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Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat: A Team Player's Tale

Join Ronald Morgan on his journey as he discovers his special contribution to the team dynamic. Explore themes of teamwork and individual strengths in this engaging realistic fiction story.

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Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat: A Team Player's Tale

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  1. Ronald MorganGoes to Bat By Patricia Reilly Giff

  2. Day 1: Launching • Genre: Realistic fiction (a story that could really happen but is made up) • Summary-Each person on a team has something special to offer. Read to find out what Ronald offers his team.

  3. Day 1: Essential Question What character traits can we use to describe Ronald Morgan?

  4. Day 1: Listen to reading Zoom in: Listen to me read this. Can you hear my voice go up and down at the period or question mark? Notice how I pause at a comma then read on.

  5. Day 1: Turn and TalkI can answer WWWW and H questions • Who is telling the story? Is this first person or third person? • What does the author mean by “the ball sailed into the trees?” • Put your finger on one strong detail the author uses. How does this detail make her writing strong like our stories?

  6. Day 2: Choral ReadingI can retell a story and include important details • Let’s reread the story together • Track each word with your eye or finger and match your words to mine

  7. Day 2: TaskI can retell a story and include important details • Let’s review the beginning, middle, and end of the story by summarizing. B: M: E: • Now let’s put our ideas into a comic strip! http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/ Does our comic correctly summarize the B,M,E?

  8. Day 3: Making MeaningI can use the story to help me learn new words • Preview the story and put your eyes on these words • deserve page 207 • certainly page 210 • spirit page 211 • Read knees to knees with your partner • As you get to each word, try to figure out the meaning with your partner by using clues from the text.

  9. Day 3: Making Meaning Vocabulary Bingo!

  10. Day 4: Gathering Evidence Summarize this story and explain the lesson it teaches. Include two details from the story to support your answer. Let’s get started together!

  11. Day 5: ClosureReader’s Theater • Each table will be assigned a scene • I will assign roles • You will have 10 minutes to practice with your groups

  12. Day 5: Closure • Let’s perform by groups! • Did you notice other readers’ voices going up and down at periods and commas?

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