Name Ms.
Hougen
Grade: 5th
Date: 24 April 2017
Lesson #: 2
Book: Flying Solo
Main Focus: Character Development
Chapters: 3-7
Standards:
[Link].5.3 Compare and contrast two or more
characters, settings, or events in a story or
drama, drawing on specific details in the
text (e.g., how characters interact).
Goal: Students will compare the character
traits of the characters introduced
throughout the first chapters of the book
Assessment: Completion of character chart
[Link].5.4 Determine the meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in a text, including
figurative language such as metaphors and
similes.
Goal: After seeing the word in context,
hearing an explanation/definition and/or
talking about the word, students will write a
definition of the word in their own words.
Assessment: Completion of entry in their
“vocabulary book” (blank strips of paper
stapled together), using vocab word in a
sentence on their character chart
[Link].5.6 Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point
of view influences how events are described.
Goal: Students will understand the pattern
of narration in Flying Solo as it the focus
shifts from character to character
Assessment: Group discussion on the
shifting character focus
Differentiation (UDL) -Video on First Amendment
-Written 1-2 sentence summary of the chapter
-Writing activity (prediction)
-Grouping: pairs & whole group
Materials & Other Preparation: -Folders: loose-leaf paper, character charts,
vocab books
-Extra pencils
-Teacher binder w/ lesson plans/attendance
-Computer - YouTube video
Vocab: Throbbing, First Amendment
Assessment: -Completing character chart with character
traits
-Succinctly summarizing what happened in a
chapter and sharing with the rest of the group
-Writing definitions for the vocabulary words;
using them in a sentence
Time Teacher Activity Student Activity
Motivating, engaging. (Intro)
0:00 -Welcome students
-Share time - everyone shares one thing they did Students listen & participate
this weekend
-Review of last week’s reading by asking questions
to individuals:
-Who was the main character of chapter 1? (Rachel)
-What is the vocabulary word we learned with
Rachel?
(self-select mute)
-How was the main character of chapter 2?
(Bastian)
-What was the vocabulary word we learned with
Bastian?
(quarantine)
-Who/what was being put into quarantine?
(his dog)
-Explain today’s goal: read 5 chapters!
Development. (Process)
2:00 -Pair students off based on where they are sitting
(the person next to them)
-Explain:
With their partners, students will read chapters 3-6.
-Instruct pairs to find a spot that’s slightly removed
from other groups and take turns quietly reading Students stay on task with their
aloud to one another partner and read aloud
-While students are reading, mill about and monitor
-When all students are finished with chapter 6,
bring the group back together
-Each group will summarize and write what was
important in one of the chapters 3-7 (teacher will assign
Each pair of students will give a
groups to a chapter) in one or two sentences on looseleaf
25:00 paper.
summary of the chapter the
(?) teacher assigns to them
Each group will share their work with the whole group
Ask students: why did you include that? Why do you Students participate in discussion.
think it’s important?
Discuss the different viewpoints of each chapter’s
narration - why do you think it is shifting around to
29:00 different students in Mr. Fab’s class and people at the
school?
Introduce vocabulary: throbbing, first amendment
-Read the sentence where throbbing is found. Ask:
31:00 What do you think throbbing means? Help
students understand definition
-Ask students if they know what the following
words are, teacher scaffolds and explains when
appropriate:
33:00 Students offer their ideas for what
Constitution - supreme law of the United States they think the words mean
Bill of Rights - offer specific protections of individual
liberty and justice and place restrictions on the powers
of government; first 10 amendments
First Amendment -
The First Amendment protects several basic freedoms in
the United States including freedom of religion, freedom
of speech, freedom of the press, the right to assemble,
and the right to petition the government.
Show video about the First Amendment from
:48-2:00 Students watch quietly
34:00 Link:
[Link]
Students fill their vocab books by
Direct students to their vocab books to add adding definitions in their own
definitions words for the two words
36:00 Fill out character chart: Jessica & Sean Students write character traits
down, write a sentence with vocab
word
40:00 Popcorn read chapter 7 aloud Students take turns reading aloud
Conclusion
46:00 Have students write their prediction down:
Based on the chapter you just read, what do you Students write their predictions on
think will happen when Karen goes to the office? their same piece of looseleaf.
