Christmas is sneaking up on Jamela’s family and Jamela is in charge of helping her mom start planning and fixing the big meal. In order to prepare for the meal Jamela and her mom must buy a chicken so they can plump it up the way they like it and Jamela makes it her duty to care for this chicken. However, the more time she spends with the chicken she has named christmans, she she begins to think of it as a friend rather than as a meal. Can she convince her mom to let her keep her new friend before Christmas day rolls around and the family will be expecting a chicken to eat?
Many students do not understand the importance of planning before writing a story. In order to help my students see the importance, I will have them create a circular story map of “What’s Cooking Jamela?”. Once the students have had a chance to complete the map, we will discuss how they organized their map. At the end of the lesson I will explain to them that not planning properly can make a story confusing and hard to follow. By creating a circular story map of a well written book, they will be able to direct their attention to the story structure and seevhow planning properly plays an important role in creating a good story.
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