By Karen Hesse
Hesse, Karen, and Robert Andrew Parker. Just Juice. Scholastic Inc, 2005.
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 690
Domain: Cognitive
Summary
Juice lives in poverty with her mother father and four sisters and her mother is expecting another baby. Juice’s family have very little money. Juice and her sisters eat jelly sandwiches because there is no money to buy a lot of food. Her father has not paid taxes on the family house and they are in jeopardy of losing the house. The bank has sent numerous notifications but because Juice’s father can’t read, he ignores them. Juice hates school and skips often. She is struggling and can’t read even though she is 9 years old.
Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3
Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).
Goal:
Students will understand terms “poverty” and “illiteracy”.
Students will understand the main theme of the book Just Juice.
Students will be able to use specific details to describe the characters and how they worked to solve their problems.
Objectives:
Students will be able to define the terms “poverty” and “illiteracy”
Students will be able to describe the main events in the book Just Juice and how each character faces their challenges.
Outcome:
Students will complete a “What’s the Big Idea” worksheet.
Procedure
Since the issue of poverty and illiteracy are addressed in the book. It is important to ensure the students are familiar with these two terms.
Before reading Just Juice, explain what “poverty” and “illiteracy” mean.
Write Poverty on the board and ask the students brainstorm the question: if someone lives in poverty, what does that mean? Write the students responses on the board.
Write the word “Illiteracy” on the board. Have the students brainstorm why it is important to read.
After reading Just Juice ask the students to identify the the main problems that each of the main characters face in the book. Ask the students to think about how each characters dealt with the problem(s)?
Students will then complete a “What’s the Big Idea” worksheet.
Since the issue of poverty and illiteracy are addressed in the book. It is important to ensure the students are familiar with these two terms.
Before reading Just Juice, explain what “poverty” and “illiteracy” mean.
Write Poverty on the board and ask the students brainstorm the question: if someone lives in poverty, what does that mean? Write the students responses on the board.
Write the word “Illiteracy” on the board. Have the students brainstorm why it is important to read.
After reading Just Juice ask the students to identify the the main problems that each of the main characters face in the book. Ask the students to think about how each characters dealt with the problem(s)?
Students will then complete a “What’s the Big Idea” worksheet.
The students can end this lesson by organizing a children’s book drive to donate to a disadvantaged school.
“What’s The Main Idea” worksheet*
https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/teachers/blogs/angela-bunyi/migrated-files/theme_b.pdf
*Brunyi, Angela. “Finding The Message: Grasping Themes in Literature.” Scholastic, 18 Feb. 2011, www.scholastic.com/teachers/blog-posts/angela-bunyi/helping-students-grasp-themes-in-literature/.
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