Acquisition Lesson Plan (EATS Format) Name: D.Buffington, M.Grunewald

Acquisition Lesson Plan (EATS Format) Name: D.Buffington, M.Grunewald, J.Thompson (Plan for the Concept, Topic, or Skill – Not for the Day) Topic: _Character,Setting,Plot

Essential Question: How can the setting of a story influence the plot? ------What do students need to learn to be able to answer the Essential Question? Assessment Prompt #1: What determines the setting of a story? Assessment Prompt #2: How does the plot change if the setting changes? Activating Strategies:

Do a picture walk of Davy Crockett Saves the World. Predict the setting of the story. Write the prediction on a Post-It Note and add to a brainstorming web. Look at the Post-It Notes and come up with a definition for the word, setting. (Bring out that the setting includes both the time and the place.) ------Key vocabulary to preview: (See above.) setting Teaching Strategies:

Graphic Organizer: Plot / Setting T-Chart ------Instruction:

Davy Crockett Saves the World: Using Treasures pages 50-51, model finding the clues that help determine the setting - using a Think Aloud. Model use of Plot / Setting T-Chart (similar to Character/Plot Chart T-Chart used in previous story).

Follow procedure used for Miss Alaineus. Guide students through the first few pages, then chunk the text for Distributive Practice as suggested in the Teacher Guide.

AP #1: Students fill in the part of the graphic organizer labeled “setting” with a partner. Partner 1 uses Post-It Notes to mark the clues for the where and the when. Partner 2 writes the setting on the graphic organizer. Rolls are reversed for the next chunk. Repeat to the end of the story.

After reading the complete story, have students go back and analyze how the plot changed because the setting changed.

AP #2: Model the completion of the first section of the Plot side of the graphic organizer. Have students work with their partners to complete the other two sections.

------Assignment: What if Davy Crockett took place today? Take one of the events from the story and rewrite it, showing how the plot changes because of the change of setting.

Summarizing Strategy: One Sentence Summary: Write one sentence that shows the relationship between the setting and plot of the story we read. Read your sentence to your partner and discuss.