Lesson Two
Objectives: The students will be able to:
1. Use the internet as a resource 2. Explain about the
life of children in Victorian times 3. Discuss their findings
Procedures: 1. Allow the students to get into
their Literatrure groups. 2. have the students write their thoughtas about
chapters 3 and 4. 3. Allow the students to change roles in the group
and then fulfill their roles by discussion of chapters 3 and 4 4.
Have the groups use the interenet a few of the below sites to inevestigate
and research the life of children in Victorian times. 5. have the students
record their information in their journals. 6. have the students comment
on their findingd s in their journals 7. have the students
dialogue in their groups how they felt about what they found. 8.
Collect their journals and make comments 9. Assign chapters 5-7 for
homework.
Lesson Three
Objectives: the students will: 1. Understand
different types of literature journal writing
Procedures: 1. have the students meet in their
groups and do their roles and discuss for 10 minutes chapters 5 -7
2. Hand back the journals and allow the students to freewrite what they
are feeling at this point in the story. Give the students some open-ended
questions if they are feeling stuck. Allow 5 minutes for this. 3. have
the students discuss with their group what they wrote. 4. Assign
a project for the students to complete at the end of the unit as a group.
5. The project must have something to do with oceanography, sailing, weather
or the Victorian era. 6. have the students search the sites below for ideas
for their project. 7. hand-out guidelines and a rubric for the project
8. Assign chapters 8-11 for home work.
Lesson Four
Objectives: the students will be able to:
1. research the interenet for ideas 2. Process informtion from the
book and write about what they have experienced in life
Procedures: 1. Allow the students to work
on the computers for 20 minutes and do preliminary research for their oceanography
project. 2. have the students hand in a proposal of what their project
will be 3. Allow the students to form their literature groups and
discuss chapters 7-9. 3. Allow them to write in their journals about
a similiar situation that they have been in that made them feel like the
main character. Allow 10 minutes for this 4. Assign chapters 12-15 for
home work
Lesson Five
Objectives: the students will be able to:
1. Create a presentation using prior knowledge from the book 2. definbe
impropmtu and ad lib 3. Discuss the feelings about the book and write
what they have learned
Procedures: 1. Allow the groups to meet.
2. Allow the students 10-15 minutes to prepare an impromptu presentation
of the book to the class. 3. Discuss with the students the concept of ad
lib and impromptu
4. Allow the students to present their "creations"
5. Have the audience comment and discuss the presentations.
6. For a change, discuss with the class the
book so far 7. have the students describe their feeling about
the class today and what they learned 8. Collect the journals 9.
Assign chapters 16-20
Lesson six
Objectives: the students will be able to 1.
describe a hurricane 2. describe how one identifies a
hurricane
Procedures: 1. Allow the students to
research the concept of hurricanes(there was a hurricane in the book) using
the sites listed below 2. Have the students report to the class what
they have learned. 3. have a class discussion bout the topic of hurricanes
4. Have the students write in theior journals what they have learned from
the lesson.
5. have the students finish the book
Lesson 7
Objectives: The students will be able to: 1.
describe the ending of the book 2. Compare what actuially happend
to what they had inferred in the beginning
Procedures: 1. Allow the students to meet
in their groupa adn discuss for 15 minutes the ending. 2. Allow the students
to compare their original inferences at the beginning of the book.
3. Allow the students to write how they felt about the ending how they
might have ended it etc. give them 10 minutes. 4. Join together as
a class and discuss the ending.
Lesson 8
Procedures: 1. Allow the students to present
their projects in class 2. Allow the students to comment on
each others projects in a positive way
Lesson 9
Procedures: 1. have the students fill out
an evaluation of the book, the literature groups 2. Have the studnst
write 3 things they learned through this experience in their journals
3. have the students write 3 things they enjoyed through this experience.
4. have the students write 3 things they would have liked to have added
or done different through this experience
Final Assessment: Collect the journal and assess
according to rubric initially handed out to students
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The
Oceanography Society this site gives many links to infomation that
deals with a variety of topics in oceanography
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The
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Oceanography A wealth of information
on oceanography as well as links
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Questions
About Careers in Oceanography Discusses exactly what it says
Hurricane
and Storm Tracking Gives info about all types of storm tracking
53rd
WRS Hurricane Hunters
4Hurricanes
-- a guide to hurricanes and severe weather from 4anything.com
Victoriana
for children Informational site that talks about whAT CHILDREN DID
IN Victorian times
Victorian
Age: Historical Background
The
Working Class Discusses the hard life of the working class during victorian
era
Schooner
Information about the life of the sea
Sailing
Ships Information about big sailing ships