¡Pop! ¡Pop! ¡Pop! 6-pack Author: Dot Meharry ISBN: 9780790328997 Copyright Date: 2007 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 2 Reading Level: I Strategy/Skill: Following instructions, Making connections, Making predictions Genre: Procedure, Realistic Fiction Theme/Topic: Family Classification: Fiction Fluency: Fluent

Overview

This is a humorous family narrative about a girl and her older sister who fi nd out how not to make popcorn.

Suggested Purposes

This text supports the comprehension strategies of making connections with real-life experiences, making and confi rming predictions, and following the steps in a process.  It lends itself to expressive reading and provides excellent models for writing.

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

• the dramatic and lively nature of the text
• the strong narrative structure
• the humor in the text and the illustrations
• the characterization of Jo
• the expressive dialogue
• the use of italics, repetition, onomatopoeia, and exclamation marks for effect
• the lively verbs – jumping, pushing, popped, squealed
• the many alternatives for “said” – asked, called, cried, laughed, squealed
• the indicators of time – after a few minutes, after dinner, after a while, soon
• the contractions – couldn’t, I’m, it’s, won’t, wouldn’t
• the variety of forms of some verbs – laugh, laughed; make, making; popped, popping; tried, trying
• the possessive apostrophe in “Toni’s”
• the “ur” sound – burn, turned
  • Possible challenges
  • the words – enough, spoonfuls, squealed
  • the term “popping corn”

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