Curriculum / ELA / 3rd Grade / Unit 3: Passing Down Wisdom: Hispanic and African American Folktales / Lesson 10
ELA
Unit 3
3rd Grade
Lesson 10 of 24
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Describe the soldier and the ant, and how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Book: Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection by F. Isabel Campoy and Alma Flora Ada — "The Goat from the Hills and Mountains"
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Describe the soldier and the ant. How do their actions contribute to the sequence of events?
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Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
tended
v.
gave attention to or took care of something
disdain
to really not like someone or something
unsuspecting
adj.
not knowing or thinking something could happen
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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.
W.3.1 — Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.3.1.g — Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
L.3.4.b — 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).
RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.3.4 — Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RL.3.1 — Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
RL.3.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
RL.3.10 — By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2—3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
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.
W.3.10 — Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Lesson 9
Lesson 11
Recount what happens in "The Bird of One Thousand Colors."
RL.3.2 RL.3.3
Describe the Turkey, and how his actions contribute to the sequence of events.
RL.3.3
Explain what lesson the author is trying to teach in "The Bird of One Thousand Colors."
Writing
Make sentences better and more interesting by combining two or more sentences.
L.3.1 SL.3.1.a
Recount what happens in "'Dear Deer!' Said the Turtle."
Describe Venado and Jicotea, and how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
RL.3.3 W.3.1
Explain what lesson the author is trying to teach in "'Dear Deer!' Said the Turtle."
L.3.1
Recount what happens in "The Goat from the Hills and Mountains."
Explain what lesson the author is trying to teach in "The Goat from the Hills and Mountains."
Use subordinating conjunctions to write more interesting and complex sentences.
Recount what happens in "The Happy Man’s Tunic."
Describe the shepherd, and how his actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Describe what lesson the author is trying to teach about happiness in "The Happy Man's Tunic."
Discussion
Analyze common messages/lessons across different folktales and how characters are similar and different across different folktales.
L.3.6 RL.3.2 RL.3.9 SL.3.1 SL.3.1.a SL.3.1.d SL.3.6
Opinion Writing – 2 days
Write a paragraph stating which folktale is your favorite and why.
L.3.1 L.3.2 W.3.1 W.3.1.a W.3.1.b
Describe Brer Rabbit and how his actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Describe Brer Rabbit.
RL.3.2 RL.3.3 RL.3.9
Opinion Writing – 4 days
Defend whether or not Brer Rabbit is a good role model by using evidence from the stories throughout the unit.
L.3.1.h L.3.1.i L.3.2.e L.3.2.f L.3.2.g W.3.1 W.3.1.a W.3.1.b W.3.1.c W.3.4 W.3.5 W.3.8
Analyze and debate unit essential questions.
RL.3.2 SL.3.1 SL.3.1.a SL.3.1.d SL.3.6
Assessment
Narrative Writing – 5 days
Write a narrative using effective technique and organizing an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
L.3.1 L.3.2 W.3.3 W.3.3.a W.3.3.c
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