Grade: | Third Unit: 5 |
Tasks | Informational Text |
Text: Inventions That Changed Our World Preteach Vocabulary: inventions, invented, anniversary, trumpet-shaped, calculator, sundial 1. Print copies of the texts for each student. 2. Project the texts, one at a time, on the screen and read it together as a “shared reading” prior to the students engaging with the performance tasks. | |
Recall | Standards: L.3.1f: Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement L.3.2d: Form and use possessives. L.3.4b: Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word. (e.g. agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat, preheat). L.3.4c: Use a known base/root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company/companion) |
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Apply | Standards: L.3.5a: Distinguish the literal and non-literal meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps) RI.3.7: Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur). |
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Analyze | Standards: RI.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. |
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Writing | Standards: W.3.1:. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting point of view with reasons and information: W.3.1a: Introduce topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons. W.3.1b: Provide reasons that support the opinion. W.3.1c: Use linking words and phrases to connect opinion and reasons (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example). W.3.1d: Provide a concluding statement or section. |
Performance Tasks: 1. Based on what you have read, write an opinion piece to the prompt: “The most valuable invention to me is __________________.”
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