Title: Narrative Stage

Literacy Unit Lesson Plan Katy Oubs, SLP, October 2010

Title: Its Not Easy Being an Bunny Narrative Stage: Author: Marilyn Sadler Objective: Teaching Story Details

Standards Activities Materials/Assessment ELA2R4 Read It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny, Introduce concept of a circle story Materials: ELA2LSV1d ActivInspire ELA2R4l* Discuss story elements using ActivInspire paying special attention to: Its Not Easy Being a Bunny story Comprehension Braidy Doll ELA2R4k What caused PJ to leave the bunnies? ELA2R4b* Predict what animal will come next ELA2R4d* Recall details in order using Braidy green rings ELA2R4e* Model summarizing text with Braidy Assessment ELA2R4f Discuss Fact and Fiction: Which is this story? Story Elements-checklist during ELA2R4g** Identify the feelings of PJ by looking at his face on each page: sad –happy – activity confused/ frustrated- happy ELA2R3a,d* What do we call it when bears go to sleep for the winter? End of Unit Review Questions ELA2R4d** Why does PJ not like the skunks? ELA2R4d** How do we know PJ is happy to be a bunny at the end? ELA2R4g** How do the other animals feel at the end? ELA2LSV1a,d ** What question would you like to ask PJ? ELA2R4d** What is the moral of the story? Vocabulary Assessment ELA2R3b** Multiple meaning words/ Homonyms/ Homographs: (pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings) live, cook, leaves, like, work, call, down, Students will create a book illustrating hang, take, play the differences in word meaning or ELA2R3c** Homophone: (pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both) Use the words appropriately in a not/knot, made/maid, one/won, to/too/two, many/mini, leave/leaves, be/bee, sentence for each meaning bear/bare, when/win, for/four, so/sew, do/dew/due, see/sea, night/knight, him/hem, or/oar, ate/eight

* Introduced 1st Quarter ** Introduced 2nd Quarter Literacy Unit Lesson Plan Katy Oubs, SLP, October 2010

ELA2LSV1e* Antonyms: hard/soft, good/bad, all/none, big/small Students will correctly provide the ELA2R3c* Synonyms: not very exciting/boring, very happy/excited/overjoyed, very antonym or synonym upon request. ELA2LSV1e big/huge/enormous Grammar/Word Identification Assessment: ELA2R1b** Regular plurals: carrots, brothers, sisters, ears, bears, birds, beavers, pigs, calls, Students will state the pattern for the possums, skunks regular plurals. (add –s)

ELA2R1b** Irregular plurals: moose Students will use the plural and singular form in context. ELA2LSV1e Irregular past: ate, made, had, were, went, could, said

ELA2R1c* Compound Words: Funnybunny, upside, headache, everyone Student will generate 3 compound words not discussed. ELA2R1c** Contractions: It’s, don’t Student will explain a contraction.

ELAR1f* Multisyllabic words: Funnybunny, very, being, bunny, mother, carrots, every, many, Students will clap out the syllables in brothers, sisters, decided, P.J., anymore, winter, living, exciting, until, beaver, only, the words listed. possum, hanging, headache, really, hurried, happy, again

ELA2R4f* Read fact sheet about possums using a graphic organizer and schema. Materials: http://opossum.craton.net/ ELA2LSV1a,d ** Generate questions about the reading. http://www.opossumsocietyus.org/opos ELA2R4c/j sum.html Possum fact sheet Writing Assessment ELA2W1h,m,n,r* Complete graphic organizer Students will recall facts about ELA2W2d,e,h* write informational possums after viewing the powerpoint or to successfully complete the graphic ELA2W2a,d,e persuasive piece using the information organizer. Students will complete either an informational or persuasive piece of

writing using the graphic organizer. ELA2R3a Review circle story concept and compare to other circle stories: Assessment: ELA2R4l,m Rosie’s Walk Graphic Organizers The Very Lazy Ladybug Compare and Contrast graphic Chrysanthemum The Best Nest Pigs (Munsch) Are You My Mother? The Grouchy Ladybug

Think of reasons the characters wanted to move Complete the circle story outline

Write a new circle story about where an animal family moves and what problems they encounter.

End of Unit Comprehension Questions

Who was the main character in the story? ______

What was the setting of our story? ______

Why did PJ not like being a bunny? ______

What did he decide to do? ______

Name three of the animals that PJ tried to live with. ______

What was wrong with being a beaver? ______

How did PJ feel at the beginning of the story? ______

How did PJ feel at the end of the story? ______

What is hibernation? ______

If you were PJ which animal would you choose to live with and why? ______

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* Introduced 1st Quarter ** Introduced 2nd Quarter