Inquiry Unit - Jaguars (and phases of language workshop)

I'm uploading another inquiry lesson plan. I love inquiry because it gets the kids so excited about learning. Check out my previous post for more info about inquiry.

A Day in the Life, Rainforest Animals: Jaguar

Here's a few pics of anchor charts and thoughtful log entries:

During phase 1 (literal meaning, general understanding & key details), we asked questions about jaguars in order to help us learn about jaguars:

During phase 2 (craft & structure) we explored how the author used text features to provide information:

I asked students to choose a text feature and share how it helps readers:

During phase 3 (purpose, meaning, and text connections), we read another text, a magazine article, called "Water Cat" from Ranger Rick.  We compared these two texts using the following anchor chart: