

See Fairy Tale Titles for suggested books. If desired, collect several different versions of a fairy tale to use in Session 3, to show that the same basic story can be introduced in different ways. Bookmark the site on the computers so that it can be easily accessed by students during the lesson. Visit the interactive Flip Book and check that the program works properly on your school’s computers. Your school librarian may be able to suggest additional appropriate titles. The Great Hooks Bibliography can serve as a starting point for your collection.

Alternatively, you can gather a large number of books in your classroom (at least five per student) for students to use when searching for good leads. Make arrangements to hold Session 1 in your school library if possible. Make overhead transparencies of the Fishing for Readers With Hooks graphic organizer and the Hook Hunt worksheet for discussion purposes (optional). Make a photocopy of the Fishing for Readers With Hooks graphic organizer, the Hook Hunt worksheet, and the Writer’s Checklist for each student.

Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of information). Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.ġ2. Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.ġ1. Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.Ĩ. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).ĥ.

Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts.
