Intermediate Guided Reading Lesson Plan Title: You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Genre: Text Structure: Level: Civil War Soldier Informational Narrative Informational Author: Ratliff, Thomas R Publisher: Franklin Watts-Scholastic ISBN: 0-531-16393-8 Literacy Core Objective: 5th Grade Enduring Understanding: Purpose for reading S7/O3 - Recognize and use features of narrative and War is difficult for everyone. Students will learn informational text. about the life of a soldier and will be able to note similarities and differences between Confederate Social Studies Core Objective:.5th Grade and Union soldiers. Students will also S4/O3 - Evaluate the course of events of the Civil War understand the events of the War and resulting and its impact both immediate and long-term. Consequences.
ELL Strategies: “I Can Statements” - Essential Questions: Prior to each days’ reading, read the section headings What was life like for a Confederate soldier? together and have a brief discussion about what the What was life like for a Union soldier? section might be about. Encourage partner discussion What was the reason for the Civil War? before discussing as a group. What resulted from the Civil War? Before Reading Vocabulary: Use the graphic organizer for the vocabulary. Word, Kid friendly definition, and sketch. You may want to do the vocabulary in sections each day. secede (p.5) infantry (p.7) regulations (p.8) reinforcements (p.12) siege (p.20) preserve (p.5) cavalry (p.7) morale (p.11) retreat (p.12) shrapnel (p.22) casualties (p.5) artillery (p.7) imminent (p.12) endue (p.14) blockade (p.24)
Activate/Build Prior Knowledge: Print the Timeline of Events of the Civil War at: http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html, for each student. Review the cause/reasons for the Civil War and make it clear what each side was fighting for. Review the Timeline with the students highlighting the most important events and those covered in the book.
Comprehension Strategy: Compare/Contrast
During Reading Attend to Comprehension Within, Beyond, & About the text: Using appropriate Guided reading strategies, students will be reading at their own pace and teachers will be listening to students read, monitoring, giving feedback, taking anecdotal notes and running records.
Suggested Pacing: Day 1 – p. 5-13 Day 2 – p. 14-21 Day 3 – p. 22-29
As you are reading, pay attention to similarities and differences between the Confederate and Union Soldiers. Note these similarities and differences on the attached Ven Diagram. After Reading Attend to Comprehension Within, Beyond, & About the text:
Complete the attached Ven Diagram comparing Confederate soldiers with Union soldiers.
Content Core Integration:(Science, Soc. St., Math, etc.) Assessment: Activities: Read the diaries of real Civil War soldiers at Students will write a compare and contrast paper using http://www.pitt.edu/~amerimus/LPCWSoldier. the ven diagram they have been working on during the htm Scroll down to item number 3 and click on after phase of reading each day. a soldier’s name.
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