Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.

Oral reading of The Enormous Watermelon big book as students play act the roles.

Objective: To experience the concept of watermelons through literature and the senses.

Activity: Shared reading activity of big book The Enormous Watermelon. Orally read the book to the whole class. Re-read the book with individuals acting out the roles of the characters in the story and other students reading the passages. Act this out several times, changing student roles.

Assessment: Creative responses to role-playing and the expression and enthusiasm of the narrators.