Keats+Author+Study

=Goals out of Ezra Jack Keats Study =

DAY BY DAY LESSONS ARE HERE: CLICK HERE. BUT THIS PAGE IS AN OUTLINE OF ALL THE BIG PICTURE GOALS.

TWO MONTH OVERVIEW PLAN: CLICK HERE.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT READ ALOUDS: CLICK HERE

=What do kids need to know about? = Basically we want students to understand character, setting, and problem + solution. Start off teaching them separately and then later on combine them. We think that we need to start with characters. Then move to setting and then to problem + solution. We need to think about how this connects to independent reading.
 * Reading Learning Targets
 * being able to describe character through character traits
 * inferring
 * reoccurring characters
 * setting
 * asking questions about how things would be different if the setting was on (a farm)
 * I can compare and contrast characters (I can understand how characters change)
 * Elements of Story (clear problems and solutions)
 * just do this for now and then go further later in the year - we need the basic story grammar solid for all students
 * Writing Learning Targets
 * What are Keats' footprints?
 * Describing the neighborhood and the characters by having students look at the vivid illustrations? Because Keats really describes through pictures
 * **Writing Goals**
 * voice
 * word choice
 * Boston Neighborhood Learning Targets
 * Writing Neighborhood Stories inspired by Keats (also a Writing Learning Target)
 * Learning About Keats
 * social justice
 * him as an author and his life
 * Talking Learning Targets
 * See, Think, Wonder Strategy (how does this enhance/effect the writing)
 * We think that the writing can connect to this
 * See, Think, & Wonder about a character; See, Think, & Wonder about a setting; See, Think & Wonder about problem and solution

=Ideas About Reader's Notebooks =
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">teaching different ways of responding (choice is key) - three or four choicesmodel your own Reader's Notebook
 * staple instead of pasting saves time
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">During Read Aloud time students would then have time to try-it
 * Trying it might be talking about it or writing about it
 * Trying it might be talking about it or writing about it

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">End Project =
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Creating a Keats neighborhood