Whole Group Lesson Plan
Whole Group Lesson Plan
Central Focus:
Comparing and Contrasting two similar
folktales by using the differences/similarities
in the characters and the plot
Subject:
Reading/Literacy
Essential Standard/Common Core
Objective:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.9
Compare and contrast two or more
versions of the same story (e.g.,
Cinderella stories) by different authors or
from different cultures.
Daily Lesson Objective:
Date taught:
Students will independently complete a Venn diagram by cutting out the 8 pieces of
information, pulled from the stories, from the answer choices and glue them in the
correct place on the Venn diagram. The students will meet the objective by placing all of
the phrases from the story in the correct spot.
21st Century Skills:
Social and Cross-cultural Skills:
Students must understand when it is
okay to speak and when they need to
listen
Critical Thinking: Students must
analyze the answer choices and make the
decision of where it goes
Information Literacy: Students
evaluate information that is provided for
them
Prior Knowledge:
Students should already have learned how to use a Venn Diagram (they shouldve done
a Venn diagram to compare fables with folktales earlier in the unit) and should have
some idea of what a folktale is.
Activity
1. Focus and Review
Description
Teacher will draw a Venn diagram on the board and ask
the students if theyve seen it before. If they have, the
teacher will then have students explain what it does
and what each section means.
Teacher will introduce The Three Little Pigs as well as
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and ask if
anyone has read either of the stories.
3. Teacher Input
4. Guided Practice
5. Independent Practice
teacher and get a glue stick. The students will glue the
correct phrase from the story to match the correct
placement on the Venn diagram.
Example phrases include:
The pigs each build a house
The wolf is arrested and sent to jail
The wolf huffs and puffs
The wolf is telling the story
6. Assessment Methods of
all objectives/skills:
7. Closure
8. Assessment Results of
all objectives/skills:
Targeted Students
Modifications/Accommodations
Student/Small Group
Modifications/Accommodations
Materials/Technology:
Two stories: The Three Little Pigs and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Whiteboard for Venn diagram drawing in guided practice
Two worksheets for independent practice and assessment (listed on next two pages)
Glue stick (one per student)
Scissors (one per student)
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