How Frog Went to Heaven

SUBJECT

TEACHER

GRADE

Reading

Ms. Jagelka

5th

DATE

OVERVIEW

Go over the background information of play and discuss how the terms folktale, myth and theme. Explain
how to find a theme of a text and how it must be supported by textual evidence. Introduce the play and
read it.

Teacher Guide
Objective

Present background

information on play
Describe what a folktale, and

Student Guide

Understand origins of play

Be able to tell me what a
folktale, myth and theme is

theme
Information

PowerPoint information of play

and its origins

Verification

Make a worksheet that

Take notes on the background

of the play, folktales and
theme

Do a theme worksheet

Read play and have a large

practices finding theme

Activity

Read play and discuss possible

themes

group discussion on the

possible themes and narrow
down to two possible themes.

SUBJECT

TEACHER

GRADE

Reading

Ms. Jagelka

5th

DATE

OVERVIEW

Go over how to do a proper summary of a text and read play again to do a proper summary of play.

Teacher Guide
Objective

Understand how to do a

Student Guide

summary and character

analysis and discuss how
characters play a key role in
plays
Information

Quick activity of a pre-

summary
Powerpoint information of how

Summarize play in own words

and perform a character
analysis on major characters
and their impact in the play

Write a summary of play

Take notes on how to properly
do a summary

to do a proper summary
Verification

Work on practicing

summarizing
Provide time so students can

or completely write a new one

based on the elements
discussed to write a good
summary.

edit or re-write pre-summaries

Activity

Read play again and

summarize

Do summary worksheet
Self-correct previous summary

Read play and share with a

group their summaries

SUBJECT

TEACHER

GRADE

Reading

Ms. Jagelka

5th

DATE

OVERVIEW

Go over how to do a character analysis and discuss how characters play a critical role in plays.

Teacher Guide
Objective

Understand how to analyze

Student Guide

characters in a text and

discuss how characters play a
key role in plays
Information

Verification

Perform a character analysis

on major characters and their
impact in the play

Give a presentation on

Take notes on how to properly

character analysis
Give examples of different

do a character analysis
Who what when where why

characters
Who what when where why

Practice analyzing characters

Analyze characters as a class

After reading play third time,

as a class
Give students time to analyze

analyze characters

characters of play
Activity

Read play
Have large group discussion on

Read play
Share with group character

character analysis of major

characters

analysis
Share as a class and come with
a consensus

Resources
http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE19.html
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?
q=cache:h4j1S9yX1_AJ:blogs.birmingham.k12.mi.us/fazzolaragilmoreblog/files/2014/04/LearnAbout-Folktales-zkvep0.ppt+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YfZKLTmVpAJ:www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/themelesson.ppt+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?
q=cache:Wtp4rC4akF4J:www.oradellschool.org/osnj/STAFF/Faculty%2520and%2520Staff/Mr.
%2520Steven%2520Pi/fivefingersummary.ppt+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
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q=cache:26POyK38D9EJ:www.emcp.com/previews/Common%2520Files/visualteaching/Grade
%25208/MW_L3_LA_U1_Character.ppt+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us