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Chocolate Fever
By: Elsa Becerril, Kristi Gray, Angela Franklin, Diana Reyna, Mary Barajas.
Book Summary
Henry Green loves chocolate!!! He eats it all day, everyday. When strange things start to happen he realizes he has CHOCOLATE FEVER, the first case ever.
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Lesson Summary
In our second grade classroom, we will read the whole book, during a week span. I, as the teacher will read two to three chapters a day out loud. During the following week, the children will be able to pick their favorite part of the book, and they can describe the setting in a shoebox diorama.
Lesson Goal
Students will draw and discuss visual images based on text descriptions. Students will be able to identify the importance of the setting to a story's meaning. Students will identify and practice skills necessary for producing drawings, paintings, prints, constructions, and model forms using a variety of art materials
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Lesson Objectives
Students will use their reading comprehension skills to demonstrate a chosen setting from the story through an original work of art, a shoebox diorama. Students will present their art work, to the class and explain why they chose that scene and how it relates to the story. (This one can also be a way to evaluate.)
Essential Question
Question: What did Henry learn from his adventure? Answer: "Although life is grand, and pleasure is everywhere, we can't have everything we want every time we want it!" Question: What is self control? Answer: The ability to regulate one's self, and make good decisions.
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Lesson Activities
Reading the story, both independently and aloud as a class. Choosing and interpreting a scene from the book into their shoebox diorama. Presenting their art work, and explaining its meaning to the class.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills ( TEKS )
§110.4. English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 2. (9) (b) (F) Reading/comprehension. The student uses a variety of strategies to comprehend selections read aloud and seiectioi read independently. The student is expected to: monitor his/her own comprehension and act purposefully when comprehension breaks down such as rereading, searching for clues, and asking for help (1-3); draw and discuss visual images based on text descriptions (1-3);
(11) Reading/text structures/literary concepts. The student analyzes the characteristics of various types of texts. The student is expected to: (I) identify the importance of the setting to a story's meaning (1-3) §117.8. Art, Grade 2 (b) Knowledge and skills.
2) Creative expression/performance. The student expresses ideos through original artworks, using a variety of media with appropriate skill. The student is expected to: (A) express ideas and feelings in artworks, using a variety of colors, forms, and lines; (C) identify and practice skills necessary for producing drawings, paintings, prints, constructions, and modeled forms, using a variety of
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Resources and Materials
Chocolate Fever, by Robert Kimmel Smith. http://tbn0.google.com/imaqes?q=tbn:SiSEQZcNQ4cb M:http:// www.livinqspaces.ms/bloq/siqnal/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/flyer.jpq http://tbn0.qooqle.com/imaqes?q=tbn:WT_3LgAHIbk6rM:http:// www.centervilleumc.net/clientimaqes/36303/preschoolimaqe1.ipq http://www.codinghorror.com/bloq/imaqes/rock-climbinq.ipq http://tbn0.qooqle.com/imaqes?q=tbn:luF87zNsavqymM:http:// webloqs.newsdav.com/sports/watchdog/blog/question-mark.ipq
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