Grade: 4 | Unit: 5 | |
Tasks | Literature | Informational Text |
Text: 1. Print a copy of the text for each student. 2. Project the text on the screen and read it together as a “shared reading” prior to the students engaging with the performance tasks. Preteach vocabulary: majesty | Text: Horse from Worldbook online 1. Print a copy of the texts for each student. 2. Project the texts on the screen, one at a time, and read it together as a “shared reading” prior to the students engaging with the performance tasks. | |
Recall | Standards: L.4.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. L.4.1a: Use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where. when, why). L.4.1f: Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons. | Standards: L.4.4a: Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. L.4.6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildfire, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation). |
Questions: | Questions: | |
Apply | Standards: RL.4.2: Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text. RL.4.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text. RL.4.6: Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first-and third-person narrations. | Standards: RI.4.5: Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
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Performance Tasks: | Performance Tasks: | |
Analyze | Standards: W.4.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information. W.4.1a: Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer’s purpose. W.4.1b: Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details. W.4.1c: Link opinion and reasons using word and phrases (e.g., for instance, in order to, in addition). W4.1d: Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented. | Standards: W.4.2a: Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings). W.4.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequence. W.4.3d: Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. W.4.3e: Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. |
Performance Tasks: 1. Write an opinion piece to the following prompt: If the mirror and the jewels had been real, would Peter’s choice still have been a good choice?
| Performance Tasks: 1. Using facts and information from the two articles, write a real or imagined narrative telling about an experience with a horse. Make connections to the facts in the article. ● Provide an introduction ● Use descriptive details, including facts about horses ● Use effective technique ● Provide a clear sequence of events ● Use transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events ● Provide a conclusion | |