Mental Image Lesson Plan Chapter 6 Tania Martin

Description: Students will use written text with no picture clues to

create mental
images.
Goals!"#ecti$es: %& '.(( Draw and la"el pictures related to a stor)
topic or
experience.
Materials: *oo+s Toda) ,as - Terri"le Da) ") Patricia Gi..
The %apping &ouse ") -udre) ,ood
Procedure: The teacher will tell students the .ollowing in.ormation:
/Toda) we are going to use our mental images. - mental image is
created as a picture in )our mind. Mental images help us engage in the
text in wa)s that ma+e it personal and memora"le. Toda) I0m going to
read the "oo+ Toda) ,as a Terri"le Da) aloud to )ou. -s I read I will
tell )ou a"out m) mental images. I will draw pictures o. m) mental
images on the "oard.1 Students will listen and watch as the teacher
demonstrates mental images. -.ter completing the "oo+ students and
teacher will discuss the mental images created.
The teacher will then tell students: /I0m going to read )ou another "oo+
and let )ou practice using )our mental images. I will assist )ou as
needed.1 Teacher reads The %apping &ouse2 students draw their
mental images on the "oard.
-ssessment: Students will "e assisted as necessar). Mental images on
the "oard should relate to the stor) that is read aloud.
3esources: 3eading ,ith Meaning ") De""ie Miller
Mental Image Lesson Plan Mental Image Tania
Martin
Description: Students will wor+ together with a partner to draw mental
images o. a poem
and to dramati4e mental images.
Goals!"#ecti$es: I& (.56 Demonstrate comprehension o. an oral
presentation on a
.amiliar topic using a $ariet) o. strategies
with occasional assistance.
Materials: Cop) o. poems on pages 768792 3eading ,ith Meaning
Paper to draw on

Procedure: Students will listen to three poems read aloud to them.
Students will practice drawing mental images o. the poems on the "oard.
Poems will "e read aloud se$eral times to help students manage their
mental image. Teacher will then read the :all poem to students se$eral
times. Students will draw a mental image to go with the poem
independentl).
-ssessment: Students0 mental images should relate to the poems that
ha$e "een read aloud.
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Mental Image Lesson Plan Chapter 6 Tania Martin
Description: Students will listen to a "oo+ read orall) and disco$er how
their mental images change as the e$ents o. the stor) change.
Goals!"#ecti$es: I& (.56 Demonstrate comprehension o. an oral
presentation on
.amiliar and un.amiliar topics using a $ariet)
o. strategies with little
assistance.
Materials: *oo+ Gre)ling ") ;ane <olen
Mental Image wor+sheet .rom 3eading with Meaning2
pg. =6
Procedure: Teacher explains to students that /Mental Images can
change as we read. ,hen we "egin reading a "oo+ an imagepicture is
created in our head. -s we read that images changes to go with the
text.1 Teacher will read the "oo+ Gre)ling. -s the "oo+ is read the
teacher will stop occasionall) and students will draw the mental image
that is in their head. Students will use the wor+sheet to draw their
changing mental images.
-ssessment: Students will "e assessed ") their completion o. the
wor+sheet. Mental images should relate to the text and show changes
as the text changes.
3esources: 3eading ,ith Meaning ") De""ie Miller
Mental Image Lesson Plan Chapter 6 Tania Martin
Description: Students will respond independentl) to a poem using their
mental image.
3esponse will "e artistic and written.
Goals!"#ecti$es: - (.56 Demonstrate comprehension o. an oral
presentation on a
.amiliar topic using a $ariet) o. strategies
with little assistance.
,riting o"#ecti$e IL >.5> ,rite se$eral
simple sentences descri"ing
a .amiliar topic or experience with
assistance.
Materials: *oo+ Creatures o. the ?arth2 Sea2 and S+) ") Georgia
&eard
Copies o. Mental Image wor+sheet .rom page =62
3eading ,ith Meaning ")
De""ie Miller
Procedure: Teacher will read the poem &umming"ird .rom the "oo+
Creatures o. the
?arth2 Sea2 and S+) se$eral times. Students will
listen as the poem is read
thin+ing a"out the mental image that is created in
their head. Students will
complete the mental image wor+sheet independentl).
-ssessment: Students will "e assessed ") the completion o. the mental
image
wor+sheet. Students will draw a picture and write a
sentence a"out their
mental image.
3esources: 3eading ,ith Meaning ") De""ie Miller