Houston Baptist University

School of Education
Lesson Plan Format

Subject: Language Arts and Reading

Time Estimate: 50 min. Grade Level: 2
Unit: Comprehension of Literary Text Topic: Theme and Genre-fables

Goal(s):
Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different contexts
and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.

Objective(s):
-TLW identify moral lessons as themes in well-known fables
-TLW compare different versions of the same story in respect to their characters, setting, and plot

TEKS: 6.A and 6.B

Vocabulary: setting, characters, plot, fable

Materials/Resources/Technology needs/Room set up: manila construction paper, marker, magnets to

hold paper on white board, sticky notes, pencils, projector, copy of fable (one per student)

Instructional Procedures

Focusing Event:
Tell a story of how my parents will tell me not to touch the stove when it was hot because I was going to
get burned, but curiosity always won. After placing my hand on the stove, my hand burned, and my
mother will run to put tomato on it or my dad will grab toothpaste and rub some on my hand. I learned
that I should listen to adults when they warn me about a situation because they have probably already
gone through it; Adults have more wisdom than a child.

Teaching/Learning Procedures:
 Gather the students in the reading area
 Explain the vocabulary words
 Have a three-column chart displayed with the title of the fable “The Tortoise and the Hare”
 Place the video song of the fable (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H9EPBLESco)
 In the first column write song video
o Have students Think-pair-share the main characters, setting, and what plot was
 Before doing this, play some background song and when the song stops they are
to pair with someone (do minimum of 2 times)
o Write the answers given down on the manila paper
 Display the poem of the fable on the projector and write poem on the second column
o Use Inside-Out Circle for students to share thoughts
  Place background music for them to rotate in the circle. When the music stops
they pair with the person in the opposite circle
o Write answers given down on manila paper
 Handout a copy of the reading of the fable
 Students are to sit in their desks and work independently
 Write reading in the third column of the manila paper
 As students read, pass out sticky notes where they are to write the characters, setting and plot
they believe
o When the student is done writing their answers, they are to stick the sticky paper under
the column

Formative Check (ongoing or specific):

Their answers given on the sticky note will be used to check their understanding on the terms taught

Reteaching (alternative used as needed):

Students will split into groups and finishing filling in a half-complete organizer. Each group will have a
different fable and may read it various times as needed. The groups will be divided in accordance to the
reading levels for all to participate within the group and for them to practice their comprehension skills.

Closure:
Repeat the moral lesson of the fable individually and as a class while clapping hands together in a beat

Assessment/Summative Evaluation:
At the end of this unit, the students in their test will be given a short story, and they are to identify what
genre/theme it is.

Modifications/Notes
The fable should be in between all reading levels in the classroom for all the students to comprehend
the reading—not to easy for the higher reading levels and not to difficult for the readers in the lower
levels.

Also, if doing a different story, the fable must have a song and poem apart from the reading.