“The Whale’s Song“

Morris McCormickEED 602

Tae Chang

04/18/23

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By the end of this lesson you will be able to:

2.0 Reading Comprehension 2.5 Restate facts and details in the

text to clarify and organize ideas. 2.6 Recognize cause-and-effect

relationships in a text. 1.0 Listening and Speaking

Strategies 1.2 Ask for clarification and

explanation of stories and ideas. 1.3 Paraphrase information that has

been shared orally by others.

1. Summarize the main ideas in “The Whale’s Song.”2. Discover ways people and animals can be kind to each other.

Review

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Theme: Kindness

Strategy:Reciprocal Teaching

Question & Summarize

Personalize: Put it in your own words

Realistic Fiction

Realistic fiction is simply stated as real people with real problems solved in a realistic manner in a real world setting. Realistic stories can and often do have humor, a sense of adventure, perhaps even danger.

Kindness

Definition: 

[n]  a kind act

[n]  tendency to be kind and forgiving

[n]  the quality of being warm-hearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic

Strategy

Personalize

“Use my own words!”

“That means I have to think about it before I raise my hand.”

On the Surface - Observations

“The Grandmother told Lilly exciting Stories.”

“The Grandmother was nice to the whales.”

“The Grandfather thought he was being nice by protecting Lilly.”

“Lilly learned to be nice to whales.”

“The whales were nice to everyone.”

Under the Surface - Observations “One of the greatest animals in the

world is one we don’t often see”

“Lilly believes her grandmother is friends with the whales.”

“Whales are like little girls, they love pretty things.”

“Grandpa is jealous because the whales don’t like him.”

“If we believe our dreams they will come true.”

“One of the greatest animals in the world is one we don’t often see”

“Lilly believes her grandmother is friends with the whales.”

“Whales are like little girls, they love pretty things.”

“Grandpa is jealous because the whales don’t like him.”

“If we believe our dreams they will come true.”

Let’s put it all together.

On the surface observations+

Under the surface observations___________________________________________

= The Full Meaning

What can we do to be kind to the animals around us?

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What will you do?

Let’s see what one little boy did to help!

Bibliography Photos

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http://www.whaleresearch.org/humpback_song.htm

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http://www.whaleswim.com/video/whales_underwater.mpeg

http://www.whaleswim.com/video/whale_surface.mpeg

Bibliography Music

http://www.wfu.edu/Student-organizations/soul/repertoire_music_will_you_be_there.mp3

“The Whale’s Song“