Number the Stars: Final Chapters and Project

Grade Level: 6

Objective: Student will finish Number the Stars and reflect on his reading.

In the past two days we:

-Read Chapters 10-17 aloud, focusing on foreshadowing, prediction-making, and the author's use of symbol and setting
-Wrote a short summary of the novel
-Reflected on the books title, opening chapter, and cover illustration
-Created an alternative cover to Number the Stars

K's alternative cover and book summary, crafted into a poster to display in the school hallway

Washington State Standards Covered:

Reading:  

-Students are able to demonstrate evidence of reading comprehension through their understanding of theme, main, and supporting ideas. 

-Students are able to predict and infer, citing textual examples to support their inferences.

-Students are able to use comprehension monitoring strategies, including generating and answering questions and creating a graphic organizer 

-Students are able to summarize of the main ideas in a text.

-Students are able to understand time and sequence in a text (for example, explaining foreshadowing in a work of fiction or steps in nonfiction)

-Students are able to use multiple sources of information from the text (e.g., character’s own thoughts/words, what others say about the character, and how others react to the character) to describe how a character changes over time or how the character’s action might contribute to the problem, identify the major actions that define the plot and how actions lead to conflict or resolution and explain the influence of setting on character and plot.

-Students are able to identify the point of view used (first, third, or omniscient point of view) in a story and identify themes in the story.  Students are familiar with story elements (character, setting, conflict)

-Students understand the functions of literary devices, recognizing previously taught literary devices (simile, personification, humor, metaphor, idiom, imagery, exaggeration, irony, sarcasm, and dialogue)

-Students are able to evaluate books and authors and recommend books to others.

Writing:

-Students know how to publish writing in a variety of formats, using graphics when needed.

-Students analyze ideas, selects a manageable topic, and elaborates using specific, relevant details and/or examples.

-Students chose appropriate voice and tone for their writing genre and audience

-Student identifies the effectiveness of both author's writing and their own writing, making necessary changes and adjustments to their own work.