Vocabulary Words

-satin                  -grooves                -blush                 -broadly                   -grace                   -wrinkled

standards 

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

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Objectives: 

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Day 1: 

-introduce vocabulary words and deifnitions to the class.

-use the frayer model to work on vocabulary words.

-have students work in cooperatives to create a poster of the frayer model with a vocabulary word of their choice (6 groups, 1 group per word). Do a gallery walk so students can see all of words represented. 

-Introduce the book, the name jar. Ask students ifthey know anyone who was from korea, or from any other country. ask students they have ever been new to school, or had a new student in their class. allow students to share their answers with their partners. 

-tell students that this week they will be reading a book about a girl named unhei how just moved to the country from korea. she is having a hard time adjusting to her new school.

extension: have students talk to their parents about why they chose their names, and how they chose their names. have students share with the class the origination of their name at the end of the week. click here for a link to worksheet. 

Day 2: 

-review vocabulary words with the class, going over words and meanings. 

-remind the students their discussions from the previous day. introduce the book, the name jar, do a book walk and have students make predictions of what they think is going to take place. have students think-pair-share with their partner and chart their ideas. 

-start reading the story (only read half the story). stopping through out the story to see if their predictions were right. 

-show students a picture of kimchi when it comes up in the story to help students what unhei was talking about. 

-ask students: "why did unhei want to change her name?"

                            "what does her name mean?"

Day 3: 

-review vocabulary words. have students quiz each other on the words and the meanings. for example, one student can say the word and the student can either say or write the definition and they can switch. also, one student can give a definition and the other student either says the word that matches that definition or writes it. 

-have students share what has happened so far in the story. finish reading the story stopping periodically to check for understanding. 

-review story elements: setting, characters, plot. chart the story elements on a chart paper. 

-have students share with their elbow partners the different story elements. Encourage the students to use complete sentences when discussing with their partners. 

Day 4:

-Students play charades to review vocabulary words. one student chooses a word to act out while the rest of the class tries to guess what word it is. Students can either raise their hand to share the answer or they can do a class shout out. 

-review the story of the week and review the events that happened in the story. 

-talk about the character traits of Unhei and the text evidence to support the traits. for example, unhei is shy because when she was on the bus and was asked her name she blushed and hurried off the bus. 

-have students work in cooperative groups of 4 to come up with other character traits using a bubble map. students are to come up with at least two other traits and find the evidence in the text. have students discuss whtat traits they came up with and the evidence. 

Day 5: 

-have students share the sheet with the information of their name with their table group or create groups. 

-have students create posters of their names to put in the class. to go along with the posters students will turn the page they completed into a writing describing what their name means, how their parents came up with it, and where the name came from. 

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