LESSON 26 TEACHER’S GUIDE A Surprise for Ms. Green by James Brissette Fountas-Pinnell Level J Realistic Fiction Selection Summary Ms. Green is sick with the flu and her students want to do something special for her because she is so nice. At first, Tran can’t think of anything to do for her, but because he is a good writer, he writes special things about Ms. Green and he and his classmates perform a show for her on her return. Number of Words: 393 Characteristics of the Text Genre Text Structure Content Themes and Ideas Language and Literary Features Sentence Complexity Vocabulary Words Illustrations Book and Print Features Realistic fiction First-person narrative Problem/solution Appreciation for a good teacher Creativity Everyone is good at something and can contribute to a creative project. It is good to show your appreciation. Realistic dialogue Details show characters’ feelings. Some simple sentences: My teacher is the best. Some longer sentences: “Thank you for all the effort you put into this wonderful show,” she said. Words relating to creativity: dancing, picture, neat, messy, write, perform, sang Many high frequency words: above, bear, even, pushed, studied, surprised, teacher, toward Some more challenging words: decide, effort, perform Pictures support each page of text. Nine pages of text, illustrations on every page Seven to ten lines of text on a page Use of ellipses © 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Permission is hereby granted to individua