This is a lesson plan for using The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw with a Progeny Press PDF fillable literature guide, and/or THIS book report journal. If you are using both the PDF and the Journal, there are 50 days worth of work in this lesson plan.
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Lesson 01: BEFORE YOU BEGIN
-LOOK inside the front of your assigned book at the publisher's information.
Read the outside back cover of the book also.
-LOOK in your
school folder in the desktop or laptop computer which you use for school for a PDF document named after this book, in the literature folder
of your school file. That is your Literature Guide. Read the Synopsis and About
the Novel’s Author on pages 7-8 of your PDF guide.
-Use the information you've
learned from the book and the guide to fill out the first page of the section
for this book in your yellow Book Report Journal: Title, Author, Publisher,
Publication Date, Genre/Subject (historical fiction), Primary Setting (Thebes,
Egypt), and Time Period (ancient times). Nice handwriting please; I need to be
able to read it.
-For future reference, the PDF Literature Guide
can actually be filled out on the computer (by clicking in the blue boxes and
typing) and saved. I have the original on a disk and the one in your file is
YOUR copy, so go ahead and fill it out when these lesson plans say to, and don’t
forget to save the changes each time! You should also change the name of the
document so that your name is in it too, so it never gets mixed up with your
siblings’. There is nothing in it to fill out this week – you will start next
week.
Lesson 02: Prereading Activities – part 1
PDF guide pg. 9. For your pre-reading
activity, you may choose 1 of the following. If you finish before half an hour
is up, you may choose a second activity.
1. As a virtual field
trip, you may tour the Egyptian Mummy exhibit of the Museum of Natural History
if you PROMISE not to go into the other exhibits. I will warn
you, there are real mummies in the exhibits. People who died long long ago and
were mummified. Even a 3 year old boy. If you can’t handle it, don’t go. Do not
call your younger siblings over to see, either. There are only 3 places to stand
in the virtual tour of the Mummy exhibit. Here is the link to spot # 1: https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/z_tour-160.html
To look into the displays, use the scroll wheel on your mouse to zoom in and
click and drag your mouse to look around. There are displays behind you, too!
There’s a map in the top right corner that shows where you are and which way you
are facing. The RED section of the map is the Egypt exhibit. Note the three dots
in the red section. One of the dots has a green checkmark on it and what looks
like a green wedge shape coming out of it. The check marks show where you have
stood so far and the green fan shape thing is to show the direction you are
looking in! You can click the other blue dots on the map (In the red section
please. Don’t leave the red section.) to go around the Egypt exhibit OR you can
navigate using the blue arrows on the floor. Be careful with the floor arrows
though: it’s really easy to accidentally click the wrong one and get lost! To
see where an arrow leads to, hover your cursor over it. If it doesn’t say
“Egypt” 1, 2, or 3, do not click it. Your permission is to
tour the Egyptian mummy exhibit, NOT the forensic bone room, the insect zoo, or
anything else. If you get super lost, you can always close the page and come
back here and try again. This is a secular museum which promotes the
evolutionary, atheistic worldview in most of its exhibits. I previewed the
Egyptian mummy exhibit and it looks like they tell about ancient Egyptian
religious beliefs in an informational way. “This is what they believed about
death.” This is not what we as Christians believe about death, but it helps to
understand the context of their beliefs when reading about the ancient
Egyptians.
2. 6-minute YouTube video on Ancient Egypt. https://youtu.be/hO1tzmi1V5g
3. Videos
of significant historical sites in Egypt. You can drag the picture to look
around!! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-hr3xIvMIMU0-LruLdGBmOGDANm0H-IA
4. 7 minute “What if…?” but keep in mind that to my knowledge
it’s never been proven one way or another whether slaves were among those who
worked on the pyramids, nor do I recall ever seeing the Bible mention whether
the Hebrews were among those building pyramids. https://youtu.be/WqJd8slanIo
5. Pharoahs: https://youtu.be/mfLKtzmDaSQ
6: The
importance of the Nile River to the economy of Ancient Egypt. https://youtu.be/F9bfIXmQfZk
Lesson 03: Prereading Activities – part 2
PDF Progeny Press literature guide pg. 9. For your pre-reading activity, you may choose 1 of the activities that you did not do in Lesson 1. If you finish before half an hour is up, you may choose yet another activity that you have not done already. Remember, you should NOT do the same things you did yesterday: choose some things you wanted to do yesterday but didn’t have time for.
Lesson 04: Guide – As-You-Read
Read page 10 of your (Progeny Press literature) guide. Decide if you want to make a sketchbook or scrapbook or notebook of the cool things you learn about Egypt. You could draw things you saw/see on the field trips or make illustrations of how you imagine things from the book. If you commit to doing it, don’t quit halfway. Add at least one thing each week during this study. There is a suggested activity to draw a map of ancient Thebes – the city in which the story is set. You could end this first week by making a cover for your notebook and then beginning a map which you can add to as you read. *Note: It says “Egyptian Notebook” in the guide but technically, grammatically, that would mean the notebook is from Egypt. *laugh* If I called something “American” it would mean it’s either from America or is made in the style which is common in America/ which America is known for. “Egyptian Notebook” means a notebook from Egypt, “Egypt Notebook” means a notebook about Egypt. You could call it your “Egypt Notebook” or “Notebook About Egypt” if you’d prefer to be grammatically correct.
Lesson 05: Read Chapter I
Lesson 06: Read Chapter II
As you read, keep your yellow Book Report Journal handy to write down any quotes that you love.
Lesson 07: Guide – Vocabulary
In your folder where the PDF guide for this book is,
there’s another PDF called “ReadMe.” Today you will need to go in the ReadMe and
find the part that tells how to underline things in your PDF guide. Then return
to your PDF literature guide, page 11, and complete it according to the
directions.
When you’re done underlining synonyms on page 11,
scroll down to page 12, the one with the crossword puzzle. This page needs to be
printed. Click the image of the printer along the top of the PDF document and
then in the Pages to Print section, select “Current” so it will only print the
crossword page, the page you left off scrolling on. Complete the printed out
crossword puzzle with a pencil. If you’re making an Egypt Notebook in a 3-ring
binder, you could add the crossword to it.
Lesson 08: Guide – Questions
Complete pages 13 and 14 of your guide; the Questions section and part of the Thinking About the Story section through question 9. (Through question 9 means 9 is the last one you do and then stop. If I said “up to question 10” that would mean 10 is the first one you save for tomorrow. They mean the same thing in two different ways.)
Lesson 09: Guide – Thinking About the Story
Resume your guide with question 10 on
page 15. Finish through question 12 on page 16. Remember, “through question 12”
means you do question 12 but no farther.
Note that question 10
begins with the phrase, “A simile is a word picture…” The
word “simile” might look a lot like the word “smile” but it’s actually from the
word “similar!” To pronounce it, just say “similar” but
replace the -ar with a long-e. Sim-il-ee.
Lesson 10: Guide – Dig Deeper
Complete the Dig Deeper section on pages 16 and 17.
Regarding the Optional Activities and Egyptian Notebook
Projects, if you choose to do them:
-If you have an older
sibling who has already read through this book, you can discuss the discussion
question with them. If not, simply take a few minutes to think about it.
-Virtual field trip to see how a gold chain is made: https://youtu.be/pHPkGp4_DYs You can see him pulling
the gold wire through smaller and smaller holes to make the wire smaller and
smaller just like in the book.
-If you are doing an Egypt
Notebook, choose one or more of the options from page 18.
Lesson 11: Read Chapter III
As you read, keep your yellow Book Report Journal handy to write down any quotes that you love.
Lesson 12: Read Chapter IV
As you read, keep your yellow Book Report Journal handy to write down any quotes that you love.
Lesson 13: Guide – Vocabulary, Questions
Complete pages 19 and 20 of your guide, and only question 8 on page 21.
Lesson 14: Guide – Thinking About the Story
Complete the Thinking About the Story section of your guide on pages 21 and 22 (through question 14).
Lesson 15: Guide – Dig Deeper
Complete the Dig Deeper section of your guide on
pages 22 and 23.
Pg. 24: You don’t have to do the Optional
Activities every time, but you should choose to do several of them per book. If
you have chosen to do an Egypt Notebook, don’t slack off; choose at least 1
activity to do each week.
Lesson 16: Read Chapter V
As you read, keep your yellow Book Report Journal handy to write down any quotes that you love.
Lesson 17: Read Chapter VI
As you read, keep your yellow Book Report Journal handy to write down any quotes that you love.
Lesson 18: Read Chapter VII
As you read, keep your yellow Book Report Journal handy to write down any quotes that you love.
Lesson 19: Guide – Vocabulary
Complete pages 25 and 26 of your guide.
Lesson 20: Guide – Vocabulary, Questions
Complete pages 27 and 28 of your guide.
Lesson 21: Guide – Thinking About the Story
Complete pages 29 and 30 of your guide.
Lesson 22: Guide – Dig Deeper
Complete pages 31 and 32 of your guide.
Remember, you do need to choose to do an Optional Activity sometimes, and you should add something to your Egypt Notebook
every week.
Lesson 23: Book Report Journal
You are now about half way through the book, so it’s a
good time to get out your yellow Book Report Journal. Fill in the Main
Characters. Remember, main characters are who the whole story
is ABOUT. These are characters that we learn personal things about that make us
feel something like love or hate toward them, such as the main villain or hero.
Supporting characters are frequently-appearing characters who
help or hinder the main characters along the way but aren’t main characters,
such as co-workers we don’t learn a lot about or extra bad-guys who help the
main bad guy. Then there are side characters who only show up or are mentioned
here and there, such as the baker who sells bread, the false gods, or the boy’s
dead father. It’s asking for only the MAIN characters, so ask yourself, “If I
had to pick just one or just a few people who this whole story is ABOUT, who
would that be?”
Fill in the Main Idea. The main idea is if you
just think of one sentence that tells what the book is about. Can you tell what
the book is about in one sentence? Your sentence needs to contain Who, and also at least two of the following
things: What, When, Where, Why, and How.
Fill in the Main Events
that have happened so far. Leave some room for the other half of the book! Think
of the 2 or 3 most important things that have happened in the book so far: those
are main events. The
Climax has probably not happened yet so you will not fill that out yet. (The
Climax is the Main Event that's the highest point of action, the story’s turning
point.)
Write neatly so I can read it, please!
Lesson 24: Read Chapter VIII
As you read, keep your yellow Book Report Journal handy to write down any quotes that you love.
Lesson 25: Read Chapter IX
As you read, keep your yellow Book Report Journal handy to write down any quotes that you love.
Lesson 26: Read Chapter X
As you read, keep your yellow Book Report Journal handy to write down any quotes that you love.
Lesson 27: Guide – Vocabulary
Complete pages 33 and 34 of your guide.
Lesson 28: Guide – Questions
Finish the Vocabulary section in your guide and complete the Questions section. Pages 35 and 36 through question 9.
Lesson 29: Guide – Thinking About the Story
Complete the Thinking About the Story section which starts near the end of page 36 of your guide and ends with question 18 at the top of page 38.
Lesson 30: Guide – Dig Deeper
Complete pages 38 and 39 of your guide.
For
the Optional Activity, you may discuss (with a parent and any sibling who has
already completed this book) the meaning and effects of abuse.
Lesson 31: Read Chapter XI
As you read, keep your yellow Book Report Journal handy to write down any quotes that you love.
Lesson 32: Read Chapter XII
As you read, keep your yellow Book Report Journal handy to write down any quotes that you love.
Lesson 33: Guide – Vocabulary
Complete pages 40 and 41 of your guide.
Lesson 34: Guide – Questions
Complete pages 42 and 43 of your guide.
Lesson 35: Guide – Thinking, Dig Deeper
Complete pages 44-46 of your guide.
Lesson 36: Read Chapter XIII
As you read, keep your yellow Book Report Journal handy to write down any quotes that you love.
Lesson 37: Read Chapter XIV
As you read, keep your yellow Book Report Journal handy to write down any quotes that you love.
Lesson 38: Guide – Vocabulary
Complete pages 47 and 48 of your guide: all of Vocabulary and the first half of Questions through question 4.
Lesson 39: Guide – Thinking About the Story
Complete the second half of Questions and all of Thinking About The Story (through question 13 on page 51).
Lesson 40: Guide – Dig Deeper
Complete pages 51 and 52 of your guide.
Lesson 41: Read Chapter XV
As you read, keep your yellow Book Report Journal handy to write down any quotes that you love.
Lesson 42: Read Chapter XVI
As you read, keep your yellow Book Report Journal handy to write down any quotes that you love.
Lesson 43: Book Report Journal
Today get out your yellow Book Report Journal and fill out the rest of the Main Events and the Climax – don’t use the Climax as one of the main events because it has its own section! (The Climax is the highest point of action, the story’s turning point.)
Lesson 44: Guide – Vocabulary
Complete the Vocabulary section on pages 53-55 of your guide. Stop before Questions.
Lesson 45: Guide – Questions
Complete the Questions and Thinking About the Story sections on pages 55-57 of your guide.
Lesson 46: Guide – Dig Deeper
Complete pages 58 and 59 of your guide.
Lesson 47: Book Report Journal
Finish filling out all the remaining sections of your
yellow Book Report Journal EXCEPT the “Notes” section.
Conflict
& Resolution: What was the person or circumstance that the main character
was “fighting” to overcome the whole time, and how did they overcome it?
Synopsis: This means to write a 2-3 sentence summary of the whole
book, like what you would tell someone to get them to want to read it. The back
covers of books usually have a synopsis, and one of the first pages in your
Literature Guide had a synopsis, so be sure you’re not copying theirs. Write
your own in your own words!
Interpretation: Pretend the author
was trying to tell you a secret by writing this story. Do you remember Aesop’s
Fables? The Tortoise & the Hare teaches us that persistence pays off in the
end because the tortoise persevered in what seemed like an impossible situation.
Or we might say that overconfidence/pride goeth before a fall because the hare
was so sure he’d win that he took a nap in the middle of a race! What lesson or
ideas do you think the author of this book wanted to tell you
through the story?
Lesson 48: Guide – Overview
Complete the first half of the Overview: pages 60 and 61 of your guide.
Lesson 49: Guide – Overview
Complete the second half of the Overview: pages 62 and 63 of your guide.
Lesson 50: Book Report Journal
1. It’s time to do the Notes section in your yellow Book Report Journal. Here’s how I want you to do it: I want you to pretend you are talking to someone about the book and tell them why they should or should not read it. You can look back at the other sections in your Book Report Journal as well as at the Guide (especially the Overview) for ideas on what to mention. Here is a super silly made-up example of how I want you to do it. You should have at least 2 paragraphs and neat handwriting (print or cursive).
When I started
reading Blueberry Pickle, I didn’t think I was going to enjoy
it at all. After reading it, I’m glad I did, even though the part where the
alligator eats the villain is a bit scary.
In Blueberry Pickle, a boy named Joe Pickle really wants to eat
blueberry pancakes for supper but his dad said no because he’s too tired and
thirsty to make pancakes. Joe goes to get advice from his friend, the talking turkey in the
Galapagos Palm Tree, about what he should do. The turkey tells him it’s best to
wait to ask again until it rains because Joe’s dad likes rain and this time he
will probably be in a good mood after drinking a glass of water.
Unfortunately there’s a drought and Joe winds up having to wait 3
whole years because not only is there no rain to cheer his thirsty dad up, but
also the blueberries aren’t growing without water. Just when it finally rains
and the blueberries are growing again, a blueberry thief starts stealing all the
berries. Who is stealing all the blueberries? Is his dad happy it rained? Does
Joe ever overcome his lack of blueberry pancakes? You’ll have to read the book
to find out!
2. After that, the only thing left to fill out in the section for this book in your Book Report Journal is the illustration. As you were reading, was there a moment when you could picture the story in your mind? Or a moment you felt would make a good book cover to get people interested in reading the book? Take your time and make a nice illustration.
3. Read pages
64-67 of your guide. I will not require you to pick a final project from pages
64-65 if you have done at least 3 of the Optional Activities for this book, AND
done your best work on one of the following:
-Egypt Notebook
-OR-
-Book
Report Journal
As for the Additional Resources on pages 66-67,
they are not required but are suggestions for other books you might like if you
liked this book.
Place your yellow Book Report Journal on my desk to be checked. I will also check your Literature Guide and then archive it, so make sure you saved your work and did not move the file to anywhere I can’t find it.
