Doug Unplugged By Dan Yaccarino 
Yaccarino Dan. Doug Unplugged. New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2013.
Lexile Level: 630
Grades: 3-5
Summary: This is a story about Doug, who is a robot. The problem is his parents want him to be smart, so each morning they plug him in and automatically start the information flowing and downloading. After Doug spends a morning learning facts about the city, he decides he wants to learn even more by going outside and exploring it on his own. He ends up getting into a day of adventure and discovery. Doug learns amazing things when he is unplugged and above all, being able to interact and make a new friend.
Learning activity: ELA- Writing Opinion Pieces using Text Evidence
Students will read Doug Unplugged and discuss question after reading, Do you think kids spend too much time on computers?
Students will then choose a side to develop a thesis to start researching for writing an opinion piece based on evidence from the text. Students will be using the website, Wonderopolis to search for articles to get their textual evidence.
They will write down their claim, and give three details (reasons) from the text to support their claim, and they will expand in their own words what the details mean to them. Students will fill out a graphic organizer first with their research, then write or speak their Opinion writing through the use of an online Voki. The Voki will also be used as a tool for students to edit/revise their work
Learning Goal: Students will be able to write an opinion piece using three pieces of evidence from the text to support their claims. They will then present their opinion pieces through the technology tool, Voki.
Learning Objectives:
- Students will identify a claim along with three pieces of text evidence to support their claim of “Too much time spent on computers a bad thing.” OR “Spending time on the computer has positive benefits for kids.” on their Opinion Graphic Organizers(Cognitive).
- Students will present their opinion writing by being able to speak or write to create an online avatar called, Voki (Cognitive and Psychomotor).
Learning Standards:
CC Standards:Text Types and Purposes:
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.
Information Fluency Continuum:
5.3 Selects and uses multiple appropriate print, nonprint, electronic, and human sources to answer questions.
5.6 Uses various note taking strategies (e.g., outlining, underlining, bulleted lists, highlighting, graphic organizers)
American Association School Library:
4 Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions.
2.4.1 Determine how to act on information (accept, reject, modify).
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