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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for The Chocolate Touch

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Use The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling to turn your read aloud or small group work into a time to improve comprehension and talk about the text in purposeful ways.

Students will be entertained by this classic story about a boy who learns to be careful what you wish for. John Midas loves chocolate above all other food. He eats it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. On a mission to eat more chocolate, John buys chocolate from a candy store. Soon everything John touches with his mouth turns into chocolate including his mother! The lesson John learns in The Chocolate Touch lays the perfect foundation for readers learning to determine theme. Read the book of The Chocolate Touch on Epic here.
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Instructional Overview

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Instructional Overview

The instructional overview includes instructional background for determining theme, instructional objectives for each of the Book Club meetings, and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to The Chocolate Touch Book Club.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • RL.3.3SL.3.2RL.3.4SL.3.3RL.3.5W.3.8RL.3.6L.3.4aRL.3.7L.3.5bRL.3.9L.3.6RL.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4RL.3.1SL.3.1cRL.3.2SL.3.1d
TEKS Alignment
  • 3.7C3.9C3.6B3.10D3.7D3.9D(i)3.6C3.10E3.7E3.9D(ii)3.6D3.10F3.7F3.9D(iii)3.6E3.10G3.7G3.9E(i)3.6F3.13A3.8A3.9E(ii)3.6G3.13C3.8B3.1A3.9E(iii)3.6H3.13E3.8C3.1C3.9F3.6I3.13H3.8D3.1D3.10A3.7A3.9A3.1E3.10B3.7B3.9B3.6A3.10C
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Management Resources

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Management Resources

The management resources include a Book Club calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.
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Meeting 1

Using The Chocolate Touch by author Patrick Skene Catling, students will learn to track the theme by identifying clues and evidence as they read. This meeting introduces a graphic organizer for students to use to track clues about the book's theme as they read.
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Meeting 2

Noting character traits, especially flaws, is another way for readers to determine a story's theme. Students can use The Chocolate Touch to practice identifying a character's traits and related theme.
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Meeting 3

This The Chocolate Touch Book Club meeting focuses on examining the main character's feelings to help determine theme. Students will use the text as evidence to identify how John is feeling and what that emotion may say about the theme.
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Meeting 4

Author Patrick Skene Catling connects the story's theme to the main character's problem. Students will practice examining the character's problem and lessons learned to identify the story's overall theme.
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Meeting 5

Building on the last meeting, students will identify a change in the character's perspective based on the lesson learned. In The Chocolate Touch, the change in John's perspective on chocolate helps readers to determine theme.
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Meeting 6

As The Chocolate Touch begins to conclude, students will use their notes on the smaller themes they have identified throughout the text to make a logical prediction about the story's overall theme.
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Meeting 7

Author Patrick Skene Catling provides clues throughout The Chocolate Touch to help readers determine the book's theme. Students will wrap up the Book Club by identifying the theme and assessing their predictions to determine if they were correct.
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Vocabulary Connections with The Chocolate Touch

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Vocabulary Connections with The Chocolate Touch

This set of vocabulary development resources for The Chocolate Touch highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book.  Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • L.3.4aL.3.5bL.3.6
TEKS Alignment
  • 3.7E3.7F3.3A3.3B
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Focus Assessment and Rubric

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Focus Assessment and Rubric

Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with determining theme.
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Running Record with The Chocolate Touch

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Running Record with The Chocolate Touch

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with The Chocolate Touch. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Management Resources - Spanish

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Management Resources - Spanish

The management resources include a Book Club calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.
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About the Book

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Title: The Chocolate Touch
Author: Patrick Skene Catling
Genre: Fantasy
Themes: Valentine's Day, Laugh Out Loud
ISBN: 9780062283610
Publisher's Summary:
In this zany twist on the legend of King Midas and his golden touch, a boy acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into chocolate! Kids will eat this up for summer reading or anytime! Can you ever have too much of your favorite food? John Midas is about to find out….
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