WRITING POWER 25 MIN
Respond to Reading Have campers open their notebooks to the graphic organizer they used in the previous lesson. Explain that they will use the evidence they collected to write about how the boy’s traits helped him become so brilliantly smart. Model In the previous lesson, we found evidence in the text that the boy was curious, kind, brave, and creative. Today, you will use your Character Traits chart to think and write about how one of these traits helped the boy become “so brilliantly smart.” Look at the chart in your notebook and choose one trait. Chat with a partner about the evidence you found
MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS Break down the task of writing the sentences by asking guiding questions. Begin by asking, What is a trait that the boy showed? Help campers complete the first sentence frame. Then ask, How did this trait help the boy learn, grow, and become brilliantly smart? Help campers complete the second sentence frame.
showing the trait. Pause for campers to share. Think about why that trait is important. How did it help the boy become brilliantly smart? Discuss your ideas with a partner. Now, turn to the writing page for this lesson and write or complete a couple of sentences about one of the boy’s traits and how it helped the boy become brilliantly smart. Practice Write the following prompt and sentence frames on the board. Choose a trait that describes the boy in the story. How did this trait help the boy This trait helped the boy become so brilliantly smart __________________________ . Encourage campers to write their own sentences or use the frames to complete the sentences. Clarify Remind campers that noticing a character’s traits can help us understand how a character grows and changes during a story, and why characters act the way they do. CLOSING CAMPFIRE 15 MIN Reflection Question Have partners turn knee-to-knee and discuss this question. What is something that makes you brilliantly smart? 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. become so brilliantly smart? The boy was ___________________ .
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