CORDUROY
Beth Fuller Mark
Elias
Professional School Counselor Counseling
Intern 2001-2002
Prior Lake Senior High School Prior
Lake Senior High School
Prior Lake, MN Prior
Lake, MN
Elementary Level
Materials Required: see lesson
Activity Time: 40-45
minutes
Concepts Taught: Emotions
Aim: The
students will be able to name different types of emotions.
Behavioral Objective: After reading Corduroy, the students will be able to
relate CorduroyÕs emotions to their own emotions in a Ôfeelings chartÕ. They will be able to relate feeling of
friendship, acceptance, and belonging.
Motivation:
Instructor will ask the students if they know what emotions are by
asking them to name some types of feelings. The instructor will then have students act out, as a class,
different types of emotions. The
instructor will display pictures of different types of emotions and have the
children read them out loud. The
instructor will give the children situations and ask them what their emotion
would be if they were in that situation.
Introduction:
Instructor will introduce the book, title, author, and cover. Have the children predict what they
think the book is about. Then read
the book asking questions of emotions and see if they can predict what will happen
next. At the end of the reading
the book, ask questions pertaining to what happened in the book.
Guided Practice: Create a Òfeelings chartÓ. Have the students think about different emotions they
felt while listening to the story of Corduroy. A chart will be previously set up in three columns. The first column will include six
events that occurred within the book.
The second column will list how the children thought Corduroy felt
during these different events. The
third column will be about how the children felt when they heard about these
events in the story.
Independent Practice: Hand out a writing worksheet of the feeling of
happiness. It will relate
CorduroyÕs happiness to their own feelings of happiness. They are to illustrate, color, and cut
out the bears.
Closure: End the
lesson by having the children share their answers and experienced with the
class.
Materials: picture
chart of emotions, Corduroy book, feelings chart, worksheet, crayons, and
scissors.
.
This
lesson is related to MinnesotaÕs Graduation Standards in learning are One:
Read, View, Listen. It
specifically addresses literal comprehension. Students will demonstrate comprehension of literal meaning
through reading, viewing, and listening to the story and identifying main ideas
and some supporting detail. They
will also interpret presentation of data via the chart and interpret their own
emotions.
The
lesson also relates to the Career Development Competencies by Area and
Level. Corduroy addresses the
elementary level and focuses on self-knowledge by engaging the students in
social skills. The students, by
learning about emotions, will develop skills to interact with others. This will allow them to personalize
emotions and understand that emotions often affect an individuals behavioral
patterns.
Freeman,
Don (1972). Corduroy.
Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers.
Beth Fuller
Professional School Counselor
Prior Lake Senior High School
Prior Lake, MN
Phone: 952-440-4033