Greedy Cat's Door 6-pack Author: Joy Cowley ISBN: 9780790320427 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 1 Reading Level: E Strategy/Skill: Cause and effect, Making predictions Genre: Realistic Fiction Theme/Topic: Family, Pets Classification: Fiction Fluency: Early

Overview

After overindulging on Thanksgiving Day, Greedy Cat finds that he can no longer fit through his cat door. Luckily, his loyal friend Katie comes up with a solution.

Suggested Purposes

This text supports the comprehension strategies of:

• making and confirming predictions
• determining cause and effect

This story is packed with text features. The rich, repetitive language and the humor provide many opportunities for expressive reading and rereading. Lunch for Greedy Cat is another Dragonflies title at the early level.

Text Features (Focus on only one or two per session.)

• the initial consonant blends – cr, chr, fr, gr, st, wr
• the digraphs -th – then, that, this; -sh – push
• the descriptive verbs – wriggle, stomped
• the use of words with silent letters – know, what, wriggle
• the opposites – in and out, big and small
• the use of onomatopoeia – POP!, purr
• the use of alliteration – push, push … POP! on pages 12 and 13
• the text in the illustration on page 10
• the use of direct speech
• the possessive apostrophe in the title
• the use of exclamation marks and print of different sizes and colors for emphasis
• the use of the ellipsis to suggest time passing on pages 8 and 9, and for anticipation on page 12
• the use of a dash to separate ideas in a sentence on pages 2, 3, 6, 7, and 16
• the symmetrical structure of pages 2 and 3, 6 and 7
• the strong narrative structure
• the shifts in time
• the different points of view of Katie and her parents