Turquoise Bunk • Lesson 5 and 6 • Grades 2–3
Day 2 of Read-Aloud
On day 2 of the Read-Aloud, campers are encouraged to go deeper into the text as the lesson invites them to recap the previous day’s reading.
LESSON 6
Owen & Mzee (continued) Told by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumbu Photographs by Peter Greste
Writing Practice Campers use evidence collected in the previous lesson to complete their writing task.
This is the true story of a remarkable friendship between a baby hippopotamus and a 130-year-old giant tortoise. It is also a story about people working together to help animals in need.
KNOWLEDGE GOALS Campers will understand • the differences between reptiles and mammals • that there are things scientists know about animals and things they don’t know • that some people work hard to help animals in need READING GOALS Campers will • reread and discuss the reading, supporting answers with text evidence • build and review vocabulary • identify and read words with variant vowel digraphs; practice fluency with Readers’ Theater WRITING GOALS Use collected evidence to write a sentence explaining Owen and Mzee’s friendship FOCUS STRENGTH Friendship
LESSON MATERIALS & PREP Materials • Camper copies of Owen & Mzee • Owen & Mzee Text Sets
WRITING POWER 25 MIN
Respond to Reading Have campers open their notebooks to the “Owen and Mzee’s Friendship” chart. Explain that they will use this evidence to write a sentence explaining how the friendship helped the animals. Divide the class into groups of two or three. Have campers open their books to page 25, beginning “Wildlife experts are still puzzled...”. Assign each group to either the second paragraph (about Owen) or the third paragraph (about
MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS Review the chart with campers. Encourage them to use language and details from the text to effectively explain how the friendship between Owen and Mzee helped each animal.
• Camper Notebooks • “Fishing for Words 1” activity resources Prep
• Display “Variant Vowel Digraph Words” chart and prepare Word Cards • Print Owen & Mzee Text Sets as needed
Mzee). Say: In the previous lesson you found evidence of Owen and Mzee becoming friends. Now you will use that evidence to answer this question: How did the friendship between Owen and Mzee help Owen (if you’re in the Owen group) or help Mzee (if you’re in the Mzee group)? Have campers follow along in their copies as you reread the page. Say: On this page we learn some of the possible reasons that Owen and Mzee became friends and how the friendship seemed to help each animal. This part of the story also helps us understand that there are things scientists know about animals and things they think might be true but do not know for certain. Reread paragraph 2 with the Owen group and paragraph 3 with the Mzee group. Have the groups discuss their assigned paragraphs. Then have them write their own explanations using the sentence frames in their notebooks. When they’ve finished writing, ask volunteers to share their answers. Write these sentence frames on the board: I think the friendship helped Owen because _______________________________________________. I think the friendship helped Mzee because _______________________________________________. CLOSING CAMPFIRE 15 MIN Reflection Question Turn knee to knee and discuss this question with your partner. Owen and Mzee’s friendship was unlikely because they were very different from one another—a tortoise and a hippo, a 130-year old and a baby. What might be some of the benefits to having friends who are different from us in some way? 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. MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS Support comprehension by reading each word aloud sanctuary: a safe place
READ ALOUD: Owen & Mzee Owen & Mzee 35 MIN
Introduce Vocabulary To support comprehension, introduce new vocabulary words before reading. Encourage campers to use the words in their discussions during the lesson.
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.
WORDS TO KNOW
protective: guarding from danger
rescue: to save, or free from danger
In Owen & Mzee , we read about an unlikely friendship between two animals. Share with a partner one thing that makes Owen and Mzee’s friendship unlikely, or unusual. Listen for partners to mention that Owen was a baby and Mzee was 130 years old and that Owen was a mammal/hippo and Mzee was a reptile/tortoise. Campers, today as we discuss Owen and Mzee, practice friendship by listening attentively when others speak, and being supportive of others’ ideas. Wrap up with the “LitCamp Cheer” or a song. REVIEW WORDS mammal, reptile, stranded
Before Reading Have campers turn to partners and recap the previous lesson’s read-aloud, then have volunteers share with the group. Listen for these key points: A baby hippo was stranded in the ocean. People rescued him and took him to an animal
then having campers repeat the word. Use actions and gestures to demonstrate being protective, performing a rescue, and to show the safety of a sanctuary.
Leader’s Guide • Lesson 6 | 19 Let campers know that you’re going to explore the book together. Reread short sections as indicated to provide context for your questions. Make sure campers cite evidence from the text in their discussions. You may wish to have campers share their ideas with partners first, and then ask volunteers to share with the group. Open some questions to whole-group discussion. Encourage all campers to participate. Note that each prompt is followed by possible responses. Page 9 Reread the paragraph beginning, “On the morning of December 26, 2004, ...”. What did you wonder after we read this paragraph for the first time and now as we read it again? After campers respond, answer their questions, referring to the text for evidence. Possible responses : Why couldn’t the hippo reach the shore on his own? How did he get separated from his mother? Why did people want to help him? Page 10 Reread the page beginning, “It was soon clear...”. Why was it so difficult to take Owen out of the water? Possible responses : He was heavy, slippery, and strong. He was scared. He tried to escape from the nets and ropes. 24 | LitCamp sanctuary in Kenya. He was put into an enclosure with a 130-year-old tortoise named Mzee. The two animals became friends. Even experts did not know why. Note Owen & Mzee does not have numbers printed on the pages. Page 1 starts on the full-title page of the book, which includes the authors’ and publisher’s names. Go Deep
Go Deep Through meaningful
discussion and prompts informed by knowledge goals, campers are led to greater understanding of the text.
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