For this lesson you will want to choose a fiction book with no dialogue like the Little Critter book featured in Lesson 1. Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane has no dialogue and most of you probably have that book in your classroom library.
The teaching points in this lesson are:
1) what does dialogue do for a story?
2) how would this story have been different if the author chose to include dialogue?
3) how can we, as readers, define what impact dialogue has on a story?
Here is an example of what students may notice if you use Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane.
The teaching points in this lesson are:
1) what does dialogue do for a story?
2) how would this story have been different if the author chose to include dialogue?
3) how can we, as readers, define what impact dialogue has on a story?
Here is an example of what students may notice if you use Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane.
As you send students off to read, ask them to notice dialogue and to consider what dialogue does for them, the reader of the story. If they read a fiction book with dialogue they can think about what the story would be like if there was no dialogue. They can also add to the T-chart from yesterday if you wish.
**Note: While these lessons on dialogue are your mini lesson and direct whole group reading instruction is focused around this study, during the independent reading time, students are still responsible for reading books on their own level, completing reading logs and participating in small group instruction.
Your small groups may be centered around dialogue or they may be focused on instructing small groups of students on some skill or strategy that you know they are weak on.
The bulk of Reading Workshop is still "eyes on print" even when you are engaged in a study like this. There is nothing that makes a reader better than sustained reading time and guided reading practice.
**Note: While these lessons on dialogue are your mini lesson and direct whole group reading instruction is focused around this study, during the independent reading time, students are still responsible for reading books on their own level, completing reading logs and participating in small group instruction.
Your small groups may be centered around dialogue or they may be focused on instructing small groups of students on some skill or strategy that you know they are weak on.
The bulk of Reading Workshop is still "eyes on print" even when you are engaged in a study like this. There is nothing that makes a reader better than sustained reading time and guided reading practice.
Lesson 2 Chart Example