A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the Christmas / winter mentor text picture book Brave Irene by William Steig. This book is also available in Spanish as Irene, la valiente. Activities are in English and Spanish. This is a great read for teaching grit and perseverance! Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)close reading for character traitsauthor's message / le