"Checkouts" Student Learing Map

		Student Learning Map Fiction: “Checkouts” by Cynthia Rylant  Text page 22

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                   

Concept: Character motivation

Concept: Point of View

Concept: Context Clues

Concept: Irony (Advanced)

Vocabulary: Static character Dynamic character motivation

Vocabulary: First person Third person

Vocabulary: brazen, deftly, fetish, impulse, intuition, lapse, meditation, perverse, reverie, tedious

Vocabulary: Irony

Additional Information/Resources: Advanced Students-(Irony of Life-events or situations that are the opposite of what one would expect) Journal Entry- 1st person point of view, vocabulary activity, assessment

Lesson Essential Questions: How does the character’s actions or decisions impact the theme of the text?  What clues do dialogue and plot give about the character motivation? How do readers understand what motivates a character?

Lesson Essential Questions How does the point of view affect the story?

Lesson Essential Questions How do context clues help us determine the meaning of vocabulary we are unsure of?

Lesson Essential Questions: What irony is found in this story?