LE+Below+161


 * Skill: Identify Literary Elements**


 * Title of Lesson:**


 * RIT Range: Below 161**

• Recognizes who is telling the story (point of view) in literary text • Examines setting in literary text • Examines sequence of events in literary text • Examines the problem/conflict in literary text
 * Objective:**


 * ISBE Standard:**

//Lizard and the Painted Rock// by Elizabeth Lane //The Ugly Duckling// rewritten by Madge Tovey
 * Resources/Materials:**

Instruct students to examine the cover of //In Lizard and the Painted Rock// and name the possible characters. Students and Teacher list or draw the four possible characters (Man/Artist, Turtle, Rabbit, Lizard) on paper/chart paper/white board.
 * Introduction:**

1. //S//tudents read up to page 5. Then ask students, "What is the problem for Lizard?" Teacher writes conflict from students' answers on chart paper or small white board. 2. Students read pages 6-10. Ask students, "How has Lizard tried to solve his problem?" Teacher lists event under the conflict. 3. After asking if the Lizard is telling the story, Teacher models how to notice that Lizard is **not** telling the story. (Think aloud that the says "Lizard had an idea" and "he said." This means the Lizard is not telling the story. Students and Teacher cross out the Lizard from the list of 4 characters. 4. Students read pages 11-15. Ask students if Rabbit or Turtle are telling the story. Teacher may need to guide students to notice that it talks **about** Rabbit and Turtle. Students and Teacher cross out Rabbit and Turtle from list of characters. 5. Students read pages 16-22. Ask students if the Artists is telling the story. Again, guide students to notice that the story talks **about** the Artist. The Artist is not telling his own story. If he was, it would say "I painted" or "I though". Cross out the Artist from the possible characters. 6. Teacher asks students, "If none of these characters told the story, who told us (or wrote) the story?" Teacher explains that some books have a **narrator** and this narrator is not in the story, but tells the story. The narrator can tell us, the readers, what the characters are thinking.
 * Lesson Activity:**

Students tell a partner how Lizard's problem was solved.
 * Closure:**

Students read //The Ugly Duckling// and attempt to identify which character/narrator told the story. Based on lesson, students should determine that the narrator told the story.
 * Method of Assessment/Data Collection:**