Unit Essential Questions Unit Enduring Understandings How does understanding a text’s Students will understand that… structure help me better understand good readers use specific details from a literary text to its meaning? support their thinking about characters, setting, events. How does text evidence help the understanding of a text’s features, structures, and reader describe the characters, characteristics facilitate the reader’s ability to make setting or events? meaning of the text. How does a reader’s speed, good authors of narrative writing effectively develop real accuracy, and expression help them or imaginary experiences or events to tell a story that understand what they have read? engage the reader. What elements do author’s use when writers convey information and ideas clearly and concisely. writing narratively and descriptively? good readers actively seek the meaning of unknown words/phrases to deepen their understanding of information text Unit Objectives Unit Objectives Students will know… Students will be able to… identify key elements of literature story elements use a combination of explicitly stated information, o Plot (i.e. events, background knowledge, and connections to the text to climax/turning point, answer questions they have as they read resolution) determine the theme o Conflict describe the setting of a story or drama o Characters and character roles describe or graphically represent characters (traits, o Setting (time and place) thoughts, words, feelings and actions) there are different parts of literary text describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in a text) synthesize background knowledge similarities and differences between identify and use parts of a text (i.e.: table of contents, literature and informational texts index, glossary….) identify main idea and details identify main idea analyze literary grade level text determine meanings of words using context clues and other references how to develop ideas and organize their writing apply phonics and word analysis skills to decode words apply writing traits needed for read fluently on independent level descriptive and narrative writing cite evidence from text when to apply transitional words in refers to details and examples from the text when writing explaining what the text says how to analyze and respond to an open use the writing process ended question. brainstorm ideas and use organizational skills to develop their writing create a paragraph with a strong beginning ( lead ) incorporate proper transitions words into their writing use a variety of sentence types using appropriate punctuation and capitalization
Unit Essential Questions How does understanding a text’s structure help me better understand its meaning? How does text evidence help the reader describe the characters, setting or events? How does a reader’s speed, accuracy, and expression help them understand what they have read? What elements do author’s use when writing narratively and descriptively? Unit Enduring Understandings Students will understand that… good readers use specific details from a literary text to support their thinking about characters, setting, events. understanding of a text’s features, structures, and characteristics facilitate the reader’s ability to make meaning of the text. good authors of narrative writing effectively develop real or imaginary experiences or events to tell a story that engage the reader. writers convey information and ideas clearly and concisely. good readers actively seek the meaning of unknown words/phrases to deepen their understanding of information text Unit Objectives Students will know… story elements o Plot (i.e. events, climax/turning point, resolution) o Conflict o Characters and character roles o Setting (time and place) there are different parts of literary text synthesize background knowledge similarities and differences between literature and informational texts identify main idea and details analyze literary grade level text how to develop ideas and organize their writing apply writing traits needed for descriptive and narrative writing when to apply transitional words in writing how to analyze and respond to an open ended question. Unit Objectives Students will be able to… identify key elements of literature use a combination of explicitly stated information, background knowledge, and connections to the text to answer questions they have as they read determine the theme describe the setting of a story or drama describe or graphically represent characters (traits, thoughts, words, feelings and actions) describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in a text) identify and use parts of a text (i.e.: table of contents, index, glossary….) identify main idea determine meanings of words using context clues and other references apply phonics and word analysis skills to decode words read fluently on independent level cite evidence from text refers to details and examples from the text when explaining what the text says use the writing process brainstorm ideas and use organizational skills to develop their writing create a paragraph with a strong beginning ( lead ) incorporate proper transitions words into their writing use a variety of sentence types using appropriate punctuation and capitalization
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