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Use The Wild Robot by Peter Brown to turn your read aloud or small group work into a time to improve comprehension and talk about the text in purposeful ways.

Imagine awakening and nothing looks familiar to you; not your surroundings nor the animal inhabitants of the remote island you find yourself on. This is exactly what happens to Roz, a robot who washes ashore when the cargo ship carrying her sinks at sea. The suspenseful story of Roz's survival will engage students from the first pages, making it an ideal choice for a Book Club focused on determining theme. Through both text and illustrations, author Peter Brown shares meaningful messages of family relationships, the importance of helping each other, and caring for the earth.

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Meeting 1

This first The Wild Robot Book Club meeting sets the expectations for student participation and introduces the concept of theme. Beginning with determining the themes of stories that your students are familiar with, will help readers grasp this sometimes difficult concept.

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Meeting 2

An important skill in determining the theme of a novel such as The Wild Robot by Peter Brown, is being able to summarize the text. The hands-on activity presented in this meeting will have students identifying summaries that are brief, correct, and objective. Students will then work with a graphic organizer to support their own summary writing as they read independently.

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Meeting 3

When readers are trying to determine the theme of the text, they need to be able to notice the clues the author includes related to the characters, setting, and story events. This The Wild Robot Book Club meeting encourages readers to notice how author Peter Brown uses these elements to support an identified theme of the book.

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Meeting 4

Now that students have an understanding of how authors weave theme throughout their writing, they can dig deeper into each of the elements presented in Peter Brown's The Wild Robot. This Book Club meeting focuses on identifying how the characters' thoughts, dialogue and actions can be used to determine the theme of a text.

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Meeting 5

Readers will begin to uncover how the setting supports the determination of theme in The Wild Robot by Peter Brown during this meeting. Discussion focuses on identifying specific aspects of the setting and how those details tie directly to the pre-determined theme.

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Meeting 6

Author Peter Brown uses the story events to help support the identification of the important themes he incorporated throughout The Wild Robot. This meeting provides guidance for students to be able to analyze the events of the story (i.e. what happens, when, and why) to determine the bigger idea that the author is trying to share.

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Meeting 7

This final The Wild Robot Book Club meeting gives students the opportunity to share their learning related to determining theme in a creative way. The final discussion and culminating activity encourage students to determine a theme on their own and support it with details from the text.

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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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Comprehension Assessment with The Wild Robot

This 9 question Common Core aligned assessment can be used to determine students' overall comprehension of The Wild Robot and their mastery of the Common Core State Standards.

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Running Record with The Wild Robot

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with The Wild Robot. 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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About the Book

Title: The Wild Robot

Author: Peter Brown

Genre: Fantasy

Themes: Perseverance, Friendship

ISBN: 9781848127289

Publisher's Summary:

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is - but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realises that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal inhabitants. As Roz slowly befriends the animals, the island starts to feel like home - until, one day, the robot's mysterious past comes back to haunt her.

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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for The Wild Robot