W&W Lessons 22-25

L 23

Draw

Draw a smiley face when you have your spiral notebook and pencil out!

Dog - by Valerie Worth

Under a maple tree
the dog lies down,
Lolls his limp
Tongue, yawns,
Rests his long chin
Carefully between
Front paws;
Looks up, alert;
Chops, with heavy
Jaws, at a slow fly,
Blinks, rolls
On his side,
Sighs, closes
His eyes: sleeps
All afternoon
In his loose skin.

What elements of
poetry do you notice in
“Dog” by Valerie Worth?

WARM UP & JIGSAW

Multiple Select

What Elements of Poetry did we find in "Dog" by Valerie Worth?

There were 2...

• Line

• Stanza

• imagery

• meter

“Dog” is written in free verse!

Vocabulary List

Read pgs. 17-19 in Love That Dog

Teacher: Model Fluent Reading

Student: Note Taking

Open Ended

What was one important event that happened to Jack in December?

December

I know…

I can infer…

Teacher: Model Fluent Reading

Student: Note Taking

20-29

PARTNER READ

STICKY NOTE ANNOTATIONS

January

I noticed…

I wonder…

I can infer…

Notice/Wonder/Inference NOTES

Textual Evidence Practice

Open Ended

Use this sentence stem to write your sentence below.

Jack uses the element of _________________ when he says ____________________.

Elements of Poetry REVIEW

Open Ended

Pages 25-27 elements of poetry...

Elements of Poetry REVIEW

Open Ended

Pages 28-29 elements of poetry...

30

Elements of Poetry REVIEW

Open Ended

Page 30 elements of poetry...

At this point, what would you say about how Love That

Dog is structured?

Why do you think Sharon Creech tells Jack’s story this

way?

THINK-PAIR-SHARE

Prose: language or words that are not poetic

MINI LESSON

& Wrap Up

New Day
Lesson 23 cont…

WELCOME

Writing

Draw

Draw an arrow connecting the topic sentence and the concluding sentence.

Writing

Poll

Why is text evidence important in an informative paragraph?

• It's not important

• So you can prove what you are saying

• So you sound smart

• It's definitely not important

Writing

Open Ended

Why do you think Sharon Creech chose to write Love That Dog in poetry? Please use complete sentences in your response.

Writing

Activity

1. Sit in a circle.
2. We are going to play a round of the game “Telephone”
3. I will whisper a quote to the first student. Then they will

whisper to the next student and so on.

GAME

What happens to
the message when
we played the
telephone game?

“Why it is
important to use
quotation marks
when quoting
others in writing?”

THINK-PAIR-SHARE

THINK & SHARE

Draw

Draw the quotation marks around the italicized words.

Class Discussion

BEGIN LESSON 24 - same day

Notes & Review

THINK-PAIR-SHARE

The Red Wheelbarrow
BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens

THINK-PAIR-SHARE

L 24

Welcome

Vocab List

REVIEW

THINK-PAIR-SHARE

THINK-PAIR-SHARE

Independent

Annotate Text

Class Discussion &

Notes

February

I notice …

I wonder …

I can infer…

Notes

● Even though the book is not yet finished, there are

some themes developing in it.

● Discuss in Pairs: What possible themes or

messages are presented in Love That Dog so far?

● Let’s come back together and discuss.

THEME

Class Discussion - REVIEW

THINK-PAIR-SHARE

Wrap Up

L 25

LOVE THAT BOY(audio)

THINK-PAIR-SHARE

What are some
possible themes of
“Love that Boy”?

Model Reading &

THINK-PAIR-SHARE

PARTNER READ

STICKY NOTE ANNOTATIONS

March

Notice (Important Events)

Wonder (Unknown
Vocabulary & more)

Class Discussion & Notes

Write your
answer to
each on its
own post-it!

We will post
these around
the room when

finished

CHALK TALK

Class Discussion

PARTNER ACTIVITY

Teacher Modeling

Student Activity

Write an example of Jack showing great heart, integrating a
quotation to support your example.