English
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Week 1
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Objectiv
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• Identify the setting, characters and
plot
• Sequence the events of a narrative
(at least 6 events)
• Make predictions
• Draw conclusions based on the text
read
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Activating Prior
Knowledge
In the story of ‘The
Monkey and the
Tortoise’, who are the
characters in the story?
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What problem did
the characters
encounter?
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What was the
most memorable
part of the story?
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What lesson
does the
story teach
us?
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Establishing Lesson
Purpose
This week’s lesson
will be about
elements that
make a story.
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You will also
make guesses
on what will
happen next.
What do you like
about reading and
telling stories?
What lessons
can you
learn from
stories?
Word Family Tree
Word List Dictionary Meaning:
a. dipper Synonyms
b.
parched A sentence where you found this word
c. spill
d.
Your own sentence using the word:
refreshed
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Developing and Deepening
Understanding
Stories have
characters, setting,
series of events, and
moral lessons.
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What do you
like best
about
stories?
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Share your
favorite
stories.
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“The Legend of
the Dipper”
Originally written by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey in 1906
A version for storytelling was written by J. Berg Esenwein &
Marietta Stockard for the South Texas Christian Schools Speech
Meet 2011-2012.
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“The Legend of the Dipper”
A kind act is often its own reward
There had been no rain in the land for a
very long time. It was so hot and dry that
the land was parched and brown and
even the big, strong trees were dying.
The water dried up in the creeks and the
fountains stopped bubbling.
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continuation of ‘The Legend of the Dipper’
All the people and creatures were
so thirsty! Everyone felt weak.
There was one little girl whose
mother grew very ill. “I must have a
drink of clear cold water,” cried the
mother, as she lay in bed, so weak
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Make
Predictions
What do you
think the little girl
will do?
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The little girl took her tin dipper and
began her search for water in the
dark night. By and by she found a
tiny little spring up on a
mountainside. It was almost dry.
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continuation of ‘The Legend of the Dipper’
The water dropped, dropped, ever
so slowly from under the rock. The
girl held her dipper carefully and
caught the drops. She waited a long
time until the dipper was full of
water. Then she started down the
mountain holding the dipper
carefully, for she didn’t want to spill
a single drop.
Make
Predictions
What made it
diffucult for the
little girl to get
water?
Make
Predictions
Do you think she will have an
easy time on her way back
home? What do you think will
happen next?
continuation of ‘The Legend of the Dipper’
On the way, she passed a poor little dog who had
been following her. The dog was panting for breath
and was so thirsty. The little girl looked at her
dipper then poured some water into her hand and
held it down for the little dog. He lapped it up
quickly and felt so refreshed. The little girl didn’t
notice—but her tin dipper had changed into a silver
dipper and was just as full of water as it had been
before.
Make
Predictions
What do you think
the little girl will do?
Make
Predictions
Why do you think
the tin dipper
turned into silver?
continuation of ‘The Legend of the Dipper’
The little girl started on again,
hurrying very fast, for she
remembered how much her mother
needed her, but she had not gone
very far when she met a stranger in
the road. He was tall and his eyes
looked down with a wonderful smile
into the little girl’s face. He begged for
a drink of the clear, cold water.
Make
Predictions
What do you think
the little girl will
do?
Make
Predictions
What will
happen next?
continuation of ‘The Legend of the Dipper’
The little girl thought that her mother
told her to always be kind to strangers,
so she held the water up to the
stranger. Suddenly, as the stranger
drank, the silver dipper was changed
into gold – full to the brim with sparkling
water.
Make
Predictions
What do you think
the silver dipper
turned into gold?
What will happen
next?
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continuation of ‘The Legend of the Dipper’
The little girl hurried along as fast
as she could go. She was so tired
and thirsty but she would never
take a drink herself. Her mother
needs all the water that was left.
She finally arrived home and then
came the greatest wonder of all!
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Make
Predictions
What do you think
will happen next?
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What will happen
next?
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continuation of ‘The Legend of the Dipper’
The little girl held the gold dipper
to her mother’s lip and as the
mother drank, she became well
and strong once more. And the
gold dipper was changed to a
diamond dipper – shining and
glittering with gems.
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Make
Predictions
Something magical
will happen next.
What do you think
will happen next?
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The diamond dipper left the little
girl’s fingers to shine up in the sky.
It shines every night to remind all
little children that there was this
little girl who was brave, kind, and
unselfish.
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Ask more
comprehension
questions after
reading the whole
story.
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What makes the
girl brave?
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What makes the
little girl kind
and unselfish?
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Which part of
the story do you
like best?
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Lesson
Activity
Guide the students in
identifying the elements
of the story using the
Story Map.
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Story Map
Characters Settings
Goal/ Problem
Major Events
Ending/
Resolution
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Learners’
Takeaways
Ask students to complete an I CAN statement.
I can
After doing the activities this week, write one thing you
can already do about reading a story. Below are
examples:
I can describe the setting.
I can retell events in the story.
I can predict what will happen next.
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Reflection on
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Learning
Have the students complete the
following statements:
When reading a story, I really
like it when______.
When reading a story, I don’t
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Formative Assessment
“The New Legend of the Dipper”
Comic Strip
Have students work in small groups.
Instruct them to draw about the
events in the story, “The Legend of
Dipper.” The drawings will be used to
retell the story but groups must come
up with a different ending. The
worksheet can be used as a guide.
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Note observations on any of the
following areas: Effective Practices Problems Encountered
strategies explored
materials used
learner
engagement/interaction
others
