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Alternate Unit 3
3rd Grade
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Analyze and debate unit Essential Questions using details and understandings from the different myths.
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Using details from the myths, discuss and debate the Essential Questions below.
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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).
SL.3.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.3.6 — Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).
SL.3.1.a — Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.
SL.3.1.b — Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
SL.3.1.c — Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others.
SL.3.1.d — Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
SL.3.6 — Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
Lesson 8
Lesson 10
Describe the twelve major gods and goddesses who were honored and worshiped in ancient Rome.
RL.3.3
Describe Jupiter.
Describe the central message of "The Oak and the Linden Tree" and how it is conveyed through key details.
RL.3.2
Describe what happened to Io.
RL.3.2 RL.3.3
Explain how Jupiter's actions contributed to the sequence of events.
Describe how Hercules' actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Describe the central message of "Atlas and the Eleventh Labor of Hercules" and how it is conveyed through key details.
Narrative Writing – 2 days
Write a story about what happens when Hercules tries to return the golden apples by retelling key details from the text using descriptive details and clear sequence of events.
W.3.3 W.3.3.b
Discussion
RL.3.9 SL.3.1
Explain why Psyche is unable to find true love and what impact it has on everyone.
Describe how Psyche's sisters influence her and the sequence of events in the story.
Describe the central message of "Cupid and Psyche" and how it is conveyed through key details.
Write a story about how Psyche responds to the fact that Cupid is gone when she wakes up by retelling key details from the text using descriptive details and clear sequence of events.
L.3.1 L.3.2 W.3.3 W.3.3.b W.3.3.c
Describe Otus and Ephialtes and how they influence the sequence of events.
Describe the central message of "Otus and Ephialtes, Twin Giants" and how it is conveyed through key details.
Write a story describing what happens after the gods got their revenge by retelling key details from the text using descriptive details and clear sequence of events.
L.3.1 L.3.2 W.3.3 W.3.3.b
Defend if Romulus and Remus' desire for power had a positive or negative impact on their lives.
Describe the central message of "Romulus and Remus" and how it is conveyed through key details.
RL.3.2 RL.3.3 SL.3.1
Narrative Writing
Write a story about what happens after Romulus welcomes everyone to his new city, Rome, by retelling key details from the text using descriptive details and a clear sequence of events.
L.3.1 W.3.3 W.3.3.b
RL.3.2 RL.3.9 SL.3.1
Assessment
Write a continuation of one of the stories from the unit by using relevant details from the text to write a story with a clear sequence of events and descriptive details.
W.3.3 W.3.3.b W.3.3.c W.3.3.d
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