Lunchbox, The 6-pack Author: Diana Noonan ISBN: 9780478121377 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 1 Reading Level: H Strategy/Skill: Cause and effect, Making predictions, Sequencing Genre: General Narrative Theme/Topic: Change over Time, Family, Food Classification: Fiction Fluency: Early

Book Summary

This is a story of food left in a lunchbox – an experience many readers may have had.

Features of the Book

• The alliterative language.
• The high-frequency words – “by,” “her,” “went,” “she,” “look,” “said,” and “this.”
• Sequence of days in the week.
• Repetition of the phrase “Bobbie Bently’s lunchbox.”
• Repetition of verbs for rhythmic effect.
• The visual changes in the illustrations that signal the food’s gradual decay.
• The rhythmic pattern of the text from page to page.
• The use of the possessive apostrophe.
• The use of ellipses.

Purpose
The Lunchbox can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce and reinforce the following skills and strategies:

• predicting outcomes from illustrations
• discussing the cause and effect of specific events within the story
• planning how to sequence the events of a piece of narrative writing

For more information please see our Lesson Plan