ORANGE BUNK (GRADES 1–2) Sample Lesson
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen • Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes LESSON: 3 UNIT: BELONGING
OBJECTIVES Reading: Campers will use illustrations and details from the story to describe story elements (characters, setting, and key events). Listening and Speaking: Campers will act out a story utilizing details from the text and illustrations. Writing: Campers will create their own illustrations and sentences about a favorite story event. Lions do not belong in libraries! Or do they? Campers will come to better appreciate the theme of belonging as they explore the characters, setting, and key details in this story about a lion who proves to the people in the library community that he does indeed belong.
UNIT GOAL Through books and shared experiences, campers will appreciate the importance of belonging and develop their sense of belonging to the camp community.
OPENING CAMPFIRE 15 MIN
WELCOME Greet your campers by name as they enter. Invite them to put their personal items away and gather on the floor or other common area.
MATERIALS FOR THE DAY • Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen (leader’s copy and copies for campers) • Leader copy of Story Elements chart • Timer for the game of Snapshot • Independent reading book baggies or self-serve bins with books inside • Campers’ journals, pencils, and crayons Whole Group Chart for Leader’s Use Story Elements Story Element Description Character: Library Lion
OPENING SONG The Hello Song COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITY Bunk Identity
Explain to campers that their community is the LitCamp Red Bunk. As a group, create and display a banner that identifies the bunk. Teach or have campers customize a Bunk Cheer, which you might decide to use some days as an alternative to the transition song.
Character: Miss Merriweather
Character: Mr. McBee
Setting: The Library
Event: Library Lion
becomes part of the library community.
TRANSITION SONG Now We’re Ready
Event: Miss Merriweather gets hurt and Library Lion must help her.
BOOK: Library Lion • LESSON: 3 • UNIT: BELONGING 89
WORDS OF THE DAY • describe: to tell what something or someone is like • library: a place in the community where people can use books, computers, and magazines • rules: statements about what you are and/or are not allowed to do • story elements: the characters, story events (plot), and setting
EL SUPPORT For children whose first language is Spanish: point out the similarity between describir and the English term describe. Discuss the connection between the Spanish word for book, libro , and the English word library.
LESSON: 3 • UNIT: BELONGING
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