Age: 9-10 years

Duration: 60 min

Objectives

• Write a literary response paragraph answering a guided prompt with formal tone.
• Embed short quotations with lead-in phrases and interpret evidence.
• Revise for academic tone, removing casual slang and plot-only summary.

Vocab

• response / interpret: "I interpret this scene to mean..."
• evidence / scene / conclusion: Literary response structure words.

Warm-up (5min)

Quote lead-ins choral: "In the barn scene, the author writes, '...'" — practice punctuation and comma before quote.

Main Activity (45min): "Charlotte's Web"

"Literary Response Workshop" — Prompt choices: (A) How does Charlotte show loyalty? (B) How does setting affect mood in one scene? (C) What theme about friendship does the novel teach? Plan 5 minutes — thesis + two quotes from excerpt packet. Draft 8–10 sentence response: intro + quote 1 + interpretation + quote 2 + interpretation + conclusion. Mini-lesson: formal tone — replace "I think it's cool" with "This suggests..." Revision pass: peer checklist for quotation marks, lead-ins, because/so interpretation. Teacher conference rotation — 3 students at a time. Author chair: 4 volunteers read; audience notes one strong interpretation. Final copy for Charlotte portfolio — best literary writing sample of G4.

Wrap-up (5min)

Underline sentence you are most proud of — one word on why (evidence? tone?).

Teacher Tips

• Fourth Charlotte unit — integrates 03, 06, 10 skills into formal writing product.
• Quotation length: one line max — avoid copying whole paragraphs.
• Literary response is B1 bridge writing — compare to G3 opinion paragraph growth.