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Adapted and updated from a sample integrated lesson sequence by M. Dela Paz and N. Hermosa. From
NNHermosa (1997) Literature and skills: An integrated framework. In Ocampo, D. Trends in Reading Education.
UP Open University. This updated version is part of the BEST teacher resource package in English Grades 4-6.
I. OBJECTIVES
C. Predict “what the character will do next” while listening to the story Infer
characters’ emotional reactions by matching feelings cut-outs to events
Identify likenesses and differences in short passages
Compare and contrast characters, events, and settings
II. CONTENT
Main Text: Winnie the Witch by Valerie Thomas & Korky Paul (Oxford University Press, 1993)
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IV. PROCEDURES
(Show puppets).
These are Tommy and Anna.
Reviewing previous lesson or presenting the They are friends.
new lesson
c) Anna is always absent from her class. Her teacher decided something had to be done about it. What do you
think will the teacher do?
a) Develop a semantic map for witch. Guide the children in categorizing the words they have generated.
Possible words are shown in Figure 2.
wicked
can fly
b) Based on the semantic map, draw a story-related concept and use this as a basis for making predictions.
For example, on the item that witches like the color black.
Why do you think witches like black? In the story we are going to read, Winnie the Witch
has a black house full of black things. What problems do you think will she have because
of this?
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Presenting examples/instances of the new lesson
B. DURING READING
(The format used here is a read-aloud by the teacher.)
Winnie the Witch lived in a black house in the forest. The house was
black on the outside and black on the inside… One day, after a nasty
fall, Winnie decided something had to be done. (STOP) Ask the class:
What do you think would Winnie do? Why do you think so? What are
the clues that tell you she will do that?
…She picked up her magic wand, waved it once and ABRACADABRA! Wilbur was a black cat
no longer. He was bright green! . . . This time, Winnie was furious. She picked up her magic
wand, waved it five times and . . . (STOP) Ask the class: What do you think would Winnie do?
Why do you think so? What are the clues?
C. POST READING
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Discussing new concepts and practicing new skills #2
Put up a properly labeled flow chart like the one shown in Winnie lived in a
Figure 7. As each situation is discussed, have pupils tape black house with
appropriate Winnie and Wilbur cut-outs, with different a black cat
emotional expressions beside the appropriate portion of the named Wilbur.
chart.
Where did Winnie live? Group A, can you tell us more Problem 1
about Winnie’s house.
Group A presents output: Things in Winnie’s black house.
Solution 1
What could be the reason why everything in
Winnie’s house was black?
Problem 2
Present a cut-out of Wilbur. Put it in different parts of the
house cut-out.
Was It easy to see Wilbur in this house?
Solution 2
Why did Wilbur’s color present a problem? How do
you think Winnie felt every time she sat on or
tripped over Wilbur? How do you think Wilbur felt?
Problem 3
Group E dramatizes/pantomimes the scene where Winnie turns Wilbur into a multi-colored cat.
How did Wilbur feel? Why?
Face cut-outs are pasted on the chart.
What did Wilbur do? Group B, can you tell us what the birds might have said about
Wilbur? And what Wilbur might have been thinking?
Group B presents output: Bird Tweets)
What was Winnie’s problem now? How did Winnie feel? Group C will tell us.
Group C presents their output: Winnie’s Diary Entry
Face cut-outs
Group D, what do you think Winnie could have done about her problem?
Group D presents their output: Advice Column
Who else have ideas other than those presented by Group D?
What did Winnie decide to do?
How does Winnie’s house look now?
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Present an uncolored house and have children color the
different things in the house according to the descriptions
given in the book.
Call children’s attention to the flow chart. Figure 8. Poster of Winnie's new house
How many problems were met by Winnie in the to be colored
story?
How many solutions did she think of?
Was there a solution to every problem in the story?
Would a solution always make sure that it would be the end of a problem? What
does the story show us about problems and solutions?
(Guide the discussion such that children arrive at the realization that, sometimes, a solution causes
another problem. Real life problem situations could be discussed, with children sharing their experiences
on this issue.)
Did the story make you laugh? Which parts of the story were funny?
Flip through the book, showing the pages. By looking at the pictures even before reading the
story, can you tell it’s going to be a funny story? Why?
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Here are possible activities which may be done as individual or small group projects to
extend the literary experience and make connections across the curriculum.
WRITING
House’s Story: There’s another story in the book. Make the house tell the story
again from its point of view. (“I was an elegant black house. . .)
Abracadabra!: Invent your own magic words. You could write them at the back of
your Witch Hat.
ART
Construction and coloring activities
SCIENCE
Science Experiments
These simple experiments
can be done in the Science
class/Reading class. They
review the concepts of
chemical reaction, and
camouflage, respectively.
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Making generalizations and abstractions about the lesson
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Evaluating learning
WINNIE WANDA
Step 3: Guided Practice
witches
lives in a black house lives in a caved
have black pets
pet cat – Wilbur pet wolf – Woof
Introduce the Venn Diagram as a device for can cast spells
casts good spells casts evil spells
showing similarities and differences. Draw it
on the board then guide children in filling it
up with the same information found in the
comparison table. The completed diagram
may look like the one in Figure 14. Figure 14. Venn Diagram showing the same
information shown in the comparison table
Provide a practice exercise with another
compare-contrast paragraph, preferably an
informational material in the content areas.
Guided practice is usually done with the
whole class, with the children reading aloud
the sample text, and the teacher guiding the
discussion on the compare-contrast points.
This will give an idea which students are
understanding what is being taught and if
there is a need for re-teaching, e.g., going
back to Step 2. The sample worksheet for
Guided Practice shown in Figure 15 is a text
that might be taken from a Social Studies
book.
Directions: Read the paragraph comparing nests and houses. Do you see any clue words?
Underline them. Use your Compare and Contrast Tool Kit to help you locate the clue
words. Then make a comparison table or a Venn Diagram to show how nests and houses
are alike, and how they are different.
Figure 16. Compare-Contrast Tool Kit and sample text to be used for independent practice
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Additional activities for application or remediation
Step 5: Application
This step goes beyond the lesson sequence described above. The skill of comparing and contrasting should
transfer to different texts that children read across different subject areas, both narrative and expository
materials. Opportunities for writing using the comparison-contrast text structure may also be provided within
the language arts classroom. Below are some worksheets that provide additional practice for using the skill of
compare-contrast for writing (see Figure 17), and for comprehending content area materials. As the children
master the skill, they can move on from making comparisons within texts to comparing a text with another
(see Figure 18).
Figure 17 shows a Venn Diagram generated from a discussion comparing dogs and cats as pets. It can serve as
a pre-writing activity and a guide to help students write an essay on comparing and contrasting.
Figure 18 shows compare-contrast charts that provide students ways to apply the skill (and advance in it) that are
natural outgrowths of their reading experiences. These grids can be completed individually, in pairs, or by groups,
and they can be used by students at any grade level.
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Acknowledgments
Some of the materials used to exemplify parts of this LINKS lesson were taken from the following sources:
Read-Write-Think. International Literacy Association & National Council for Teachers of English (2017)
http://www.readwritethink.org/
Scoula via Conforti. Winnie’s Song (subbed) https://youtu.be/EsHWZDeZyNA?t=5, May 22, 2013
V. REMARKS
VI. REFLECTION
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