The Princess and the Pizza

Grade Level/Subject: 4 grade

Central Focus:
To learn how to describe a character in depth, and to
summarize a text.
Essential Standard/Common Core Objective:
th

RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a

story or drama, drawing back on specific details in the text
RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from
details in the text; summarize the text.

Date submitted:
taught:

Date

Daily Lesson Objective:

Students are going to learn how to describe a character in depth using evidence, and how to
summarize a text.
21st Century Skills:
Academic Language Demand (Language Function and
Vocabulary):
Prior Knowledge:
Students should have some prior knowledge on fairytales. Students should also know what
summarizing means, and what describing a character means.
Activity

Description of Activities and Setting

1. Focus and Review

2. Statement of
Objective
for Student

The teacher will tell the students Today we are going to read
a book called The Princess and the Pizza. We are going to
learn about how the character feels, and we are going to
listen carefully to the story. By the end of the class we are
going to describe how the character feels using details, and
we are also going to summarize the story.

3. Teacher Input
4. Guided Practice

The teacher is going to use a beach ball as a talking stick. The

teacher will have the students pass the ball around the room to
students that have their hand raised to answer the question.
The teacher will ask the students questions like What does it
mean to summarize?, How do you describe a character? and
What can you tell me about fairytales?.

The teacher is going to have the students listen to an interactive

read aloud video of The Princess and the Pizza.
The teacher will point out during the read aloud the vocabulary
words the students have been learning about.
The teacher will have the students sit on the carpet and will go
over the vocabulary words that were pointed out during the
video. The teacher will have the students talk about what they
know about the vocabulary word, and talk about why the word
was used in the story.
The teacher will split the students into two groups. Each group
will have one question on a poster board. The students will word
as a group to answer the questions.

Time

5. Independent
Practice

6. Assessment
Methods of
all
objectives/skills:
7. Closure

The two questions are:

What dangers. Problems, or struggles does the character
encounter?
Summarize the story and explain the lesson it teaches.
If time permits the students will then pick a pair of students
from each group to go in front of the class to tell the other group
what their groups question was, and what their group came up
with as an answer.
The students will return to their seats, and will pull out their
writers notebook.
In their writers notebook they are going to write a journal entry
on a time in their lives where they had to overcome and
obstacle.
The teacher should explain to the students what an obstacle is,
and give an example of an obstacle.
The teacher will tell the students that they need to relate the
obstacle they had to overcome to an obstacle that Princess
Paulina had to overcome in the story.
The students should use specific details from the book when
writing their journal entry.
The teacher will be walking around the classroom, and will be in groups
discussion.
The teacher will also collect the groups answers to the questions they were
given.

The teacher will ask the students to talk about what they are
taking away from the story The Princess and the Pizza.
The teacher will ask if anyone would like to share their journal
entry with the class.

8. Assessment
Results of
all
objectives/skills:
Targeted Students
Modifications/Accommodations:
There are no targeted students in this
classroom, or accommodations for any
students.

Materials/Technology:

Poster boards, Smart board

Student/Small Group
Modifications/Accommodations:
When the students are split into groups for the
guided practice there will be a teacher assistant
helping the Red Group (struggling readers). The
other groups will get help from the main teacher
as she is walking around the classroom.

Reflection on lesson: