Essential Learning Goal(s): Unit/Lesson Topic: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their Character Description and Connection to actions contribute to the sequence of events. (CCSS: RL.3.3) [Big picture – demonstrate Events comprehension of literary texts.] DOK Level 1 DOK Levels 2-3 DOK Level 4 Foundational Learning Targets: Application of Foundational Skills Learning Targets: Driving Question: Foundational Knowledge Assessment Pathway 1 (‘Normal’ Path) Checkpoints Content Review character, Complete selection -Evaluate story map or Proficiency Guiding Questions: How did you determine what sequence, and cause & assessment on For Ruby graphic organizer. Objective a character in the story was feeling? How did effect. the Copycat on Think -Ask guiding questions (What could it look like?) Read a short story or you identify connections between a character’s Classroom group Central. of students and listen passage, then: activity: Read “Ruby the If they pass—path 1; if to responses. actions and his or her feelings? Motivations? *Individually complete a Copycat”. Create not remediate on path 2 How did you identify the sequence of events? graphic organizer for a character descriptions. How did you determine how characters’ actions Identify sequence of character in the story, contributed to the sequence of events? events. Make charting out a beginning, connections from *Partner work to read and fill out graphic middle, and end action. character to events. organizer (see below). For each action, the *Read/Write/Think – story map student records how it * ActivInspire – Story Mapping impacted the story. *VideoClip and Map Ant &Grasshopper *Students either verbally explain to the *Using a timeline plot the events in the teacher (record on character's life during the story and evaluate audacity or ipad) or their importance to the story. explain in writing how If students are demonstrating proficiency and there each action chosen is time, move to Path 3. contributes to the
Essential Learning Goal(s): Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. (CCSS: RL.3.3) [Big picture – demonstrate comprehension of literary texts.] Unit/Lesson Topic: Character Description and Connection to Events DOK Level 1 DOK Levels 2-3 DOK Level 4 Foundational Learning Targets: Application of Foundational Skills Learning Targets: Driving Question: Foundational Knowledge Review character, sequence, and cause & effect. Classroom group activity: Read “Ruby the Copycat”. Create character descriptions. Identify sequence of events. Make connections from character to events. Assessment Complete selection assessment on For Ruby the Copycat on Think Central. If they pass—path 1; if not remediate on path 2 Pathway 1 (‘Normal’ Path) Guiding Questions: How did you determine what a character in the story was feeling? How did you identify connections between a character’s actions and his or her feelings? Motivations? How did you identify the sequence of events? How did you determine how characters’ actions contributed to the sequence of events? *Partner work to read and fill out graphic organizer (see below). *Read/Write/Think – story map * ActivInspire – Story Mapping *VideoClip and Map Ant &Grasshopper *Using a timeline plot the events in the character's life during the story and evaluate their importance to the story. If students are demonstrating proficiency and there is time, move to Path 3. Checkpoints -Evaluate story map or graphic organizer. -Ask guiding questions of students and listen to responses. Content Proficiency Objective (What could it look like?) Read a short story or passage, then: *Individually complete a graphic organizer for a character in the story, charting out a beginning, middle, and end action. For each action, the student records how it impacted the story. *Students either verbally explain to the teacher (record on audacity or ipad) or explain in writing how each action chosen contributes to the
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