Lesson Plans for LEOPARD, RAM, AND JACKAL Level J

After Reading

Reflect on Reading Strategies
Discuss the strategies students used to read words they didn’t know. Use one of the words students point out as difficult and model how to sound it out.
Ask and say: Were there any words you didn’t know? How did you try to figure them out? Did you use the pictures to help you figure out any of the words? Which ones? How did you sound out this word? (for example, brave. You can substitute any words that students had difficulty with.) How does the word start? Do you recognize a blend at the beginning of the word? What sound do these two letters blended together make? Do you recognize the silent e at the end of the word? Is the vowel a going to be long or short in this word? Let’s sound it out together (/b/ /r/ /a/ /v/). 

Comprehending the Text
Discuss the characters and their role in the story.
Ask and say: Which character was your favorite? Why? Which character do you think was the smartest? Show me a part of the story that lets you know this character was smart. How would you describe Jackal? Ram? Ram's wife? Leopard? Which character was most important in causing the story to end the way it did?

Give out worksheet 1. Explain that you want students to write or draw a picture of what happened in the beginning, in the middle, and at the end of the story.

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