Telelesson Title:  Introduction Lesson to the book Where the Red Fern Grows by W.Wilson Rawls

Created by: Gwen Billings

Total Time: Approximately an hour class-Introduction Lesson

Lesson Overview  In this lesson the students will be introduced to the book  Where the Red Fern Grows by  W.Wilson Rawls.  They will then be using the web site as an introduction to the author and then be making their reflective journals.

   

Standards Based Goal

South Dakota Language Arts Standard in Writing and Technology.

  • Students will explain how the main problems or conflicts of various plots are developed and resolved.

  • Students will apply technology to gain information from the internet.

    

Student Objectives 

  • Students will view the web site for W. Wilson Rawls

  • Students will make a reflective journal to write their reflections after each chapter.

  • Students will understand that they will need an illustration, topic sentence, and at least four supporting sentences in their reflective journals.

    

Prerequisite Skills

  • Students must be able to access the web site. It would be a helpful to bookmark the site before class if it is to be used in the lab. 

  

Time Sequence

Sequence of Activities

Notes
10 minutes Students will receive an overview of the book by W.Wilson Rawls They will listen to the opening video. They will do the map activity after listening to the video. Copy of book available for teacher.

You will want to put the South Dakota and Kentucky on the map before you print it for the students.
 20 minutes Students will access the web site http://pac.eils.lib.id.us/rawls.html Lab needs to be made available or to have the site viewed as a group in the classroom. The site could also be book marked and viewed by the students at a computer. 
20 minutes Need to  finish on their own but  must be done before the first chapter has been read. Students will be making a reflection journal for this activity.  You can use the link to access the worksheets to use for the lesson. There are different pages that they can use.   

Open ended

The activities that follow the introductory unit will be used after each section of the book. As the book is read the activities should be completed. 

Special Considerations  

  • A book should be available for any students that are unable to hear  the story as it is read to the rest of the class. A site that you might want to download for students that need text read is www.readplease.com

  • If there is a student that is not allowed to have access to the web site a printed copy should be made available to the student.

  • Fonts can be changed by instructor to enlarge printing.

 

Assessment   

  • Students must have their journal books ready for reflections  before the first chapter is read. The students will be writing these reflections after each chapter.

  • Students need to have an illustration, topic sentence, and at least four supporting sentences for each chapter.

  • A check off list needs to be used to check off students as they finish their reflection books. This is a way for the instructor to make sure everyone is ready for the first chapter.