Friendship Across Boundaries: Return to Sender

Lesson 12
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ELA

Alternate Unit 2

5th Grade

Lesson 12 of 29

Objective


Compare and contrast Mari and Tyler by comparing and contrasting two or more characters in a text.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez  pp. 121 – 136

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Target Task


Discussion & Writing Prompt

Compare and contrast Mari and Tyler. How are their culture, history, customs, values and priorities similar and different? How do those similarities and differences influence the way they respond to key events? 

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Common Core Standards


  • L.5.1.e — Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).
  • RL.5.2 — Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
  • RL.5.3 — Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
  • RL.5.6 — Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.
  • SL.5.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Supporting Standards

SL.5.1
W.5.10
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