Grade: | Third | Unit: 3 |
Tasks | Literature | Informational Text |
Text: Preteach Vocabulary: surfs, fond 1. Print a copy of the text for each student (to print these poems, click on the button. 2. Project the text on the screen and read them together as a “shared reading” prior to the students engaging with the performance tasks. | Text: Preteach Vocabulary: carefree, shelter, stressful, service, companions 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. | |
Recall | Standards: L.3.1d: Form and use regular and irregular verbs. L.3.1e: Form and use the simple verb tenses (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk). L.3.2d: Form and use possessives. | Standards: L.3.1f: Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. L.3.1h: Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. L.3.1i: Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences. L.3.4c: Use known base/root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same base/root (e.g., company/companion) |
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Apply | Standards: RL.3.3: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. RL.3.5: Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza (lines), describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. | Standards: 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: RL.3.6: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. RL.3.9: Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series). | Standards: RI.3.8: Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence) |
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Writing | Standards: | Standards: W.3.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting point of view with reasons and information. W.3.1:a. Introduce a topic and group related information together; including illustrations when useful to aid comprehension. W.3.1b: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details. W.3.1c: Use linking words and phrases to connect ideas within categories of information (e.g., also, another, and, more, but). W.3.1d: Provide a concluding statement or section. |
Performance Tasks: | Performance Tasks: 1. Write an opinion to ONE of the following prompts: “In my opinion, dogs should work.” “In my opinion, dogs should not work.”
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