 
Sample student answer: They visited a village in China.
 
Question 4: Why did the monks travel to the village?
 
Sample student answer: The monks traveled to the village to answer the question, "What makes people happy?"
 

Part 3: "My Travel Journal in China Day 5” and Stone Soup

 
Question 5: What did the monks and the author of the passage have in common?
 
Students answer (may vary and should include):
  • They all traveled.
  • They all traveled in China.
  • They all traveled for a reason.
  • They all wanted to learn something.
 
Question 6: The monks and the author of the passage all traveled in China. They all had reasons for traveling. How was the monks’ reason for traveling different than the author’s reason for traveling?
 
Sample student answer (may vary and should include):
  • The author wanted to see a place. The monks wanted to answer a question. 
  • They both wanted to learn something. The author wanted to learn about the Forbidden City. However, the monks wanted to learn what makes people happy. 

Texts & Materials

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User Comments

Great lesson! My students loved learning about the forbidden city as well.

Submitted by asia.abrams-blakes_1507001 on 8/20/15