This document provides a lesson plan about realistic fiction and poetry. It includes a reading of the poem "A Good Play" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Vocabulary and grammar lessons focus on words ending in "-le" and forming plural possessives. Comprehension strategies explore using story structure and plot elements. Fluency and expression are practiced by partner reading.

1. Genre:
Realistic
Fiction
Lesson 11 Day 2
Author:
Patricia C.
McKissack

2. Question of the Day
If you were going to put on a show
or play, what would it be about?
If I were going to put on a _________.
It would be about___________.
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Oral Language

3. Today you are going to listen to
the poem “A Good Play,” by
Robert Louis Stevenson.
What do you think the purpose might
be for reading a poem about children
playing?
The purpose for reading a poem about children
playing would be for enjoyment.
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4. A Good Play
We built a ship upon the stairs
All made of the back-bedroom chairs.
And filled it full of soft pillows
To go a-sailing on the billows.
We took a saw and several nails,
And water in the nursery pails;
And Tom said, ”Let us also take
An apple and a slice of cake,”---
Which was enough for Tom and me
To go a-sailing on, till tea.
We sailed along for days and days,
And had the very best of plays;
But Tom fell out and hurt his knee,
So there was no one left but me.
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5. How did the children build their ship?
The children built their ship on the stairs and
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they used pillows and chairs.
Which words in the poem rhyme?
The words in the poem that rhyme are stairs/chairs,
pillows/billows, nails/pails, take/cake …

6. C-le Syllable
Part A
1.ripple 4. idle
2.bundle 5. cable
3.kettle 6. staple
Who can tell me what is similar about these words?
They all end with –le, and they all have one or two
consonants before the –le.
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7. Part A
1.ripple rip/ple
4. idle
2.bundle bun/dle
5. cable
3.kettle ket/tle
6. staple
Remember the –le ad the consonant that comes
before it form a syllable.
Look at words 1-3 and tell me where each
word is divided.
They are divided between the consonants.
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8. When a word has two consonants before the –le,
the vowel sound in the first syllable is short.
Now look at words 4-6 and tell me where these words are
divided into syllables.
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Part A
1.ripple 4. idle
2.bundle 5. cable
3.kettle 6. staple
i/dle
ca/ble
sta/ple
They are divided after the first vowel. When a word has one
consonant before –le, the vowel sound in the first syllable is
long.

9. Can someone read these
sentences for me?
Dan’s uncle sat at the
table. He cut the apple
down the middle with
no trouble.
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10. Part B
Which spelling is right?
1. Another word for small is ________. little litle
2. The name of the book is its _____. tile title
3. A ______ is a baby’s toy. rattle ratle
4. A light rain is a ______. drizle drizzle
5. _____ syrup is made from treesap. Maple Male
6. A small bite is a ______. nible nibble
Remember that a consonant and –le form the final syllable,
and the presence of two consonants before –le usually
means the vowel sound in the first syllable is short.
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12. 1. How do you think the writer felt when
his brother was encouraging him?
Explain.
2. Why was the writer’s success at free
shots so brief?
3. How did Vince’s chuckling make the
writer feel?
4. Why did the writer say that Gary’s
voice was soothing?
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13. 5. How did Gary keep the writer from
sobbing?
6. What did Gary say to praise the
writer?
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14. Robust Vocabulary
• Encouraging- Something
that is encouraging gives
someone hope or
confidence.
• What’s the word?
• encouraging
• Would you want to hear
encouraging words?
Explain.

15. Robust Vocabulary
• brief- If something is brief,
it does not take much time.
• What is the word?
• brief
• If you ran for a brief time,
would you be tired?

16. Robust Vocabulary
• chuckling – If you are
chuckling, you are laughing
quietly to yourself.
• What is the word?
• chuckling
• Would you hear chuckling
at a funny movie or a sad
movie?

17. Robust Vocabulary
• soothing- Something that is
soothing makes you feel calm
• What is the word?
• soothing
• Would the sound of a loud
motor or the sound of a
fountain be soothing?

18. Robust Vocabulary
• sobbed- Someone who
sobbed cried very hard.
• What is the word?
• sobbed
• Why might someone have
sobbed at the end of a day?
Explain.

19. Robust Vocabulary
• praised- If you have
praised someone, you have
told that person that he or
she did something well.
• What is the word?
• praised
• When have you been
praised?

20. Comprehension Strategy
Use Story Structure to help you understand
the problem, and the solution of the problem.
Good readers pay attention at the
beginning of a story to find out about the
characters, the setting, and the problem
faced by the characters. In the middle of the
story, good readers look for important
events that lead to the problem being solved
at the end.
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22. Characters Setting
Dana, Mrs .Lasiter, Carolyn, Mama, daddy,
Granddaddy, Josh Greg, Steward, Debra Miller,
Grandmama
Problem or Plot
Important Events
Solution
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Community center
Carolyn worries that her parents love her siblings more.
Dana and Josh perform successfully. Carolyn is too nervous to perform.
Carolyn runs from the stage. Carolyn talks to her mother in the parking
lot.
Carolyn’s mother convinces her that she is loved as much as her brothers and
sisters.

23. CHECK COMPREHENSION
RETELL Remember that the plot is made up of the event, or
things that happen, in a story. Keeping track of what is
happening and when it happens can help a reader
understand the story better. The plot includes the main
character’s problem and the solution. Can someone tell me
Carolyn’s main problem?
Carolyn’s main problem is that she believes her
parents love her siblings more than her.
Now look at the graphic organizer you have been completing and
use it to write a short summary of the story, including all the
important events.
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24. Focus Skill: Plot /Story Elements
• Story Elements : Promethean Planet

25. FLUENCY
Expression
Reading With Expression Good readers show feeling and mood, or
expression, as they read, matching what the writer has the
characters say or think. For example, when a character is
scared, a good reader will make his or her voice go higher.
Readers can make their voices fierce for anger or squeaky and
fast to show excitement.
Now listen and follow along as I read page 311 .
Reading with expression makes the story more interesting.
Now we are going to get with our reading partners and
practice reading with expression page 311. One will read
one paragraph and then the other will read the next
paragraph and so on till you finish that page. If you finish
before I call time then read it again but this time you read
your partners paragraph and let them read the paragraphs
you just read.
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26. BUILD ROBUST VOCABULARY
swooned You might do this if you have a terrible shock or surprise that makes you
faint or fall
astonished To be amazed and surprised by something.
envious When you want something that someone else has
rivalry When two people compete against each other for something
1. Carolyn felt envious of the way her parents
treated her brother and sister.
4.Would you be envious of a friend’s toy that you also had or a toy that
you didn’t have?
1. Carolyn feels a rivalry with her brother and sister
because she thinks she is competing against them
for her parents’ love.
4. Would there be a rivalry between players on the same team or on
two different teams?
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27. Now list things that might make you envious of
someone else and tell how the things on the list
are alike and how are they different?
Work with a partner to think of
examples of rivalry. Then brainstorm
words, such as competitive, to
describe a rivalry.
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28. DOL
dogs’ are
4. The dogs leashes is lost.
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5. my friends comforted me

29. GRAMMAR
PLURAL POSSESSIVE NOUNS
TEACH/MODEL Remember that plural means “more
than one” and that a plural noun names more
than one person, place, or thing. Most plural
nouns end in s. If I want to show that one of
these plural nouns owns or has something, I just
add an apostrophe (‘) after the final s.
The students desks are in a row.
The word students is a plural noun and the
students have the desks. We add an apostrophe to
show that the desk belong to the students.
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30. Guided Practice
The boys poems were good ones.
The girls performances were wonderful.
As I read the first sentence I see that the
word boys should be made possessive
because the poems belong to the boys.
Can someone tell me where the
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apostrophe should be.
‘
Now look at this sentence and see if you can tell me what word should
have an apostrophe and where it should go.
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31. ‘
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tigers
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PRACTICE /APPLY
mothers friends
‘
‘
teachers
On a separate sheet of paper, write
each word and then make it possessive.
Now write a sentence using each word.
Then share your sentence with your
neighbor and check to make sure their
plural possessive forms are correct.

32. WRITING
PARAGRAPH THAT COMPARES
Paragraph That Compares
 Has a topic sentence that tells
what is being compared.
Tells how two or more things
are alike.
Uses signal words such as
both, alike, and same.
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33. Model Prewriting
Now we are going to compare Fruits
grow on plants
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and Vegetables.
FRUITS VEGETABLES
good to eat
grow on trees and plants
good for you
colorful
good to eat
good for you
colorful
Is this trait also true of vegetables?

34. PRACTICE /APPLY
Now you are going to write the names
of two items you would like to compare
as column headings like I did Fruit and
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Vegetables.
Now you will write the traits or
qualities of each. You will need to keep
this list for and an activity we are going
to do on Wednesday.