LE+161-170


 * Skill: Identify Literary Elements**


 * Title of Lesson: The Three Wishes**


 * RIT Range: 161-170**

• 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
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 * Resources/Materials: The Three Wishes, rewritten by Madge Tovey (published by Waterford Institute)**
 * Location: Most likely housed with first grade.**


 * Introduction:** Ask students what they might wish for if they had three wishes. Tell them that they will be reading a story about a man who gets three wishes.

1. Browse the book and ask students to make predictions about the book. 2. Have the students read up to page 11. Stop and summarize. Ask students to identify point of view, characters and setting. 3. Have the students read through the end of the book (page 21). Have students identify the problem/conflict in the text. Discuss how the characters resolved the conflict. Ask students what they would have done in that situation. 4. Practice sequence of events using attached sequencing cards. Cut cards apart, mix them and have student put them in the correct order.
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 * Closure:** Discuss what lesson the woodcutter and his wife learned.


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