Age: 8-9 years

Duration: 60 min

Objectives

• Track character emotions across a scene using an feelings timeline chart.
• Cite text evidence for emotion labels (embarrassed, excited, worried, proud, jealous).
• Write a short paragraph explaining why the character felt a certain way.

Vocab

• embarrassed / excited / worried: Emotion words with scenario examples.
• proud / jealous: "She felt proud when she won." / "He was jealous of her prize."
• evidence / feeling / scene: "The text shows she was worried because..."

Warm-up (5min)

Emotion charades — act embarrassed/excited; class names feeling and one situation when they felt it.

Main Activity (45min): "Feelings Timeline & Evidence Paragraph"

Read Junie B. Jones-style scene (~2 pages) with emotional arc. Feelings timeline: plot 4 story moments; label Junie's emotion at each — no guessing without text. Evidence hunt: underline sentences that prove each emotion. Pair compare timelines — resolve disagreements with quote sharing. Writing task: choose one emotion moment; write 5-sentence paragraph — name feeling, describe event, quote evidence, explain why, closing reflection. Peer checklist: emotion word? evidence? because? Revise one sentence for stronger vocabulary. Optional drama: tableaux poses for each emotion moment — narrator reads evidence sentence.

Wrap-up (5min)

Exit share: "Junie felt ___ when ___ . The text says ___ ."

Teacher Tips

• Second Junie unit — links voice (Lesson 06) to character analysis for Flyers Reading.
• Jealous/proud are harder — provide sentence frames and picture support.
• Evidence citation prepares for G4 literary response writing.