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Lesson Plan

What Do You Do with a Book?

In this fun, respect-themed lesson plan, your ELs will learn all about proper book handling with a hilarious worm as their guide! This can be used as a stand-alone or support lesson for the **Treat Books Right** lesson plan.
This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the Treat Books Right! lesson plan.
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This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the Treat Books Right! lesson plan.

Objectives

Academic

Students will be able to identify how to appropriately treat books.

Language

Students will be able to identify how to handle a book using visual and written supports.

Introduction

(3 minutes)
  • Introduce the lesson by exaggerating how you feel about a well-loved classroom book (e.g., hold the book up and dramatically talk about how this is your very favorite book and that you want to take it everywhere with you).
  • Ask the class if they have a favorite book (provide student-friendly definitions using the vocabulary cards as needed). Have the students turn and talk to a partner to share the title of their favorite book.
  • Explain that today you will be learning all about how to treat the books in your classroom.