Enormous Turnips

Designed by:  Helen McGough, Arden Elementary

1) CORE CURRICULUM OBJECTIVE(S):  - Recognize sight vocabulary. (1-VW-2)

Grade Level: First     Subject(s): Language Arts

2) OVERVIEW: Students will complete a CLOZE vocabulary procedure. Students will work in groups to identify the missing vocabulary words from the story, The Great Big Enormous Turnip.

3) Essential Questions:

Did you look at the rest of the sentence?

Do the other words give you any clues?

Does your word make sense in the story?

4) Time Frame:    One - thirty minutes language arts period.

5) Resources:

The Great Big Enormous Turnip written by Alexei Tolstoy and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury; MacMillan/McGraw-Hill level 4 unit 1.

Using a CLOZE Procedure

www.sil.org/lingualinks/library/literacy/fre371/
vao852/fre218/fre1353/index.htm

The Turnip (brothers Grimm) http://www.vcu.edu/hasweb/for/grimm/turnip.html

6) Materials:

MacMillan/McGraw-Hill level 4 textbook or copy of book

CLOZE activity printed out for each child (enlarge enclosed copy)

CLOZE procedure activity on an overhead

Overhead Projector

Overhead pen

Pencils       

7) Assessment:

Teacher will observe if students are working in groups to complete activity.  Teacher will observe if students are making sentences that make sense.

8) Rubric: 

9) Instructional Activity:

On the fourth day of reading the story, The Great Big Enormous Turnip, the students will complete a CLOZE procedure . Students will work in groups of two or three. They may choose their own groups. Teacher will distribute the CLOZE procedure form. The teacher may choose to divide the activity up between the groups, giving each group a different part. The length of the activity would depend on the ability of the class.

Students will be instructed to work in their group to identify the missing vocabulary words. Once they have come to a consensus about the word they can write it on the line. Before writing the word they should check to see if it makes sense in the sentence.

The teacher will circulate around the room to check for understanding. The teacher will offer hints to the word's identity without giving the word.

  While all groups are finishing, the groups that have finished can share to see how their answers compare. When all groups have completed, students will help the teacher complete the procedure on the overhead projector. Students will help the teacher check to see if the sentences make sense in the sentences.

 THE GREAT BIG ENORMOUS TURNIP

By Alexei Tolstoy

Once upon a time an old man planted a little turnip and said, "Grow,

 grow, little turnip, grow sweet. Grow, grow, little turnip, grow 

(1) ________." And the turnip grew up (2)________ and strong, and big 

and (3)________. Then one day, the old (4) _______ went to pull it up.  

(5)________ pulled and pulled again, but (6)________ could not pull it 

up.  (7) _________ called the old woman. The (8) ________ woman 

pulled the old man. The (9) ________ man pulled the turnip.  And 

(10)________ pulled and pulled again, but (11)  ________ could not pull 

it up.  (12) ________ the old woman called her (13) _________.  The 

granddaughter pulled the old (14)_________, the old woman pulled the 

(15)_______ man, the old man pulled the (16)_______. And they pulled 

and pulled (17)________, but they could not pull (18)________ up.

The granddaughter called the (19)________ dog.  The black dog pulled   

(20)_________ granddaughter, the granddaughter pulled the

(21)_______ woman, the old woman pulled (22)________ old man, the 

old man (23)________the turnip.  And they pulled (24)_________ pulled 

again, but they could (25)________ not pull it up. The (26)________ 

dog called the cat. The (27)________ pulled the dog, the dog 

(28)________ the granddaughter, the granddaughter pulled 

(29)________ old woman, the old woman (30)_________ the old man, 

the old man (31)_________ the turnip. And they pulled (32)________ 

pulled again, but still they (33)________ not pull it up. The 

(34)________ called the mouse. The mouse (35)________ the cat, the 

cat pulled (36)________ dog, the dog pulled the (37)_________, the 

granddaughter pulled the old (38)________.  

The old woman pulled the (39)_________ man, the old man pulled 

(40)_________ turnip.  They pulled and pulled again, and up came the 

turnip at last.