Unit of Study Title: Out of the Mouth of Junie B. Jones
Topic Area: Communications/Language Arts
Grade Level: K-2
Time Frame: Full Year
Key Words: 2nd Grade Literature, Junie B. Jones, Barbara Park

Unit Designer: Lisa Handcock (LH018)
Unit Designer E-mail: Lisa.Handcock@k12.sd.us
School District: Sully Buttes
Date Added: 6/25/2002 5:03:55 PM
Date Last Revised: 6/26/2002 1:52:07 PM

Peer Reviewer: Cherie Hill
Peer Reviewer E-mail:

SD Content Standard Goals (SD Content Standards):

Communications/Language Arts
Students will read at increasing levels of complexity for various purposes.
Students will write effectively for different audiences and specific purposes.

SD Content Standard Indicators:
Indicator 1: Students will apply various reading cues/strategies to interpret and comprehend text, e.g.,context, semantic, syntactic, and graphophonic.
Indicator 2: Students will evaluate patterns of organizations, literary elements, and literary devices within various texts.
Indicator 1: Students will use appropriate mechanics, usage, and conventions of language.
Indicator 2: Students will use appropriated style, organization, and form in technical, transactional, creative, and personal writing.
Indicator 3: Students will use various strategies and techniques to improve writing quality.

SD Content Standard Benchmarks:
a. recognize that different cues can be used to make predictions about and clarify text.
b. determine when it is appropriate to use a specific cue/strategy
c. draw upon prior knowledge and experience to understand unfamiliar texts.
b. explore literary elements and devices are used in various texts, e.g., character, setting.
c. explore how authors use both literary elements and devices in stories.
a. apply simple conventions of language in written work.
b. use expanding vocabulary and appropriate spelling in written work.
c. revise and edit written work using basic conventions of language.
a. recognize various ways to organize writing based on the intended purpose and audience.

Other Content Standards:

Brief Summary of Unit:
The following is a year long literature unit based upon the Junie B. Jones books by Barbara Park. By the completion of this unit the students will have enhanced their oral reading and comprehension skills, have a clearer understanding of story elements (e.g. main idea, character, setting, problem and solution), and refine writing skills. The students will also gain a greater appreciation for literature and a love of reading.

Students will Understand:
The students will understand the importance of word attack skills and sight word recognition to become fluent readers.
The students will understand the basic elements of a story.
The students will understand the basic grammar and writing tools.
The students will understand the use of technology in creating projects.

Essential Questions to Guide this Unit and Focus Teaching and Learning:
What was this story about? (main idea)
If you were Junie B. Jones what would you have done if ________ happened to you?
What do you think Junie B. Jones will do next?
What was the problems Junie faced in this story?
How did Junie solve her problems?
Did Junie learn a lesson from what happened to her?
Other than Junie, Who was your favorite character in this story?
If you could be a character in Junie's book what would you have said or done to Junie?

Key Knowledge and Skills Students will Acquire:
The students will be able to use their comprehension skills to retell a story.
The students will be able to use their writing skills to journal and write stories.
The students will be able to use technology to create projects.
The students will be able to use kidspiration to fill out a web template.

Assessment Plan:
Growth portfolios - A collection of the students work which they select to show their growth throughout this unit

Accelerated Reader Quizzes - At the completion of each book the student will be required to take a ten question quiz over the book to determine comprehension.

Learning Activites:
Journaling writing using the use of journal prompts.
Creative writing assignments.
Kidspiration webbing after the completion of each book.
Utilizing the Junie B. Jones web sight to explore other activities and books by Barbara Park.
Class power point presentation developed by the class as a culminating activity for the unit.

Notes:

Internet Resource Link:
http://lh018.k12.sd.us

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