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Close Reading of The Boy Who Loved Words: How Do People Build Their Word Power? Lesson PlanClose Reading of The Boy Who Loved Words: How Do People Build Their Word Power? Lesson Plan
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Close Reading of The Boy Who Loved Words: How Do People Build Their Word Power?

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Third graders practice the skills of identifying the main message in a story, describing the main character, and sorting the key details of a story into specific categories. The story they read is, The Boy Who Loved Words. Using a guiding worksheet embedded in the plan, pupils read specific excerpts from the book, then get together as a class to discuss their meaning. They also discuss the main message found in the book, and brainstorm the things they can all learn from the book. An intelligent, and thoughtful language arts lesson plan.

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close reading, reading comprehension, main ideas, main characters, key details, sorting & categorizing

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english language arts
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Grade
3rd
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English Language Arts
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
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Year
2013
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Common Core

RL.3.2 RL.3.3 W.3.8 SL.3.1.a

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