Calling all Eve Bunting fans! Perfect to use during an author study, this download includes five full Interactive Read Aloud Lesson Plans and Extensions featuring five of Eve Bunting’s most memorable stories.

Featured books:

Gleam and Glow

Train to Somewhere

One Green Apple

The Memory String

The Wall

Each lesson plan focuses on determining the theme of the text. The actions to determine the theme vary by story. Read aloud questions in the lesson plans promote the collection of text evidence to meet the objective after reading the story.

Lesson Objectives:

-Gleam and Glow: Students will be able to determine the theme of Gleam and Glow by making inferences from the illustrations and text about the characters’ responses to the problem.

-Train to Somewhere: Students will be able to determine the theme of Train to Somewhere by analyzing character traits, motivations, and actions.

-One Green Apple: Students will be able to determine the theme of One Green Apple by analyzing characters’ actions.

-The Memory String: Students will be able to determine the theme of The Memory String by analyzing characters’ traits and actions.

-The Wall: Students will be able to determine the theme of The Wall by analyzing how characters are affected by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Included with lesson plans for each book…

**Take a peek at each lesson's full description for more details!**

• Lesson Plan page with text’s big idea, EQ, objective, vocabulary list, assessment, and teacher language
• Teacher's questioning guide w/stopping points, questions, expected answers, and possible scaffolding questions
• Template to print questions/vocabulary on post-its and place in the book before teaching for easy reference.
• Quick print form of the questions to be projected/posted for students during read aloud
• Assessment task cards
• Decorative vocabulary word cards and blank cards
• Student vocabulary graphic organizer to infer meaning of words and phrases and provide context clues
• Vocabulary 4-square activity options
• Writing extensions
• Application activities (see preview!)

Thank you for checking out this bundle! Please let me know if you have any questions!

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