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Title - Venn Diagram
By - Keegan Bissell
Primary Subject - Language Arts
Grade Level - 3
Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills English Language Arts Standards:
110.5.b (11): Read/text structures/literary concepts. The student analyzes the characteristics of various types of texts. The student is expected to:
(B) Distinguish fiction from nonfiction, including fact and fantasy.
Learning Objectives:
- The student will be able to complete the Venn diagram in a timely manner.
- The student will be able to write down the differences between fictional and non-fictional dragons.
- The student will be able to say aloud to the class, five facts about non-fictional dragons.
Materials:
- Paper
- The book Real Life Dragons by Matt Doeden
- Pencil/Pen
- Markers
Transition:
The students need to get out the needed materials for the lesson. You may put children in groups for reading if you so choose.
Establishing Set/Motivation/Introduction:
Pass out paper and markers to students.
Learning Experience/Presentation/Procedure:
- Pass out paper and markers to students.
- Have students open English books to page 390 (or pass around the book Real Life Dragons).
- Go around the room and have each student read a paragraph from the passage or have the students popcorn read, which means the student may choose the student who reads after them.
- Reread the passage a second time.
- Have the students put their books away.
- Have the students get out the paper and markers.
- Have the students draw two overlapping circles in the middle of the paper with markers.
- Have the students label one circle fictional dragons and the other circle non-fictional dragons
- Explain to the class that fictional means made up or make-believe dragons from storybooks. And non-fictional are real life dragons like the dragons they just read about.
- Explain that the center where the two circles overlap is where they should write characteristics that make-believe and real life dragons have in common.
- Have the students fill out their Venn diagrams with the appropriate characteristics in each circle. You can give examples such as make-believe dragon's breath fire and real life dragons do not.
- After all student are done with their Venn diagrams have some students share with the class
Closure Questions:
- What are some characteristics make believe and real life dragons have in common?
- What is a characteristic real life dragons have?
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