The students will use various informational text about American Heroes to establish the understanding the text by using 5 W’s questions such as Who, What, Where, When, and Why.
The lesson will teach the students to look at what is happening, who is the person, why it happened and when it happened to understand the text.
Anticipatory Set (Motivation)
I will tell the class that last night I was watching a documentary American Heroes so I can prepare for today's lesson. My son walked in and saw what I was watching and asked about the movie. So I told him it was about heroes in our country. He then asked about what makes a peron hero? Was that a nice person? I will tell the class that those questions really made me think. I thought about how, what, when anyone can be a hero. We need to think about what people did and how they did to know about details. …show more content…
After movie, we will briefly review and have standard based discussion about American Heroes. On the easel will be an enlarged page from an information text of George Washigton. I will read the passage and discuss who George Washigton is and how his contributions are important for us.
I will then chart the answers on a separate enlarged sheet on the easel. The chart will be broken down into five columns: Character, What the character says and does, and What this tells about my character.
I will have another brief passage on the easel. I will ask a student to read this passage. We will discuss the