<p> Literacy Unit Lesson Plan Katy Oubs, SLP, October 2010</p><p>Title: Its Not Easy Being an Bunny Narrative Stage: Author: Marilyn Sadler Objective: Teaching Story Details </p><p>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</p><p>* Introduced 1st Quarter ** Introduced 2nd Quarter Literacy Unit Lesson Plan Katy Oubs, SLP, October 2010</p><p>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)</p><p>ELA2R1b** Irregular plurals: moose Students will use the plural and singular form in context. ELA2LSV1e Irregular past: ate, made, had, were, went, could, said</p><p>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.</p><p>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</p><p>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 </p><p>* Introduced 1st Quarter ** Introduced 2nd Quarter Literacy Unit Lesson Plan Katy Oubs, SLP, October 2010</p><p> 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</p><p>Think of reasons the characters wanted to move Complete the circle story outline</p><p>Write a new circle story about where an animal family moves and what problems they encounter. </p><p>* Introduced 1st Quarter ** Introduced 2nd Quarter Literacy Unit Lesson Plan Katy Oubs, SLP, October 2010</p><p>End of Unit Comprehension Questions</p><p>Who was the main character in the story? ______</p><p>What was the setting of our story? ______</p><p>Why did PJ not like being a bunny? ______</p><p>What did he decide to do? ______</p><p>Name three of the animals that PJ tried to live with. ______</p><p>What was wrong with being a beaver? ______</p><p>How did PJ feel at the beginning of the story? ______</p><p>How did PJ feel at the end of the story? ______</p><p>What is hibernation? ______</p><p>If you were PJ which animal would you choose to live with and why? ______</p><p>______</p><p>* Introduced 1st Quarter ** Introduced 2nd Quarter </p>