First Day Jitters: A Close Reading Activity

In this lesson, the teacher and students will read and reread the engaging book First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg (210L). They will identify and describe the story elements in the illustrations and text and analyze the author's use of specific words to suggest the main character's feelings. Students will write an opinion paragraph in response to a prompt about the book using text to support their opinion.
Resource ID#: 33093 Type: Lesson Plan
Rate It!
Feedback?

Please sign in to access this resource

Teacher
Click here to sign in
as a FL public educator

Not a Florida public school educator?

Access this resource
on CPALMS.com

General Information

Subject(s): English Language Arts
Grade Level(s): 1
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Document Camera, Microsoft Office
Instructional Time: 2 Hour(s)
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes
Keywords: Back to school, character, characterization, character analysis, describing characters, story elements, illustrations, feelings, opinion writing, writing response
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan,  Worksheet,  Assessment,  Text Resource,  Formative Assessment
Resource Collection: General Collection

Aligned Standards

This vetted resource aligns to concepts or skills in these benchmarks.

Related Resources

Other vetted resources related to this resource.