Comprehension Draw Conclusions. Writing Write a biography.

Teaching Plan EDL Level 16 Guided Reading Level I Intervention Level 16 Beatrix Potter introduces children to the famous artist and writer by showing how her works originated from her lifelong love of animals. Nonfiction Genre Biography Nonfiction Features Captions Italics Labels Text Structure Chronological Vocabulary famosa artista escritora dibujos Comprehension Draw Conclusions Writing Write a biography. Content Area Connections: History Understand the concepts of time and chronology. Understand how various sources provide information. Curriculum Support You may want to use Beatrix Potter when teaching the following social studies topics: Events over time Primary sources Personal history Careers Cross-Text Reading Eva la apicultora, an iopeners Grade 1 social studies title

1 Introduce the Book Introduce the Nonfiction Genre: Biography Display the book cover. Read the title and the author s name. Tell children that Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated books about animals. Explain that this book is a biography. A biography tells the story of a real person s life. Usually, the information in a biography is arranged chronologically, or in the order in which it happened. Point out that the author includes photographs of Beatrix and her family and shows her early drawings. Por qué crees que estas fotografías y dibujos aparecen en el libro? Activate or Build Background Display a copy of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Recall or introduce the story. Point out that the same person Beatrix Potter is both the author and the illustrator of the book, because she wrote the words and drew the pictures. Ask how many children in the class have a pet. Have pet owners tell the class about their pets and describe the things they like to do with them. Preview and Predict Turn to page 2, and read it aloud. Explain that the author begins the book by answering the questions Quién fue Beatrix Potter? Dónde nació? Cuándo vivió? De quién trata este libro? Por qué Beatrix Potter es famosa? De qué crees que tratará el resto del libro? Introduce Vocabulary You may want to introduce the following words before reading: famosa: muy conocida artista: una persona que hace arte, como dibujos, pinturas o esculturas escritora: una persona que escribe dibujos: ilustraciones hechas con instrumentos de escritura Nonfiction Text Features Captions: Read aloud the caption on page 2. Explain that this caption gives more information about the photograph. Turn to page 5, and point out and read aloud the caption at the bottom of the page. Tell children that this caption also adds information to the main text. Explain that both captions help readers learn more about Beatrix Potter. Labels: Turn to page 4, and point out the labels. Explain that the labels identify the drawings. Tell children that the boldfaced type helps readers avoid confusing the labels with the caption at the top of the pictures. Italics: Turn to page 7. Point to the title of the book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, in the caption. Tell children that the letters in these words look different because they spell out the name of a book.

2 Read the Book page 1 Señala la fotografía de la página. No hay rótulo ni pie de foto en esta fotografía. Quién crees que podría ser esta persona? Por qué crees eso? Understand Context Clues Crees que la historia que vamos a leer es verdadera o inventada? Qué te hace pensar eso? Identify Fact and Opinion Qué te dice la fotografía acerca de Beatrix Potter? pages 2 3 Vocabulary famosa artista escritora Point out the word famosa on page 2. Qué significa ser famosa? Puedes pensar en alguien famoso? Understand Context Clues; Activate Prior Knowledge Este libro usa verbos en tiempo pasado, como era, fue, encantaban y gustaba. Por qué crees que los usa así? Identify Text Organization and Structure Crees que Beatrix era buena artista? Por qué? Personal Response Point out that pages 2 and 3 contain captions as well as main text. Qué nos dice el pie de foto en la página 2 que no nos dice el texto principal? Por qué crees que se incluyó una fotografía de Beatrix en la página 3? pages 4 5 Vocabulary dibujos Por qué crees que a Beatrix le gustaba hacer dibujos de sus mascotas? Make Inferences Cómo te hace saber la autora que Beatrix era buena artista? Use Graphic Sources Qué es una tarjeta de felicitaciones? Cuándo podrías enviar una a alguien? Personal Response Cómo te ayudan las fotografías a comprender que Beatrix vivió hace mucho tiempo? Hay dos rótulos en la página 4. Por qué crees que están ahí?

pages 6 7 Qué nos dice que los sucesos de estas páginas ocurrieron después que los sucesos de las páginas 4 y 5? Sequence of Events Por qué crees que Beatrix escribió una historia acerca de un conejo? Draw Conclusions Por qué crees que se muestra la carta de Beatrix? page 8 Qué quiere la autora que sepas acerca de Beatrix Potter? Understand Author s Purpose Qué información incluye la autora para ayudarte a comprender por qué Beatrix Potter se hizo famosa? Identify Cause and Effect En esta página veo varias fotografías de diferentes libros de Beatrix Potter. Cómo te ayudan las fotografías a saber qué hay en el texto? Veo que los números de las páginas de este libro tienen dibujos pequeños junto a ellos. Qué crees que muestran los dibujos? Por qué están ahí? ESL/ELL Strategy Help children understand that books are written by writers, and that artists, or illustrators, create the art. Use a pencil and pad of paper to pantomime writing as you say: A writer writes words. Have children repeat the sentence. Use crayons to draw a picture as you say: An artist draws pictures. Have children repeat the sentence. Tell children that sometimes the same person does both jobs in other words, he or she writes the words and draws the pictures in a book. Reread the Book After children reread the text, use the graphic organizer on the back cover to order and summarize events in the text. Discuss how information about Beatrix is presented in the text. Cómo se relacionan las fotografías con las palabras? Por qué es importante leer los pies de fotos y los rótulos? Qué fue lo más interesante que aprendiste? Answers to Student Book Questions 1. Cuenta acerca de su niñez y cómo se convirtió en artista y escritora. 2. Las respuestas variarán pero pueden incluir: Sí, porque escribió e ilustró muchas historias creativas. 3. Las respuestas variarán.

3 Learn Through the Text SOCIAL STUDIES: The Real Thing Use Beatrix Potter to help children understand how primary-source materials are used to document real events in the lives of historical figures. Explain that journals, letters, art, photographs, and other artifacts provide firsthand information about a person. Have children page through the book to identify the visual primary sources used: Los dibujos muestran el trabajo de Beatrix y sus intereses. Las fotografías de Beatrix dan información precisa acerca de ella. La carta de Beatrix da información auténtica acerca de los personajes de sus historias. Have children bring in a photograph or baby book to show a visual primary-source material for an event in their lives, such as a birthday. COMPREHENSION: Draw Conclusions Tell children that to better understand characters or events, it is sometimes necessary for readers to draw conclusions or make decisions based on what they read in the text and what they already know. Use a think-aloud to model how to draw a conclusion: La autora nos dice que a Beatrix Potter le encantaban los animales y le gustaba hacer dibujos de ellos. La historia también nos cuenta que Beatrix Potter tenía dos conejos como mascotas. Sé que uno de sus libros más famosos es The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Podemos concluir que ella escribió esta historia porque le gustaban los conejos. Ask children to suggest other conclusions that can be drawn from the text. Encourage them to support their conclusions with facts from the book. WRITING Write a Biography Have children use what they have learned about biographies to write a biography of a favorite author. Assign children to small groups, each group studying an author relevant to their reading. Provide an assortment of materials (books, information from the Internet, and so on) by these authors. Be sure that the materials provide some background information about each author. After the groups have sorted through the available information, have them list a few facts about the author s life. Provide a graphic organizer like the one on the back cover for use during the prewriting stages. Have group members work together to put the information in chronological order. Ask children to use their notes to write and draw about the author s life. When groups have published their work, have each share with the class its biography and its favorite book by the author.

Beatrix Potter Organizador gráfico Nombre Beatrix nació en 1866. Cuando era niña, a Beatrix le gustaba. Cuando Beatrix era adulta,. Después de escribir una carta a Noel, Beatrix. Copyright 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Celebration Press, an imprint of Pearson Learning Group, 299 Jefferson Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher, except for the Reproducible Graphic Organizer, which may be reproduced for classroom use only. For information regarding permission(s), write to Rights and Permissions Department. 1-800-321-3106 www.pearsonlearning.com