LESSON 8A: Comparing Two Books

Using two books, The Hat and Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothes, students identify connections between text ideas (similarities and differences).

 

GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

R1I: Identify connections, with assistance, between text ideas-similarities and differences in various real and make-believe works (fiction and non-fiction) and text ideas and own experiences.

 

LESSON MATERIALS

§         Sources of Literature

o           The Hat by Jan Brett and Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothes by Judi Barrett

 

§         Supplies 

o        Chart paper

 

§         Handouts provided

o        None

 

§         Words to know

o        none

 

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Make mental notes to be recorded later of students’ participation during the activity.  At the end of this lesson, record your observations of students who noted similarities or differences in the two texts. Notes from this observation and others can be used to rate each student using the checklist at the end of this unit.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

 

1.        Gather in read-aloud area and gain attention of students by using a class signal.

 

2.        Review the title of the book and the author/illustrator of The Hat.

 

3.        Do a picture walk with the book as students retell the story.

 

Strategy

 

Think Aloud:  “This book makes me think about another book about animals with clothes.”

 

 

4.        Introduce Animal Should Definitely Not Wear Clothes by Judi Barrett. Discuss the title of the book, the author and the illustrator.

 

Questions

for

Students

Tell me about the pictures on the cover?

What do think is going to happen in this book?

 

 

5.        Read Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothes.

 

6.        Discuss the story.

 

7.        Use chart paper and compare the text ideas (similarities and differences) of The Hat and Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothes.

 

Idea

Student could choose an animal and draw the animal wearing something silly. The children write a sentence about their animal. (Sentence should follow the pattern of the story) Put together to make a class book.