In this lesson, students will read Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish. Students will discuss text-dependent questions to promote an understanding of the story’s character. Through subsequent readings, they construct and support arguments concerning the character traits of Amelia Bedelia and use the text to determine how Amelia Bedelia and the Rogers can have different reactions to the same events. After these discussions, students demonstrate their understanding of character by completing a trading card for Amelia Bedelia.

Students will practice identifying appropriate synonyms for a variety of vocabulary words.2.L.5- Demonstrate understanding of nuances in word meanings. (a) Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs and closely related adjectives.