Eliot, T. S. Song of the Jellicles” “The Fleischman, Paul. “Fireflies” Sample Performance Tasks for Stories and Poetry Students regarding the plot of Patricia MacLachlan’s ask and answer questions Sarah, Plain • to form the answers. [RL.3.1] and Tall, explicitly referring to the book basis for their Students how Mark Teague’s contribute to what is conveyed in Cynthia explain illustrations • Rylant’s to Poppleton in Winter create the mood and emphasize aspects of characters and in the story. [RL.3.7] setting Students read and that represent various origin tales, such fables folktales from diverse cultures • as Rudyard Kipling’s the Camel Got His Hump” and Natalie Babbitt’s The Search for “How and paraphrase [RL.2.2] Delicious, their central message, lesson, or moral. Students of by James Thurber, describe the overall story structure The Thirteen Clocks • the interactions of the characters of the Duke and Princess Saralinda describing how introduce and how the suspenseful plot comes to an [RL.2.5] the beginning of the story end. When discussing E. B. White’s book students Charlotte’s Web, distinguish their own point of • regarding Wilbur the Pig that of Fern Arable as well as that of view from from the narrator. [RL.3.6] Students of Bud in Christopher Paul Curtis’ story describe how the character Bud, Not Buddy • to a in his life of being placed in a foster home. [RL.2.3] responds major event Students read Paul Fleischman’s poem determining the meaning of words and • “Fireflies,” the poem, particularly focusing on identifying his use of (e.g., phrases in nonliteral language is the ink we use”) and talking about how it suggests meaning. [RL.3.4] “light Informational Texts Aliki. A Medieval Feast Gibbons, Gail. From Seed to Milton, Joyce. Bats: Creatures of the Night Beeler, Selby. Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions Around the World Leonard, Heather. Art Around the World Ruffin, Frances E. Martin Luther King and the March on Washington St. George, Judith. So You Want to Be President Einspruch, Andrew. Crittercam
Eliot, T. S. “The Song of the Jellicles” Fleischman, Paul. “Fireflies” Sample Performance Tasks for Stories and Poetry • Students ask and answer questions regarding the plot of Patricia MacLachlan’s Sarah, Plain and Tall, explicitly referring to the book to form the basis for their answers. [RL.3.1] • Students explain how Mark Teague’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed in Cynthia Rylant’s Poppleton in Winter to create the mood and emphasize aspects of characters and setting in the story. [RL.3.7] • Students read fables and folktales from diverse cultures that represent various origin tales, such as Rudyard Kipling’s “How the Camel Got His Hump” and Natalie Babbitt’s The Search for Delicious, and paraphrase their central message, lesson, or moral. [RL.2.2] • Students describe the overall story structure of The Thirteen Clocks by James Thurber, describing how the interactions of the characters of the Duke and Princess Saralinda introduce the beginning of the story and how the suspenseful plot comes to an end. [RL.2.5] • When discussing E. B. White’s book Charlotte’s Web, students distinguish their own point of view regarding Wilbur the Pig from that of Fern Arable as well as from that of the narrator. [RL.3.6] • Students describe how the character of Bud in Christopher Paul Curtis’ story Bud, Not Buddy responds to a major event in his life of being placed in a foster home. [RL.2.3] • Students read Paul Fleischman’s poem “Fireflies,” determining the meaning of words and phrases in the poem, particularly focusing on identifying his use of nonliteral language (e.g., “light is the ink we use”) and talking about how it suggests meaning. [RL.3.4] Informational Texts Aliki. A Medieval Feast Gibbons, Gail. From Seed to Milton, Joyce. Bats: Creatures of the Night Beeler, Selby. Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions Around the World Leonard, Heather. Art Around the World Ruffin, Frances E. Martin Luther King and the March on Washington St. George, Judith. So You Want to Be President Einspruch, Andrew. Crittercam
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