Wednesday 2 and 3

Learning Objective:  Introduction to central idea, supporting details and summarizing.  (RI 8.2)

Teaching Objective:  Students will take key word notes while listening to the big read audio – introduction to the Adventures of Tom Sawyer. They will work in small groups to combine notes and categorize into central ideas.

 

Correct Monday Starter: 

pro         av/past                     art       n      pro    n            sc        pro        av/past                   pro      prep       art          n

we             gave        the   dog     its   food  before   we           took       it          for         a        walk

Starter:  Write out the sentence and identify sentence parts including simple subject, complete predicate, verb, direct object, prepositional phrase, object of the preposition.

Starter Sentence:  we gave the dog its food before we took it for a walk

Novel Introduction:  Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer Unit Plan 

Learning Objective:  Students will be introduced to identifying central idea and supporting details, point of view, dialogue and summarizing skills.  Reinforcement of skills previously taught will be on literary elements, parts of speech, figurative language and grammar. 

Teaching Objective:  Activities throughout the unit will vary:  individual, small group and class discussion

                Author – Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens

                                Hannibal, Missouri, a small town on the Mississippi River

                                Eleven when his father dies

                                Rebellious and high spirited – cut school to play in woods, swim in river, explore                                 caves

                                Best friend – Tom Blankenship – son of town drunk, Twain’s model for                                                 Huckleberry Finn

               

The novel

                Written in 1874-1875

                Twain’s first novel

                Narrator:   An adult who views the adult world critically and looks back on the

                sentiments and pastimes of childhood in a somewhat idealized manner, with

                 witt and also with nostalgia.

                Point of View:  The narrator narrates in the third person, with a special insight into                               the workings of the boyish heart and mind.

                Tone:  Satirical and nostalgic

Genres:  satire, frontier literature, folk narrative, comedy,

               

            Plot – Based on real events and experiences from Twain’s growing up years.  Follows the

            development of a hero from childhood throughout adolescence and into adulthood.

            Characters:  Tom Sawyer – fictional character – composite of three friends Twain grew up                   with

Audio/Assignment:   Take notes while listening to “The Big Read” audio guide.  (Google Tom Sawyer The Big Read or go to:   http://www.neabigread.org/books/theadventuresoftomsawyer/media/

Finish with going over the essays as well as the big read notes. Discussion