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3.1.1 Mr. Post’s Class REALISM AND FANTASY PRIOR KNOWLEDGE SUMMARY The new school year is underway, R EAD TH E BOO K and one class has a new teacher, Mr. Post. SET PURPOSE Have children set a purpose His experience as a summer volunteer for reading Mr. Post’s Class. They might be inspires him and his students to develop a interested in the type of teacher Mr. Post will yearlong community volunteer project through be or what kinds of students will be in his which students offer their time and skills to class. After looking at the illustrations, you members of the community. might guide students to set a purpose related LESSON VOCABULARY to learning more about volunteering or how to community enthusiasm organize a volunteer project. labor mural STRATEGY SUPPORT: PRIOR KNOWLDEGE nonprofit organization Encourage students to discuss any prior reporter sign-up experience in organizing an activity. Remind success volunteer students that their prior knowledge will help them understand the story. Their prior INTRO D UCE TH E BOO K experience as volunteers or working on simple fundraising projects might well help them INTRODUCE THE TITLE AND AUTHOR Discuss with understand some of the issues involved with students the title and the author of Mr. Post’s organizing a volunteer project that involves an Class. Ask them to look at the cover illustra- entire class. tion and talk about how it might relate to the title. Ask: Who is the man in the illustration, COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS and what is he doing? Why is his name on the PAGE 5 Why were students curious about Mr. chalkboard? Post? (It was his first year at the school.) BUILD BACKGROUND Discuss community service PAGE 10 What ideas did Mr. Post’s students and volunteering. Ask: Why do people volun- have for volunteer projects? (recycling, teer? Have you or members of your family delivering groceries for the elderly; raking volunteered? Have you ever been helped by leaves for people who couldn’t rake) volunteers? PAGE 13 How was the class project organized? Ask students to discuss what aspects (On sign-up sheets, students volunteered to do of starting a new school year are exciting things they had time for and liked to do.) and which are difficult. Ask: How can others help students who are not native English PAGES 16–17 What do the photos show? speakers? How realistic are they? (They show the students doing volunteer activities. They are PREVIEW/USE TEXT FEATURES Have students very realistic.) preview the book by looking at the illustrations. Encourage students to use the illustrations to PAGE 20 How do non-profit groups help with predict the story line. Point out the way in which community projects to build homes? (They pay the text on page 20 is set off with a heading for materials, equipment, and land, and they and includes a photo rather than a drawing. organize workers.) Ask: Why might the author have done this? 12 Mr. Post’s Class

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R EVISIT TH E BOO K Skill Work READER RESPONSE 1. It is a realistic story. The events could TEACH/REVIEW VOCABULARY happen in real life. Read aloud the vocabulary words. Ask 2. Possible responses should demonstrate students to explain words they already know an understanding of or questions about and to look up words they don’t know. Have volunteering. students practice using unfamiliar words in 3. Possible responses: The baseball player read-aloud sentences. showed dedication when he overcame his injury. A dedication was made to the TARGET SKILL AND STRATEGY soldiers who served in the war. REALISM AND FANTASY Tell students that 4. Possible response: Yes, because I would a realistic story tells about something that like to help people in my community. could happen, while a fantasy is a story about something that could not happen. Ask EXTEND UNDERSTANDING Remind students students to point out specific elements of that characters are the people or animals in Mr. Post’s Class that give clues as to which stories. Since this book focuses largely on type of story it is. Encourage students to the character of Mr. Post, invite students to note that many of the illustrations depict discuss him. Ask: What kind of person is activities that could really happen, such as Mr. Post? How do you know? Would you like a teacher introducing himself to a class, a Mr. Post to be your teacher? Ask students boy raking leaves, and girls chatting on the to describe how they have reached their telephone. conclusions about Mr. Post. PRIOR KNOWLEDGE Tell students that RESPONSE OPTIONS prior knowledge is what they know about WRITING Invite students to examine the a given topic, and it comes from their illustrations in the book closely. Assign each reading and personal experiences. Explain illustration to a small group of students, and how connecting prior knowledge to a text have each group write a caption that describes can help students understand what they what is happening in the picture. Encourage read. Read aloud sections of the story, and students to write lively captions or dialogue. pause to ask students what it reminds them of. Tell students that they can use their WORD WORK Have each student write a story prior knowledge, as well as illustrations, to about an imaginary school volunteer project. determine whether a story is a realistic story Each story should include at least six of the or a fantasy. vocabulary words. SOCIAL STUDIES ADDITIONAL SKILL INSTRUCTION CONNECTION THEME Explain to students that every story has one “big idea” called the theme. Instruct As a group, have students that they can often determine the students plan a theme by asking themselves as they read, classroom volunteer project. “What does the writer want me to learn On the board, write down the steps from reading this story?” Tell students that students feel must be done to complete that sometimes the theme will be directly the project, from start to finish. Students stated. Other times, students can look at should consider the needs of the community, the actions taken by characters in the story interests and skills of students, fundraising, to figure out the theme. Encourage students publicity opportunities, and how to celebrate to think about what the big idea might be as the project’s success. they read Mr. Post’s Class. Mr. Post’s Class 13

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Name Mr. Post’s Class Realism and Fantasy • A realistic story tells about something that could happen. • A fantasy is a story about something that could not happen. Directions Read the following passage. Then answer the questions below. Mr. Post explained to the class that could start a recycling program to reduce he spent the summer working on waste. Another pointed out that students a volunteer project. He asked the class if could help the elderly bring their groceries they would like to organize a volunteer home. Another suggested raking leaves for project to complete during the school people. Parents also were excited about the year. All the students had suggestions to project and wanted to pitch in. offer. Someone mentioned that the class 1. Is this paragraph realism or fantasy? 2. Explain your decision in Question 1. 3. What is one realistic idea proposed by the students? 4. Is it realistic for parents to want to help? Why or why not? 5. Write a new first sentence that would make this paragraph seem like a fantasy. © Pearson Education 3 14

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Name Mr. Post’s Class Vocabulary Directions Choose the word from the box that best completes each sentence. Write the word on the line. Check the Words You Know community enthusiasm labor mural nonprofit organization reporter sign-up success volunteer 1. The volunteer helped students plan and buy supplies. 2. The students were so excited, they could not contain their . 3. A gives his or her time to help others. 4. A newspaper visited the surprised students. 5. Many people from the had project ideas for the students. 6. Raking leaves required the students to perform physical . 7. The students made a big to hang on the wall. 8. A organization does not make a profit. 9. Mr. Post hung a sheet on the door so students could volunteer. 10. The community project to clean the park was a huge . Directions Use the sentence you wrote on page 14 and write a paragraph about volunteering, using as many vocabulary words as you can. Your paragraph should be fantasy. © Pearson Education 3 15

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