Lessons & Units :: Plot 4th Grade Unit

Lesson 3: Making Predictions about Resolution

Lesson Plan

Lily and the Wooden Bowl | 710L

Lily and the Wooden Bowl
Learning Goal
Make a prediction about the resolution of the problem using the falling actions.
Duration
Approximately 50 minutes
Necessary Materials
Provided: Example Chart for Direct Teaching, Independent Practice Worksheet Not Provided: Lily and the Wooden Bowl by Alan Schroeder, Guided Reading or Independent Reading Book, chart paper, markers

  • Teacher Modeling

    will explain that we can use the falling actions in a story to help us make predictions about the resolution. I will also explain that thinking about falling actions and the resolution helps us to better understand the story. I will continue reading (from Lesson 2) Lily and the Wooden Bowl, stopping after the page when Matsu raises the bamboo stick to Lily. I will identify, chart, and analyze the falling actions in the story. (Direct Teaching Teacher Example Chart is provided below in Teacher and Student Materials.)

  • Think Check

    Ask: How did I make a prediction about the resolution of the story? Students should respond that you read the story and identified the falling actions in the story after the climax. You used these actions to make a reasonable prediction about the resolution.

  • Guided Practice

    will make a prediction about the resolution of the story, using the falling actions to support our predictions. We will listen to the end of the story and check our prediction with the resolution.

  • Independent Practice

    will follow along as I read aloud another book (Use a Guided Reading or Independent Book.) You will make a prediction about the resolution of the story, using the falling actions in the story to support your prediction. After you make your predictions, I will finish reading the story aloud. (Student Independent Practice is provided below.) Note: Read the book for Independent Practice aloud, stopping before the resolution so that students can make a prediction using the falling actions. After students complete the Independent Practice worksheet, finish reading the story aloud and have students check their predictions with the resolution.

    TIP: You may want to have students listen to Tea with Milk by Allen Say for the Independent Practice.

Build Student Vocabulary revealed

Tier 2 Word: revealed
Contextualize the word as it is used in the story But the most astonishing treasure of all was the beauty of the bride, revealed for the first time to the eyes of the world.
Explain the meaning student-friendly definition) When you reveal something, you show it or uncover it. If you reveal a secret, you give it away.
Students repeat the word Say the word revealed with me: revealed.
Teacher gives examples of the word in other contexts When the curtain lifts, it will reveal all the actors on stage. If you tell me what you’re making for your best friend’s birthday, I promise not to reveal the secret!
Students provide examples If I found and opened a treasure chest, what do you think it would reveal? Students should say, “Opening the treasure chest would reveal…”
Students repeat the word again. What word are we talking about? revealed
Additional Vocabulary Words peculiar, bountiful

Build Student Background Knowledge

Pause on page 3 of Lily and the Wooden Bowl, when Lily's grandmother gives her the wooden bowl and paper crane. Explain to your students that a crane is a bird found in Asia. The Japanese crane "tsuru," is a national treasure. It can be found in art and literature, festivals, and folklore. In Japan, the crane is a symbol of luck and life because of a fable that is told in which the crane lives a thousand years. Now, the Japanese fold paper squares into cranes in an art called "origami." Time permitting, share the story of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes and teach your students how to make origami.

Texts & Materials

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User Comments

Thank you. These lessons are great!

Submitted by Egalang24_1539385 on 9/30/15