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11/4/2015 Reading Comprehension: Dragon Comprehends Ideas & Details
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Reading Comprehension: Dragon Comprehends Ideas &Details
Common Core, Language Arts
1, 2, 3
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The children’s picture book – “Old MacDonald had a Dragon” by KenBaker, illustrated by Christopher Santoro (ISBN0761461752)
Lesson Plan Activity Time: 1 to 3 class periods
OBJECTIVES:
Help teachers achieve reading literature Common Core Standards on key ideasand details by practicing reading comprehension skills.
Reading Comprehension of the Plot:
1. Read the picture book “Old MacDonald had a Dragon” aloud to the wholeclass.
2. Discuss the problems that the farmer faced in the story. (What Problemdid he have at the beginning of the book? What choices did he have? Didhe remain happy with his choice? How did the problem get worse? Howdid he finally resolve the problem?
3. Ask the students if they like how the farmer resolved the problem andwhat they would have done in his situation.
4. Discuss how most traditional stories follow a similar pattern of the maincharacter facing a problem that he/she must resolve, and often theproblem gets worse before it gets better.
5. Ask the students if they can think of examples of other stories they haveheard or read where this pattern happens.
6. If desired, put students into groups or partners to talk about and think ofexamples in other stories.
7. Bring students back together and as a class, discuss what they came up with.
8. Some examples that might work for this are:
Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack’s family is poor and he trades a cow for magic beans. His mom getsmad and throws the beans away. Jack climbs the beanstalk and steals giant’s treasure. The gianttries to eat Jack. Jack cuts down the beanstalk.
The Three Pigs: The wolf wants to eat the pigs. The pigs build houses. The wolf blows down thestraw and stick house. The pig in the brick house is safe until the wolf goes down the chimney. Thepig cooks the wolf in a big pot of water.
9. Have students fill out the questions on the story comprehension forms to practice their abilities andso you can assess where they are at in their comprehension.
Reading Comprehension of the Characters:
1. Who are the main characters of the story?
2. Ask and discuss with the students, “what are some things they know about main characters?”
3. Have students fill out the questions on their character comprehension forms to practice their abilitiesand so you can assess where they are in their comprehension.
Reading Comprehension of the Setting:
1. Discuss the setting for “Old MacDonald had a Dragon”.
2. Ask the students the types of things that are usually found on a farm.
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3. Discuss the different types of farms (dairy farms, animal farms, farms that only grow crops, farmsthat have animals and crops, etc.)
4. Talk about how the use adjectives help readers better visualize the setting in a story.
5. Have the students answer questions in the setting comprehension forms to practice their abilities andso you can assess where they are in their comprehension, as well as to experiment with descriptivelanguage to describe a setting of their choice.
Optional Activity: ThinkAloud Reading Comprehension Skill Development:
1. Thinkaloud strategies can help student’s comprehension on tests.
2. By verbalizing their thoughts with this process, students have to occasionally stop and reflect uponwhat they’re reading or hearing, which helps them develop their comprehension skills
3. To conduct this activity, when you read “Old MacDonald had a Dragon” to the students, don’t showthem the pictures until you have:
Read the text on the page
Asked the students the questions listed below associated with the pages specified
Given the students a chance to respond out loud to the questions
Questions for the students
1. Page with farmer singing on the porch – what do you think the farmer looks like? Does the cow soundhappy, sad, or mad?
2. Page that first shows the dragon – what do you picture the dragon doing on this page?
3. Page showing the pig leaving – how do you think the pig is planning to leave?
4. Page with the farmer singing about the dog – what do you picture the dog doing?
5. Page singing moooinkbaawoof – what do you picture the farmer and animals doing?
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Additional Optional Reading Comprehension and Writing Activities:
Alternative Ending: Have the students think of their own alternative ending for the story and ask them towrite that ending.
Imaginative Writing: Ask the students to write about problems and/or good things that would happen if theyhad a dragon at their house.
More on Adjectives: Discuss some of the descriptive language used in the story by the dragon and have thestudents write sentences using some of those adjectives or other adjectives of your choice. (This could bean opportunity to discuss alliteration).
Story Comparison: Read to the class the picture book “Cow Can’t Sleep” by Ken Baker. Ask about anddiscuss the similarities between this book and “Old MacDonald had a Dragon” (it’s on a farm, animals,farmer).
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