Thursday, March 10, 2011

#4 Ideas: The Perfect Pet by Margie Palatini


Lesson Focus: Ideas

Focus Grade Level: Second Grade

Time Frame: Several Days of 30-40 min

Focus Text/Author: The Perfect Pet by Margie Palatini

Other Materials: writing paper, chart paper, pencils, marker

Ohio Academic Content Standards Lesson Focus:
Standard: Writing Process

K-2 Benchmark: A. Generate ideas for written compositions

2nd Grade Level Indicators: 2. Develop a main idea for writing. 11. Add descriptive words and details and delete extraneous information.

Book Summary: The Perfect Pet is a story about a little girl who really wants a pet, but her parents do not. She does all sorts of things to try to convince them of getting her one. In the end she finds the perfect pet and her parents just might agree. 



About the Author: Margie Palatini is a wonderful children’s author who writes about funny characters and stories. She is very creative and uses her creativity and knack for pretending to make these outrageous stories with these goofy characters. Some of her more popular books include Piggie Pie! and Moosetache



Lesson Steps:
1.       Call students over to carpet and discuss with them about the next trait they are working on, which is the Ideas trait. Go over the poster with them and point out the steps about choosing an interesting topic and supporting it with details. Tell them you are going to read a book to them and to pay attention to the details that make the book important.
2.       Read The Perfect Pet by Margie Palatini.
3.       After reading the story, tell the students you want them to volunteer answers about what types of things Margie did to get her parents to let her get a pet. Record these on chart paper with the students.
4.       Discuss with the students the importance of supporting a main idea with details and interesting ideas.
5.       Tell the students they are going to write a story about persuading their parents to let them get something. Introduce the graphic organizer to the students with the main idea and 3 details. They can add more details on the back if needed.
6.       Have the students go back to their seats to fill out the graphic organizer with a main idea of what they want their parents to let them get and 3 ideas of how they are going to persuade them. After students have completed this let them share with their table partners.
7.       On day 2 students will start writing their stories about persuading their parents to let them get something they really want. They will continue to work on these for the next few days and conference with the teacher when they are finished. At the end they will share their stories with the class.  

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