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LESSON 27 TEACHER’S GUIDE
Sir Hans Sloane
by Davis LeHahn
Fountas-Pinnell Level O
Biography
Selection Summary
Sir Hans Sloane was born in Ireland in 1660. Interested in nature from
an early age, he studied chemistry, botany, and medicine. On a trip to
Jamaica, Sloane studied plants and animals; he also created a recipe
that introduced chocolate to England. His vast collections of objects
became the start of two world-famous museums in London.
Number of Words: 766
Characteristics of the Text
Genre
Text Structure
Content
Themes and Ideas
Language and
Literary Features
Sentence Complexity
Vocabulary
Words
Illustrations
Book and Print Features
• Biography
• Three sections of four pages each, one single-page section, with headings
• After introductory page, events are shown in chronological order.
• Many paragraphs with main-idea/supporting-details structure
• Achievements of naturalist and collector, Sir Hans Sloane
• Science in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries
• Museum collections
• Scientists are curious about the natural world.
• Taking notes and making careful drawings are part of scientific study.
• Museums hold objects collected from different parts of the world.
• Verbs repeated to emphasize subject’s traits and actions: He wanted to know, he
wondered, he noticed, he studied, he wanted to learn.
• Variety in sentence complexity and length, with many sentences longer than 15 words
• Compound sentence with items in a series: He worked as a botanist, a doctor, and a
scientist, and he continued to learn new things.
• Scientific fields: chemistry, botany, anatomy
• Words with varied syllable patterns, such as collections, museums, scientists, medicine,
continued, earthquakes
• Illustrations support or extend text.
• Illustration below text on each of thirteen pages
• One or two paragraphs on each page
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Sir Hans Sloane
by Davis LeHahn
Build Background
Help children understand what scientific collections are. Build interest by asking a question
such as the following: What are some things in nature that people like to collect? Read
the title and author. Use the cover illustration to distinguish the author from the subject of
this biography. Have children point out details that show that Sir Hans Sloane lived a long
time ago.
Introduce the Text
Guide children through the text, noting important ideas and helping with unfamiliar
language and vocabulary so that they can read the text successfully. Here are some
suggestions:
Page 2: Tell children that this biography tells about the life of a scientist named
Sir Hans Sloane, a very curious man who collected many things.
Suggested language: Turn to page 2. Let’s read the lists of the different things
Sir Hans Sloane collected. Sloane’s collections grew so large that they were used
to start two museums!
Page 3: Point out Sloane’s birth year, 1660, and help children figure out how long
ago that was.
Pages 4–5: Point out the words chemistry, botany, science, and anatomy.
These pages explain that Hans Sloane was interested in learning many things.
Science is the general category and chemistry, botany, and anatomy name areas of
scientific study.
Page 6: Read the section heading and these sentences: In 1687, Sloane sailed to
Jamaica to work as a doctor. The voyage lasted three months. Why do you think it
took such a long time for Sloane to get from England to Jamaica?
Page 12: Draw attention to the illustration and explain that Sloane started a
collection of artifacts, or objects from his travels and studies. What are some
artifacts you see on page 12?
Now turn back to the beginning of the biography and read to find out about Sir
Hans Sloane.
Expand Your Vocabulary
anatomy – the scientific study of
the structure of living things,
p. 5
artifacts – objects produced by
human handiwork, p. 10
Grade 2
botany – the scientific study of
plants, p. 4
chemistry – the scientific study
of the composition, structure,
properties, and reactions of
matter, p. 4
2
collections – groups of objects
collected for exhibition or
study, p. 2
customs – things that the
members of a group usually
do, p. 9
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Read
Have children read Sir Hans Sloane silently while you listen to individual children read.
Support their problem solving and fluency as needed.
Remind children to use the Question Strategy
questions as they read.
, and to think of
Discuss and Revisit the Text
Personal Response
Invite children to share their personal responses to the book.
Suggested language: What is an interesting fact you learned about the life of Sir Hans
Sloane?
Ways of Thinking
As you discuss the text, help children understand these points:
Thinking Within the Text
Thinking Beyond the Text
Thinking About the Text
• Sir Hans Sloane was a British
scientist, doctor, and collector,
who lived from 1660 to 1753.
• Scientists are curious about
many things.
• The author’s attitude toward
his subject is that Sloane was a
curious, fascinating scientist.
• He learned about plants, animals,
customs, and chocolate on a trip
to Jamaica.
• He wrote a book that made him
famous.
• His collections became the start
of two museums.
• Long ago, people in one part of
the world did not know about
things in other places, like
plants, animals, and chocolate.
• You can visit a museum to
find things that were collected
hundreds of years ago.
• The author organized the
biography into sections about
different parts of Sloane’s life.
• The pictures show how people
dressed and looked hundreds of
years ago.
© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.
Choices for Further Support
• Fluency Invite children to choose a passage from the text to read aloud. Remind them
to pay attention to commas and periods so that they know when to pause.
• Comprehension Based on your observations of the children’s reading and discussion,
revisit parts of the text to clarify or extend comprehension. Remind children to go
back to the text to support their ideas.
• Phonics/Word Work Provide practice as needed with words and word parts, using
examples from the text. Remind children that words in the same word family have
related meanings. Have children use these words in sentences that show meaning:
collect, collected, collecting, collector, collection.
Grade 2
3
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Writing about Reading
Critical Thinking
Have children complete the Critical Thinking questions on BLM 27.9.
Responding
Have children complete the activities at the back of the book. Use the instruction below as
needed to reinforce or extend understanding of the comprehension skill.
Target Comprehension Skill
Fact and Opinion
Explain that readers can think about whether a sentence
has a fact or an opinion in it. Model the skill, using a “Think Aloud” like the one below:
Think Aloud
Here are two sentences from this book: Sloane was born in Ireland in
1660. As a child, he was amazed by nature. It is a fact that Sloane was
born in Ireland in 1660. That can be checked and proved true. It is the
author’s opinion that nature amazed Hans when he was a child. A feeling
like amazement is not something that can be proved.
Practice the Skill
Have children re-read page 14 of Sir Hans Sloane to write a sentence with a fact and a
sentence with an opinion.
Writing Prompt: Thinking Beyond the Text
Have children write a response to the prompt on page 6. Remind them that when they
think beyond the text, they use what they know and their own experience to think about
the information in the book.
Assessment Prompts
• On page 2, which words help the reader understand the meaning of the word
collections?
• What is the section Returning to England mainly about?
Grade 2
4
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English Language Development
Reading Support Pair English-speaking and English language learners so that they
can check their understanding with each other.
Vocabulary Point out words in the text that name people, and help children tell what
each person does: doctor, scientist, collector, botanist, king, queen.
Oral Language Development
Check children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their
English proficiency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.
Beginning/Early Intermediate
Intermediate
Early Advanced/ Advanced
Speaker 1: When was Sloane born?
Speaker 1: What was Sloane’s book
about?
Speaker 1: Why do people still
remember Sir Hans Sloane
today?
Speaker 2: in 1660
Speaker 2: Jamaica
Speaker 2: He wrote about the plants,
animals, and other things he studied in
Jamaica.
Speaker 1: What did he draw pictures
of?
Speaker 1: What happened to Sloane’s
collections?
Speaker 2: plants
Speaker 2: They were put in two
museums in England.
Speaker 1: Where did he sail to?
Speaker 2: He was an important
scientist who discovered
new things. Because of his
collections, two famous
museums were started in
England. They are still there.
Lesson 27
Name
Date
BLACKLINE MASTER 27.9
Think About It
Sir Hans Sloane
Think About It
Read and answer the questions.
1. What did Sir Hans Sloane study in Jamaica?
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Museum? Why?
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3. How would you describe Sir Hans Sloane?
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Making Connections Sir Hans Sloane collected many
different things. What do you like to collect? If you don’t
collect anything, what would you like to collect? Why?
Write your answer in your Reader’s Notebook.
Read directions to children.
Think About It
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Name
Date
Sir Hans Sloane
Thinking Beyond the Text
Think about the question below. Then write a paragraph to answer the
question.
The first sentence of the biography reads: Sir Hans Sloane was a curious
person. What did Sir Hans Sloane do that showed he was curious? Use
details from the book to support your answer.
Grade 2
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Lesson 27
Name
Date
BLACKLINE MASTER 27.9
Think About It
Sir Hans Sloane
Think About It
Read and answer the questions.
1. What did Sir Hans Sloane study in Jamaica?
2. Based on what you just read, do you think you would
rather visit the British Museum or the Natural History
Museum? Why?
3. How would you describe Sir Hans Sloane?
Making Connections Sir Hans Sloane collected many
different things. What do you like to collect? If you don’t
collect anything, what would you like to collect? Why?
Write your answer in your Reader’s Notebook.
Grade 2
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Student
Lesson 27
Date
BLACKLINE MASTER 27.13
Sir Hans Sloane • LEVEL O
page
12
Sir Hans Sloane
Running Record Form
Selection Text
Errors
Self-Corrections
Accuracy Rate
Total SelfCorrections
Sloane began to collect plants and artifacts
other people had discovered. His collection began
to grow, and many people visited his home to see
it. The halls and rooms of his house were filled
with plants, animals, rocks, and coins!
Sloane bought the house next door so that he
would have more room for his collection. He hired
someone to guard the collection and keep it safe.
13
Many people tried to sell him their collections.
In 1726, Benjamin Franklin traveled from America
to England. He visited Sloane in London and sold
him a purse.
Comments:
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