Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Open Minds
Rationale: In the previous lesson, students read about the four characters that got golden tickets and created character posters for them. In this lesson, students will read about Charlie finding the fifth golden ticket and celebrating with his family, and they will create a depiction of what they imagine happened in the head of a character of their choosing when that character found/got their golden ticket. This lesson requires students to focus on making inferences about characters from the text by asking them to extend what they know about the characters based on the text and apply it to something that isn’t directly in the text.
I Lesson Goals and Objectives
SWBAT extend their knowledge of characters from the text and apply it to something that does not occur directly in the text
SWBAT recognize and note character details from the text that relate character traits
SWBAT make inferences about characters from the text based on their knowledge of the text and group discussion
SWBAT create Open Mind diagrams that offer insight into what characters from the text were thinking and feeling when they found/got their golden ticket
SWBAT support their inferences with evidence from the text
II Lesson Assessment: In addition to reading as a class and discussing the reading, students will create Open Mind diagrams that depict the way the character they chose felt when they found/got their golden ticket
III Standards
EL.06.RE.01 Read aloud grade-level narrative text and informational text fluently and accurately with effective pacing, intonation, and expression
EL.06.RE.22 Make reasonable, logical statements, conclusions, and inferences about a text, supporting them accurate examples from the text
EL.06.RE.26 Draw conclusions about reasons for actions or beliefs based on an analysis of information in the text
EL.06.LI.06 Determine characters’ traits by what the characters ay in narration and dialogue
IV Duration: One 50-minute class period
V Materials
Journals
Books
Open mind handouts
Colored pens or pencils
VI Beginning of Lesson
- Write the day’s lesson on the board
- Put the example Open Mind up as the prompt and distribute books and journals
- Greet students
- Instruct students to take 5 minutes to reflect on the prompt and write their journals
- Ask class if anyone wants to share what they wrote in their journals – 5 minutes
- Collect journals and ask class if anyone remembers what we did in the previous class, what we read about and what we made
- Explain to the class that you are going to continue thinking about the characters from the text and continue trying to get inside their heads, and today we’ll do that with the Open Mind diagram
- “Today, we’re going to make Open Mind diagrams about the moment when the characters got/found their golden tickets. Let’s look at mine. Why did I put those things in there? What else might I have included? You might want to do your Open Mind diagram on the same character that you had for the character posters yesterday, or not. It’s up to you. I want to see lots of color and at least 3 different things in there. If you have a hard time drawing everything, you can add words. I just want you to show what the character was thinking and feeling when they got their golden ticket.”
- Take example Open Mind down so students don’t simply copy it
- Explain that you will read to the class while they work on their Open Minds
VII Middle of Lesson
- Distribute the handout and tell the class to start working on their Open Minds while you read to them chapter 7 and through 12
- Pause periodically to discuss things in the book like Charlie’s extreme poverty and the fact that he’s starving to death
- Compare this part of the book to the movie: Was Charlie in this bad of shape in the movies? Why do you think they made the movie softer? Charlie less poverty-stricken?
- Relate Charlie’s situation to the school and tell students that at their very school, there are people that are in similar situations as Charlie, who go home to a house with no food
- When students finish their Open Minds, they should get a book and follow along with the reading
VIII End of Lesson
- Finish chapter 12 and ask class if anyone wants to share their Open Mind
- Have students that want to share stand up at their desks or come to the front of the class and explain their Open Mind diagram, what they chose to include and why
- Give the students that share a chance card
- Students who aren’t finished can take it home as homework
- Dismiss the class
Open Mind
Choose a character from the book and draw what you think they were thinking and feeling when they found/got their golden ticket