Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat By Patricia Reilly

Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat By Patricia Reilly Giff

Day 1: Launching • Genre: Realistic fiction (a story that could really happen but is made up) • Summary-Each person on a team has something special to offer. Read to find out what Ronald offers his team.

Day 1: Essential Question What character traits can we use to describe Ronald Morgan?

Day 1: Listen to reading Zoom in: Listen to me read this. Can you hear my voice go up and down at the period or question mark? Notice how I pause at a comma then read on.

Day 1: Turn and Talk I can answer WWWW and H questions 1. Who is telling the story? Is this first person or third person? 2. What does the author mean by “the ball sailed into the trees? ” 3. Put your finger on one strong detail the author uses. How does this detail make her writing strong like our stories?

Day 2: Choral Reading I can retell a story and include important details 1. Let’s reread the story together 2. Track each word with your eye or finger and match your words to mine

Day 2: Task I can retell a story and include important details • Let’s review the beginning, middle, and end of the story by summarizing. B: M: E: • Now let’s put our ideas into a comic strip! http: //www. readwritethink. org/files/resources/intera ctives/comic/ Does our comic correctly summarize the B, M, E?

Day 3: Making Meaning I can use the story to help me learn new words • Preview the story and put your eyes on these words – deserve page 207 – certainly page 210 – spirit page 211 • Read knees to knees with your partner • As you get to each word, try to figure out the meaning with your partner by using clues from the text.

Day 3: Making Meaning Vocabulary Bingo!

Day 4: Gathering Evidence Summarize this story and explain the lesson it teaches. Include two details from the story to support your answer. Let’s get started together!

Day 5: Closure Reader’s Theater • Each table will be assigned a scene • I will assign roles • You will have 10 minutes to practice with your groups

Day 5: Closure • Let’s perform by groups! • Did you notice other readers’ voices going up and down at periods and commas?