Understanding Text Structure Lesson Plan and Teaching Resources for Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale
Understanding Text Structure Lesson Plan and Teaching Resources for Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale
Understanding how authors use different text structures to tell stories can be a tricky thing to teach. This mini lesson and set of activities make it easy to show students how Tomie dePaola used description, sequencing, problem and solution, compare and contrast, and cause and effect to tell the story of Jamie O'Rourke and his big potato.
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- Understanding Text Structure lesson plan for Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale
- Understanding Text Structure worksheet and answer key
- Understanding Text Structure graphic organizer
- Reader’s notebook prompt with optional ‘I Can’ statements
- Note: This set of instructional resources is for use with the book Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale by Tomie dePaola. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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Understanding how authors use different text structures to tell stories can be a tricky thing to teach. This mini lesson and set of activities make it easy to show students how Tomie dePaola used description, sequencing, problem and solution, compare and contrast, and cause and effect to tell the story of Jamie O'Rourke and his big potato.
- Included in this resource
- Understanding Text Structure lesson plan for Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale
- Understanding Text Structure worksheet and answer key
- Understanding Text Structure graphic organizer
- Reader’s notebook prompt with optional ‘I Can’ statements
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Book Title:
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale
Book Author:
Tomie dePaola
Grade Level:
2
Genre(s):
Folktale
F&P Guided Reading Level:
L
DRA Level:
24, 28
Reading Recovery Level:
19, 20
Theme(s):
St. Patrick's Day, Laugh Out Loud, Decision Making
CCSS
TEKS
Understanding Text Structure:
RL.2.4, RL.2.5, RL.2.7, RL.2.10, RF.2.3, RF.2.4, SL.2.1b, SL.2.2, SL.2.3, W.2.8, L.2.6
Understanding Text Structure:
2.1A, 2.1C, 2.1D, 2.6A, 2.6I, 2.7B, 2.7C, 2.7D, 2.7E, 2.7F, 2.8C, 2.9C, 2.10B, 2.10C, 2.13C, 2.13E, 2.13G
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GRADE 2 | GRL L
Comprehension Assessment
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Determining Importance
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Inflectional Endings
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Making Predictions
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Running Record
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Synthesizing
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Understanding Text Structure
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Visualizing
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