LESSON 8
My Brother Charlie ( continued ) by Holly Robinson Peete and Ryan Elizabeth Peete • illustrated by Shane W. Evans Callie is proud of her twin brother, Charlie. He is good at many things. And he has a special way with animals. Sometimes Charlie gets very quiet and seems far away, but before long he is back laughing and playing. He’s just like any other kid, except he has autism.
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KNOWLEDGE GOALS Campers will understand that • autism is a condition that can affect different people in different ways • twins are siblings who are born at nearly the same time • twins can be alike in some ways and different in others READING GOALS Campers will • discuss the reading, supporting ideas with text details • play a game to say and spell words with open-vowel syllables • build fluency with Readers’ Theater • build and review vocabulary WRITING GOAL Campers will • write about how a character shows love and how campers show love FOCUS STRENGTH Kindness
LESSON MATERIALS & PREP Materials • Camper copies of My Brother Charlie • Read-Aloud Text Set • LitCamper Notebooks • “Open-Syllable Space Alien” activity resources Prep • Follow instructions for “Open- Syllable Space Alien” activity resources • Distribute text sets as needed
OPENING CAMPFIRE 15 MIN Welcome campers and greet them by name. Remind them about the focus strength and prepare the group for the day’s lesson. Have you ever heard the saying, “Actions speak louder than words”? Take a moment to discuss with a partner what you think that saying might mean. Guide campers to understand that helping someone with a chore or project, or reading a story to a younger or older person, are simple acts of kindness that show you care. We read about many acts of kindness in My Brother Charlie . We saw how everyone benefitted when people were kind to one another. Let’s practice being kind to one another at LitCamp and at home today and every day. Wrap up with a song or the LitCamp cheer.
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