Teacher Candidate: Evelyn Musto

Grade Level: Fourth

Date of Lesson: February 28, 2024
Content Standards
CCSS-ELA.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.

Lesson Context This lesson builds off of a previous lesson reviewing

narrative techniques and how writers use these techniques to
influence their writing. Students looked for these techniques
in their book club books and jotted down at least three places
they found these narrative techniques used. Students have
taken copious notes and worked extensively with the theme
of their book club books before this lesson.

Learner Background Students learned different narrative techniques writers use to

enhance their writing beforehand as well as choices the
author made about the characters, setting, and conflict that
influence their stories.There are twenty-two students in the
classroom, four of which are pulled for advanced
mathematics. Two students in the classroom have IEPs
related to their academics and four students are pulled at
various times for mathematics.

Student Learning Objectives Students will identify narrative techniques in their book club
books and connect them to their book’s theme.

Assessment Group discussion of connecting narrative techniques to theme

using notes from book club discussion

Materials/Resources 1. Book Club Books

2. Reader’s Notebooks
3. Pens and Pencils
4. Book Club Notes Sheet

Key Concepts/Vocabulary 1. Narrative Techniques - literary devices writers uses

to build the elements of their story
2. Theme - the main message of a text

Teaching/Learning Activities Initiation:

● With the students at their desks, review the narrative
techniques discussed in the previous lesson. Have the
poster with the list of techniques and examples posted
on the board for reference.
 ● Discuss with the students how authors connect these
narrative techniques to the theme

Lesson Development:
● Students will divide into their book club groups to
discuss the narrative techniques they found in their
book club books. Designate one student to write down
at least one technique each of the group members
found and an example of that technique in their
books. If there are more examples for a narrative
technique that the students found, they can write those
down as well. The groups are as follows:
○ Ban This Book: Z.E., C.C., V.S., M.B.
○ Drita: My Homegirl: C.M., A.N., J.H., G.R.
○ Socks: M.L., A.K., P.C., J.E.
○ Save Me A Seat: F.P., B.S., D.K., F.O.
○ Frindle: M.J., E.S., D.S., J.M., C.C., S.R.
○ If the paraeducator for M.L. is not present, the
classroom teacher (K.J.) may take over as this
student’s paraeducator.
● Students will connect the narrative techniques they
found to the theme of their books and why the author
chose to use those techniques. As the students are
working, check-in with each group and take notes
with Book Club Notes Sheet on the following:
○ Were the students able to find any narrative
techniques in their books? If so, which ones?
○ What was the evidence given for these
techniques?
○ Were the students able to connect these
techniques to the theme of their book? How?
○ Does the group have opposing views about the
narrative techniques being used?

Closure:
● Have students return to their seats with their books
and Reader’s Notebooks to discuss what techniques
they found and how they connected these techniques
to the theme. Discuss the examples they found and
why the author chose to use these techniques. Record
the discussion on the board using the doc camera.
● After the discussion, call students by table to put their
Reading Bins away and take out their Science Folder.
 Which students do you anticipate may struggle with the content/learning objectives of
this lesson?
Student Evidence that the student How will you differentiate instruction in this lesson
name needs differentiated to support student learning?
instruction
A.K. Struggles to identify author This student’s group will be provided a list of
techniques in books and thought prompts and sentence starters for their small
connect them back to the group meeting. They will use these to refer to during
theme of the text; often their group discussion.
distracted by environment
and struggles to complete
assignments without direct
supervision and instruction
J.E. Often distracted by This student’s group will be provided a list of
environment and struggles thought prompts and sentence starters for their small
to complete assignments group meeting. They will use these to refer to during
without direct supervision their group discussion.
and instruction
Which students will need opportunities for enrichment/higher level of challenge?
Student Evidence that the student How will you differentiate instruction in this lesson
name needs differentiated to support student learning?
instruction
E.S. Understands main ideas This student’s group will make connections between
and author techniques narrative techniques, the theme of their book, and
within texts; can identify connections to another book with the same theme and
details that connect to the what techniques that author uses to demonstrate their
theme and makes theme.
inferences based on details
in the text

Differentiation:

Thought Prompts:
● What narrative techniques did you notice in the book?
● What is one example of these techniques being used?
● What is the theme of your book? How do you know?
● How does the author show the theme through the techniques? Find one example.
● Do you see another narrative technique that connects to the theme? Where?
Sentence Starters:
● In the book Socks, I noticed the author use the technique .
● I think the author used the technique because of .
● I see the theme in the book when the characters do .
● The technique connects to the theme because of .
● I don’t see the technique in the book . Instead, I see the
narrative technique .