Read Aloud Lesson Plan - Poppy

Poppy by AVI

Chapter 18 – The Battle

Read Aloud

Standards:

RL 4.6: Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated.

RL 4.3. Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).

Objective: The student will compose a two page narrative from Mr. Ocax's first person perspective.

Materials:

• Poppy by AVI

• Pencil

• Paper

• Editing pen

Procedures:

1. TTW ask the students what has happened so far in the book.
2. TTW introduce the term point-of-view.
   1. Point-of-view: The perspective from which a speaker or writer recounts a narrative or presents information.
   2. First person point-of-view: A story told by a character using the pronoun I or we.
   3. Third-person point-of-view: A story told by a narrator that uses the pronouns he, she, or it but never I or we.
3. TTW ask whose point-of-view AVI is telling Poppy from.
   1. Her own? That would be first person and would include 'I', is I used? Let's listen and see.
   2. The author? How does he know what Poppy thinks?
4. TTW read chapter 18, 'The Battle'
5. TTW ask, “What does sneer mean again?” (pg. 143).
6. TTW say, “It looks like 'I' or 'we' is not used in the book, but the narrator is definitely telling the story from Poppy's perspective.”
7. TTW stop at the page of 146 and have the class close their eyes and ask, “Anonymous vote: Who do you think will win the battle? Mr. Ocax? Poppy? I'm not sure who will win, but it looks like Mr. Ocax is bigger and stronger, but I really want Poppy to win and help her family. Let's keep reading and see if our predictions are right.”
8. TTW stop on page 149 and say, “When Poppy is telling herself to “Let go!” I really can visualize and imagine how she felt, has anyone ever crashed their bike but couldn't let go of the handlebars? I imagine Poppy having that same feeling.”
9. TTW ask the students if anyone knows what 'ignominiously' means and respond, “I didn't either. I wrote the word down on a post it that I keep next to me while reading and looked the word up in my dictionary after. It means 'disgracefully, or dishonorably'.”
10. At the end of the chapter, TTW ask, “were your predictions right? I was really shocked that Mr. Ocax died, I thought maybe they could work out their problems. What did you guys think?”
    1. Students will discuss their predictions and what they thought of the chapter.
11. TTW introduce the Mr. Ocax perspective assignment.
    1. “Now that you know what happens to Mr. Ocax, I want us to get acquainted with different points of view by putting ourselves in Mr. Ocax's shoes (or talons). You are going to write a story from the point of view of Mr. Ocax. I want you to write in first person, meaning that you will use 'I' and it will be told as if you are Mr. Ocax. You can write about the whole story or choose a specific scene. Either way, it will need to be at least two pages. Maybe he was an evil mastermind, or maybe he was just very misunderstood! Be sure that it follows a similar sequence of events as the book. Get started on your paper by using your favorite brainstorming method to put yourself in character. Then we'll get started on our rough drafts.”
12. TSW go to their desks and begin the prewriting stage of their Mr. Ocax point of view narrative.
13. TTW hand out the point-of-view paper rubric.
14. TSW write the rough draft of their narrative. 
15. The students will form writing workshop groups to proofread and share rough drafts. Students will continue work on their draft and submit their final paper on the following day. 

Assessment:

Formative:

1. Comprehension gauged during discussion though teacher observations.

Summative:

1. Rubric for Mr. Ocax point-of-view paper will be given to students and papers will be scored according to rubric.

References:

AVI. (2005). Poppy. New York, NY: Harper Collins.