Marcus Conde

5th Grade Literacy Lesson Sample

Interactive Read Aloud: Artemis Fowl
Rationale- Students will learn chapter breaks because they are logical and strategic
breaks within a story. Generally these chapters separate scenes within a story.
Differentiating between chapters gives an understanding of the separate but unison plot
points of a novel.
Standards- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.5
Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall
structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
Objective-After reading Chapter 7 of Artemis Fowl together as a class, students will
discuss and evaluate why this chapter differs from the previous chapters of the story.
Procedure- The lesson will begin by calling students to the carpet so we may continue
our reading of Artemis Fowl. For this particular lesson I would like students to be reading
the chapter for the first time as a class. Because the lesson deals with overall chapter
structure I would use the novel in our first read through of the story so that students have
a clear picture of the previous chapters and plot structure. In beginning the lesson I will
build on students prior knowledge of buildup and climax in a story. This will prepare
students for the drastic change in characterization of the main character.
In reading through the chapter I have a number of bullet points I would openly
address to the class, the first being the change in structure. Chapter seven follows a new
mysterious character and takes focus away from Artemis for the first time. The chapter is
about this new character and does not follow the same structure that the earlier parts of
the novel took.
I would openly model my curiosity about the way the chapter opens up and allow
students to see my thinking about how I work through this shift. By the end of the chapter
Artemis is for the first time seen as vulnerable. I would ask students to think about what
major events in the chapter allowed for this to occur and then allow them to pair up and
discuss what the chapter did different in comparison to what they have previously read.
I would end the lesson by having students write notes about what they thought
about Artemis before and after this chapter. After students have time to express their ideas
the lesson will end with the class coming together to share their notes. I will wrap up the
lesson by explaining how some chapters flow together to give a definitive plot while
other chapters break out of the standard and can complicate our thinking about a
character. These chapters are important to note because the difference they have from the
rest of the story may be significant to the author, characters, or plot.
Materials- Artemis Fowl
Assessment- Students will be assessed a number of times during the lesson. Students will
be assessed in their partner responses. By circulating around as students share their ideas
about the chapter, I can assess what students are noticing, allowing me to make
adjustments as needed. Toward the end of the lesson I will be checking to see how
students opinions of the protagonist have changed and will ask questions about why they

felt these changes. What about the way the chapter was told allowed you to see Artemis
in a different way.