SJC LESSON PLAN FORMAT

NAME OF STUDENT: Tatyana Fuentes SCHOOL: St. Joseph’s College CHILD STUDY

COURSE: CS 414 DATE OF LESSON:October 15, 2021 COOPERATING TEACHER:

Nagrowski/ Lanza GRADE: 4th GROUP SIZE: 19 students SPECIFIC LESSON: Finding Meaning

in Recurring Images, Objects, and Details CURRICULUM AREA: ELA

Central Focus: Building Interpretations.

Learning Objective: Find the deeper meaning of the recurring images/objects mentioned in the chapter
book Tiger Rising.

NYS Common Core Learning Standard(s):

RL.4.1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and
when drawing inferences from the text.

RL.4.2-Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

Rationale: In the past, students noticed how some words and images were recurring chapter after
chapter. They learned how the author intentionally made certain words, images, and objects appear
multiple times in the book Tiger Rising. Today in the lesson, they will list the images and objects that
kept recurring and use their interpretations to come up with a deeper meaning on why the author
intentionally used recurring objects/images. In the future, they will be able to read independently and
use the same technique of listing the images and finding a deeper meaning rather than a literal meaning.

Materials:

1. Yellow Mentor Textbook

2. Pencils
3. Timer
4. 6 colored flair pens
5. Copies of directions/ sentence starters for each station
6. Copies of the images/objects for each station
7. Copies of small circle tips
 8. Independent reading books

Development/Procedures

Introduction/Motivation

1. Gather students to the carpet with their reading materials.

2. Refer back to yesterday's mini lesson to connect today’s lesson about Tiger Rising
symbols.
3. Talk about the Pixar movie La Luna to help students understand they are using the same
technique with finding symbols in Tiger Rising.
4. Explain how the author Katie Dicamillo used repetition to show importance.
5. Explain what the word “Recurring” means.
6. Use the birthday party scenario to connect with the student’s life.
7. Explain what the students will be doing in today’s lesson by stating the objective.

Instructional Strategies

1. The teacher will explain how they will use the book Tiger Rising to make a list of the symbols.
2. Students will turn and talk to their reading partners about what symbols they want to talk about.
3. The teacher will give them 30 seconds to turn and talk.
4. The teacher will ask the students what symbol their group talked about.
5. The students will then begin listing symbols and turn/talk for every symbol to ensure everyone is
engaging.
6. Once the list is made, the teacher will then explain how in La luna they found the symbols/
images and created a representation as a class, but for this lesson, they will come up with the
representation (deeper meaning) of that image/object in their group.
7. Each station has a different recurring symbol/object found in Tiger Rising, set of directions, and
writing tools.
8. The teacher will put on the board the groups of students who are partnered together and where
they will be starting first.
9. The teacher will explain to the students that they will have two minutes in each station and will
need to come up with a new deeper meaning for each symbol found in the book.
10. Once each group has fully rotated through stations, the teacher will ask the students to sit back at
their desks.
11. The teacher will explain to the students that they found the representation of each symbol and
how they will be doing the same while reading independently using their own books.
12. The students will get 20 minutes to read independently and jot down in their mentor text; one
symbol that keeps recurring in the book/chapter and states a deeper meaning to the symbol.
13. While students are reading independently, the teacher will call some students to the back table
for small group work relating to the jotting, picking books, and the interpretation process.
14. Once the small group work is completed the teacher will restate the objective for lesson 18 and
ask the students to pack up for the next subject.
Academic Language: Recurring, Repetition, Interpretation process, Rob’s wood carvings, Sistine’s
pink dress, Rob’s rash, Caged tiger.

Differentiation: Students who need extra support with their jotting process, the teacher will give them
an outline worksheet to list one symbol and one deeper meaning sentence they found in their
independent reading book.

Technology Component:

1. Smartboard
2. Google Slides

Closure: After the students completed the list of the recurring objects and completed the six stations,
they will independently read for 20 minutes. After reading, they will jot down in their mentor text book
one symbol they found that kept recurring in their book and write down what did that symbol represent
on a deeper level.

Assessment: The teacher used an informal assessment to check each station to see what each student
wrote for their stations.

Re-engagement: The teacher will ask a few volunteers to share what symbol they see recurring in their
book and to give one representation of why that symbol keeps recurring.

Revised 2/2014
Silver Disk
Name:_____________ Date:___/___/___

Symbols: Themes:

1. 1.

2. 2.

What is the main message in your book?

Small circle sheets
What to do if the book is too easy or too hard to read

1. Choose a book that you think you will enjoy.

2. If you are able to give a short summary/jot for chapter 1, then the book is just
right for you.

3. If you are reading 20 pages in 5 minutes, then maybe the book is too easy for
you

4. If there are five or more words you did not know, you should choose an easier
book.

How to Jot

1. What are the characters doing?

2. Is there a problem?

3. What is interesting/confusing?

4. Was the problem resolved?

Interpretation Process
Literal meaning vs Deeper meaning

Symbol: Ladder Symbol: Ladder

Literal Meaning: Going up Deeper meaning: Path to a new journey
Station 1: Station 2:
Sean Zenia
Alyssa Thomas
Devin Kyle

Station 3: Station 4:
Chris Christian
Fallon Ava
Matteo Greyson

Stations 5 Station 6
Chris Callie
Aubrey AJ
Hope