Uncle Joe 6-pack Author: Joy Cowley ISBN: 9780478120592 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 2 Reading Level: H Strategy/Skill: Dialogue, Forming opinions, making judgements, Making connections, Text structure, Vocabulary and word study Genre: General Narrative Theme/Topic: Family, Health, Humor Classification: Fiction Fluency: Early-Fluent

Book Summary

Hugging Uncle Joe is like hugging a bed!  An inquisitive group of children want to know why Uncle Joe is so big.

Features of the Book

• The contractions – “I’ll,” “don’t,” “that’s,” “can’t,” and “he’s.”
• Large blocks of text to encourage sustained reading.
• The style of the illustrations.
• Frequent examples of book language.
• The use of everyday language – “Hey, Uncle” and “You kids can’t tell good muscle.”
• The simile “Hugging Uncle Joe is like hugging a bed.”

Purpose

Uncle Joe can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce and reinforce the following skills and strategies:

• recognizing and reading one- and two-syllable words
• identifying the plot and characters within the story
• comparing the opinions of the author with those of the reader
• developing the skill of writing using direct speech

For more information please see our Lesson Plan