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Because of Winn-Dixie

Unit Plan

Unit by Miss Jennifer Lucht

Wednesday, September 25, 2013- Friday, October 11, 2013

Mrs.

?Hostetler¡¯s

?Fourth

?Grade

?Class

Hillview Intermediate Center

Grove City, PA

Table of Contents

Section One:

13 Day Block Plan

Section Two:

General Unit Plan Information

Section Three:

Daily Teaching Procedures

Section Four:

Appendix

Student Materials

Assessment Tools

Teacher Materials

Block Plan

Because of Winn-Dixie Block Plan

Mrs.

?Hostetler¡¯s

?Fourth

?Grade

?Class

Day 1:

09/25/13

Day 2: 09/26/13

Day 3: 09/27/13

Introduction: Time

to share stories

about pets

Review HW

Review HW

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Information about

Kate DiCamillo,

author

Mini-Lesson: Point

of View and

Narration

Mini-Lesson:

Sequencing

Introduce

?¡°Wait

?

and

?See¡±

?Tree

?for

?

Predictions

Read Chapters 3-4

Character Analysis

for Franny Block

Vocabulary

Activity: Write

letter from Opal to

her mother

Reading

Intervention

Read

?poem

?¡°A

?Boy

?

and

?His

?Dog¡±

?by

?

Edgar Guest

Introduce Theme

Activity throughout

novel

¡°Wanted: Human!¡±

Activity

?from

?dog¡¯s

?

perspective

Reading

Intervention

Start reading

chapters 1-2

HW: Finish reading

chapters 1-2;

Journal Response

HW: Read Ch. 5;

Character Analyses

for Opal and the

Preacher

HW: Read Ch. 8

Day 4: 9/30/13

Day 5: 10/1/13

Day 6: 10/2/13

Day 7: 10/3/13

Day 8: 10/4/13

Review HW

Review HW

Review HW

Vocabulary

Quiz

Quiz

Content Integration

Mini-Lesson:

Thunderstorms

and Florida

Vocabulary

Read Ch. 15-17

Read Chapter 14

Mini-Lesson:

Making

connections

Mini-Lesson:

Summarizing/Main

Idea

Vocabulary

Mini-Lesson: Cause

and Effect

Activity:

?¡°See

?Me

?

With

?Your

?Heart¡±

Thunderstorms

Demonstration

Reading

Intervention

Reading

Intervention

HW: Read Ch. 11;

Character Analysis

for Gloria Dump

HW: Read Chapters

12-13; Character

Analysis: Otis

Mini-Lesson:

Theme

Activity:

?¡°Goal¡±

?

Tree- decorate

bottles and put a

goal inside

(inspired by Gloria

Dump¡¯s

?mistake

?

tree)

Reading

Intervention

No HW

Read ¡°The

?Civil

?

War¡±

?poem

?and

?

compare to what

we learn in the

novel

Reading

Intervention

No HW

Introduce Project

Options

Reading

Intervention

HW: Read Chapters

20-21; choose a

project option

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