Lesson Plans for TREASURE IN THE PUGET SOUND Level V

During Reading

Set the Purpose
Using Worksheet #1, have students list words and terms they find while reading that describe good or bad character traits in relation to the character in the character map. Suggest they use two differently colored pencils or highlighters. Students will underline the words in the book in one color for "good" and the other color for "bad" as they read. Later, while working on the worksheet, they can go back and list the words they feel fit best. For example, you might say: In Chapter 5, someone hates to tell lies. Would that be a good guy trait or a bad guy trait? Underline that sentence in the "good" color you've chosen.

On the worksheet in the good guy column, write, Hates lying. Choose other examples as you see necessary for your class.

Monitor students' understanding as they read and underline in the book and fill in the worksheet. Explain that paraphrasing on the worksheet is fine. For example, they might write the word mean to describe a bad trait, based on an action a character demonstrates, even though they don't find the word in the text.


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