WRITING POWER 25 MIN
Respond to Reading Make sure campers have their copies of Who Would Win? and their notebooks open to the graphic organizer for this lesson. Campers will revisit the book to find facts about each animal. Draw a chart on the board or on chart paper. (Refer to the graphic organizer for this lesson in the Graphic Organizers section.) As you guide campers to find facts in the book, model filling in your chart while campers fill in their own.
MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS Teach campers that headings in nonfiction texts help readers locate information. Explain that a heading tells what a section of text will be about. While you model gathering facts, guide campers to notice and use headings such as “Bigger,” “Smaller,” “Fins,” “Wings,” and “Speed.”
Model The author compares the two animals throughout the book, telling where they live, how big they are, and other details. Let’s take notes about the facts we’ve learned about each animal. Reread pages 6–7 and ask campers where blue whales and mosquitoes live. Ask campers to talk to a partner about what they know, then invite campers to share facts with the group. The blue whale lives in every ocean except the Arctic Ocean, and the mosquito lives in warm areas all over the world. Let’s add that information to the chart. Continue the process to add facts about the animals’ longevity, length, speed, and heart size. Add these details to your chart while campers write in their notebooks. Practice Each animal also has a unique weapon—something that can help the animal win. Guide campers to revisit page 22 to the end of the book and add the unique weapons of the blue whale and the mosquito to the last row of the chart. Clarify Tell campers that in the next lesson, they will write their opinion about which animal would win a battle. CLOSING CAMPFIRE 15 MIN Reflection Question Have partners turn knee-to-knee and discuss this question. When we celebrate something, we recognize what makes it special. What is one thing that makes the blue whale or the mosquito special? Praise and Affirmation Offer concrete praise and affirmation for campers’ efforts and accomplishments today. Shooting Stars Dance With the group, throw shooting stars (pretend to throw a basketball into a hoop). Campers can do a dance with the praise or put it in their pockets.
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