Observation Of Charlotte's Web

In the 4th grade narrative comprehension lesson I observed the class was reading the book Charlotte’s Web. Every student in the class had their own copy of the book and the teacher would read at least one chapter to the students at a time. The students were continually working on a paper bag book activity to go along with Charlotte’s Web. The paper bag book consisted of pages where students would fill in their predictions, chapter summaries, character bios, setting, plot, sequencing, and vocabulary. The setting, plot, and sequencing help students understand the structure of the story. According to Cooter and Reutzel, older children should be taught that a story has prototypical parts organized in a predictable sequence, including the setting,