WRITING POWER 25 MIN
Respond to Reading Make sure campers have their copies of How You Got So Smart and their notebooks open to the graphic organizer for this lesson. Campers will revisit the book, looking for details that help tell the reader some of the different traits that describe the boy in the story. Draw a chart on the board or on chart paper. (Refer to the graphic organizer for this lesson in the Graphic Organizer section.) As you guide campers to find evidence in the book, model filling in your chart while they fill in their own.
MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS Before the writing activity, write curious, kind, brave, and creative on the board . Discuss and explain the meaning of each trait. Use the words in sentences that help build context for the meanings, e.g., Curious people want to learn about the things around them.
Model Campers, the boy in this book had many positive traits, or qualities, that helped him learn and grow. The boy was curious, kind, brave, and creative. Today, let’s look for evidence in the text for each of these traits. As campers follow along, read aloud from the beginning of the story to the page that ends “You prodded and poked.” Ask: Which trait is the boy demonstrating in this part of the story? (curious) What does the boy do that shows he is curious? Write campers’ responses in the Evidence box of your chart while campers write in their notebooks. Repeat the process for kind . Practice Have partners work together to find evidence for brave and creative and record the evidence in their notebooks. When finished, invite campers to share the evidence they found. Clarify Remind campers that in the next lesson, they will use the text evidence they generated today to write an explanation of how the main character’s traits helped him become so brilliantly smart. CLOSING CAMPFIRE 15 MIN Reflection Question Have partners turn knee-to-knee and discuss this question. How can we support and encourage one another so we can do our best learning? 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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