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LitCamp is the perfect complement to MathCamp, Scholastic’s summer ELA curriculum. Use them together to provide continuity and consistency in the “Camp” experience for teachers and students. Join other Camp leaders on this journey and learn how LitCamp and MathCamp build skills, boost confidence, and prepare students for the upcoming school year.
WRITING POWER 25 MIN
Respond to Reading Make sure campers have their copies of Owen & Mzee and their notebooks opened to the “Evidence of Owen and Mzee’s Friendship” chart on page 24.
MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS Encourage campers to use past-tense verbs to cite evidence. Discuss regular and irregular verbs.
Model: Campers, you will work with partners to find evidence in the book of the ways that Owen and Mzee show friendship. You will add this evidence to your charts and use it in the next lesson to write an explanation of how the friendship helped each animal. Read aloud the page that begins, “Finally, Dr. Paula and Stephen arrived with Owen...” Explain that from here to the end of the book, there are examples of Owen and Mzee’s friendship and how it helped the animals. Say: Let’s look for examples of Owen and Mzee showing friendship and fill in the first two rows of our charts. Model filling in the first two rows of the chart on the board as campers fill in their own charts. As you work, encourage volunteers to share their examples. EVIDENCE OF OWEN AND MZEE’S FRIENDSHIP How Owen and Mzee showed friendship How the friendship helped Owen and Mzee Mzee began to accept his new companion Owen felt safe with Mzee Sometimes Owen would walk away from Mzee grew friendlier Practice: Have partners work together to find and add to their own charts two more examples of Owen and Mzee’s friendship and how the friendship helped them. Clarify: Explain that strong writers support their ideas with evidence. Remind campers that in the next lesson they will use the evidence on their charts in their own writing. CLOSING CAMPFIRE 15 MIN Review and Reflect Gather campers to review the day’s reading and reflect on the focus strength. Have partners discuss the following questions: In our reading today, what surprised you most about Owen and Mzee’s friendship? What might their story help you understand about your friendships with others? Then ask: What is something new you learned in your Bunk Time reading today? How did this help you understand more about animals, friendship, or something else? Invite volunteers to share with the group. • Offer concrete praise and affirmation for campers’ accomplishments today. • Throw shooting stars. Have campers catch and put them in their pockets.
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