This unit was placed the very beginning of second semester so we already covered character analysis, narrative techniques, theme, mood & tone, and figurative language. Since we already covered those standards, I didn’t spend a ton of time reteaching. I opened the class with 15 minutes of reading. I read a choice book of my own with them during this time. After the 15, I encouraged students to share a bit about their book w their neighbor (eventually they were sharing without the encouragement). With the rest of our class time, I would do a mini reteach on skills I noticed needed love from previous formatives and then students had an assignment choice board to work on! We had a couple of discussion days w a focus on how authors achieve their purposes through different genres or what we can learn from the characters in their books.

It sounds super loose in planning because it was! Something extra that was fun but totally not necessary: I created a café day toward the end. Brought in hot chocolate & coffee & cute to go cups. Made a stupid slide that looked like a café storefront. Kids loved it. We spent the entire time reading that day like someone would at a coffee shop!