Read Aloud: Lily and Jack

Read Aloud:

Lily and Jack

By Shelia Wright

Standards and Indicators:

Literary Text:

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RL.MC.5.1: Ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions to demonstrate understanding of a text; use key details to make inferences and draw conclusions in texts heard or read.

​RL.MC.5.2: Make predictions using prior knowledge, pictures, illustrations, title, and information about author and illustrator.

​RL.MC.6.1 Describe the relationship between the illustrations and the characters, setting, or events.

RL.MC.8.1 Read or listen closely to: a. describe characters’ actions and feelings; b. compare and contrast characters’ experiences to those of the reader; c. describe setting; d. identify the plot including problem and solution; and e. describe cause and effect relationships.

Determine Meaning to Form an Opinion Unit 5

Unit Objectives:

​​Unit Focus:

• I can analyze the text and illustrations to make predictions.

• I can reflect to modify my predictions.

• I can use evidence from the text and background knowdledge to make inferences.

• I can reflect to form an opinion.

• I can provide evidence for my opinion.

• I can analyze the characters, setting, events, and ideas as they develop within a text.

Determine Meaning to Form an Opinion Unit 5

Today, I will analyze characters; use their words, feelings, and actions to form an opinion. I will also prove my opinion with text evidence.

to examine closely.

Analyze:

someone who appears in a book, play, movie, or other story.

Character:

​Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

Our story today is called Lily and Jack.

Which character do you think Lily is?

Multiple Choice

Which character do you think Jack is?

Open Ended

How did you predict which character?

Multiple Choice

The author writes, "No, Lily, don't!" says Jack. He does not want Lily to catch a butterfly. She might hurt it."

Which sentence tells you Lily is a girl?

• "No, Lily, don't!" says Jack

• He does not want Lily to catch a butterfly.

• She might hurt it.

Open Ended

Write a sentence about Jack. How can we describe him?

Jack is _____ because _____.

Open Ended

Write a sentence about Lily. How can we describe her?

Lily is _____ because _____.