Book Activities 4 and 5 Magic Treehouse: Vacation Under the Volcano
Activity 4: Knowing Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy (complete anytime between 2/28 and 3/4) Each Magic Tree House book has elements of non-fiction and a bit of fantasy interwoven in the fictional story. A. For this book activity, you will first make three lists of information included in the story Vacation Under the Volcano. Non-Fiction (Fact) Realistic Fiction Elements of Fantasy
B. Then, come up with an activity to help your students (3rd graders) separate fact from fiction in this book. Write a paragraph describing the activity. You do not need to create the activity itself, just say what you have in mind. C. Fantasy is a special kind of fictional writing. Write a short teacher think-aloud for how you would help students understand the difference between a story event that is fictional and one that is fantastic. Pretend you are talking to third graders and refer to particular events from the story in your examples.
Activity 5: Magic Treehouse Strategy Script (complete anytime between 2/28 and 3/4) To complete this activity, you should follow the same steps and format you used to create your Cinderella strategy script. However, this time, your think-aloud plan will include two examples of how you would model “Visualizing” (Chapter 6) and two examples of how you would model strategies for “Asking Questions” (Chapter 7). Each example should have a teacher think-aloud paired with a student response.
Title your strategy script with (1) the strategies you will teach, (2) the text you will use and (3) the grade level of students (3rd graders). Use the following format for Visualizing and then repeat for Asking Questions:
T Explain and Define the Strategy: Explain and define the strategy you selected (like you are talking to students). T1: Compose a think-aloud about your first use of the strategy and include specific and relevant references to the text. Then ask students a question that prompts them to reflect on what you just modeled. S1: Compose an expected student response where he/she “noticed” what strategy you used and gave an example from the text where it applied. T2: Teacher think-aloud S1: Expected Student Response T Clarify: End your strategy script with a brief teacher think-aloud that clarifies the strategy purpose.
Your think-alouds for each strategy should incorporate some of the “components” listed on each of the strategy charts (p. 212 for Asking Questions and p. 215 for Visualizing). Name: ______
EDC425 Book Activity #4 Rubric Fact, Fiction, & Fantasy in Magic Treehouse Vacation Under the Volcano - 10 points
Included three typed lists of information that represents elements of non-fiction, fact, and fantasy woven into the story (2 points each list) Described in a paragraph an activity you would use with 3rd graders to help them separate fact from fiction in this book (4 points each)
Provided an appropriate teacher think-aloud for helping students understand the difference between a fictional event and a fantastic event (4 points).
TOTAL (out of 10 points)
EDC425 Book Activity #5 Rubric Strategy Script with Magic Treehouse Vacation Under the Volcano - 16 points
Visualizing Asking ?’s Appropriately Explained and Defined the strategy you will introduce to students in a teacher think- aloud for your selected grade level of students. (2 points each) Provided two appropriate pairs of teacher think-aloud and expected student response that encourage students to notice and apply each strategy to the Magic Treehouse book (4 points each)
Clarified the strategy purpose and when it is helpful to use in a teacher think-aloud appropriate for students (2 points).
TOTAL POINTS (out of 8 for each)
TOTAL (out of 16 points)