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    Angela Vallecorsa Language Arts Grades 7 & 8 October 31, 2012 Big or Essential Question: Comprehension requires and

    enhances critical thinking and is constructed through the intentional interaction between reader and text. How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response? Acquiring and applying a robust vocabulary assists in constructing meaning. Use connections between and among words based on meaning, content, and context to distinguish nuances or connotations Curriculum Standards: 1.1.8. C: Use meaning and knowledge of words across content areas to expand a reading vocabulary. o Reading Anchor: Make inferences, draw conclusions, and make generalizations based on text. Lesson Objectives: Students will be able to use the words they picked from the story to draw a detailed picture. Students will be able to create their own ending, and write this in their journals. Assessment: Students will be assessed based on their journal answers, as well as if they used their describing words in their picture. Materials and Resources: 1. Zorn, Steven. (1991). Mostly Ghostly. Courage Books: Philadelphia, PA. 2. Copies of the story 3. Highlighters 4. Brainstorming activity sheet 5. Picture activity sheet 6. Crayons/Pencils/or/markers 7. Journal Anticipatory Set: Have students think of ways they can use a pumpkin before reading the story. Have the students fill in one or two pumpkins on their sheet and share two ideas. Tell the students after they fill out their brainstorming activity sheets to Make sure you listen carefully to the story to find out where and when the pumpkin comes into play. Procedures: 1. Have students complete the anticipatory set. 2. Pass out the copies of the story and highlighters.

    3. Inform the students to highlight descriptions on their copies of the story of Sleepy Hollow, and Ichabod Crane, as well as when they see anything about a pumpkin. 4. Read the story to the students and stop after the first page to make sure the students are highlighting the correct descriptions. Continue reading, but stop when necessary. 5. After the story is finished, ask the students to think quietly about what they think really happened at the end of the story. 6. Pass out the journals. 7. Have the students write a journal entry 3-5 sentences long about what they think really happened at the end of the story. 8. Put the timer on for 6 minutes. 9. Pass out their picture activity sheets. 10. Read the directions and put the timer on for 6 minutes. 11. Have one or two students share their journal or picture. Closure: Have one or two students share their journal or picture.

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