ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What Do People, Both Real and Imagined, Learn from Exploring Their World

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: “What do people, both real and imagined, learn from exploring their world.” UNIT 5 GUIDED SHARED READERS WRITERS LITERATU POETRY TERMIN Resources Exploratio READING/W READING/CLOSE WORKSHO WORKSHO RE OLOGY n, Real ORD READING P/ P CIRCLES/ FOR (ET= and WORK/RESE INDEPEND READ UNIT Exemplary Imagined Text) ARCH ENT ALOUD (P=Poem) March/A READING (RA= Read pril Aloud Read two stories Introduce the unit by Begin journal The students Read “The Satire Alice in WEEK 1 Wonderland from My completing the Read, entry about the will take a Queen of Metaphor Similes Alice’s Librarian Is a Write, Think Lesson called main character well-known Hearts” by Irony Adventures March Camel by The Big Bad Wolf (The in the book fairy tale from Mother Nonsense The Little Prince Margriet Ruurs- House) and then read The (answer the attached Goose- The literature Three Cups of Tea 11 True Story of the Three questions such list, read it, students will Paradox The Big Bad Wolf Parody Show the Little Pigs- as main and then re- work on The True Story of Style students where character, write the story Continue with memorizing/pr the Three Little that particular characteristics from a Literature acticing their Symbol Pigs Perspective country is that enable different Circles/Read poem in order The Princess and Antagonist the Pea located on the http://www.readwritethink. them, obstacles perspective Aloud to be able to Exploration map org/classroom- to overcome, (Ex: The recite it for Explorer resources/lesson- internal Princess and -Alice in the class Exploratory Add to the plans/wolf-analyzing-point- response and the Pea- write Wonderland Character matrix view-23.html?tab=1#tabs external the story from - Alice’s Characterization characterized behaviors/respo the pea’s Adventures *This first week, RL.5.1 nses to that perspective) -The Little you need to Sl.5.1 obstacle/theme/ Prince create a matrix SL.5.3 mood/ W.5.3 -Three Cups of with the country tone) RF.5.4 Tea (Young name, capitol, L.5.3 Reader’s population, Edition) language spoken, how books are delivered, why they chose that form of transportation WEEK 2 Read two stories Complete the Read, Write, Continue Benchmark Students are Read “Words Continue from My Think Lesson called Journaling Writing journaling Free as with Librarian Is a “Explore Point of View in about Read Prompt- “One throughout Confetti” by Terminology Camel by Fairy Tales” Aloud morning you about their Pat Mora March Margriet Ruurs- *L.5.3 woke up and literature 25 http://www.readwritethink. you were only circle book Show the org/parent-afterschool- 12 inches tall. (they will be students where resources/activities- Before you writing about that particular projects/explore-point- write, think the same country is view-fairy-30148.html? about your new things the located on the main-tab=2#tabs size. What are class has map some things written about The students will complete you can do in the created Add to the a RAFT assignment now? What are matrix-see matrix (located on blog) about some things shared either Cinderella or Little you can no reading Red Riding Hood longer do? questions- Now write a column-week story about 1) when you were They also twelve inches need to tall.” identify major historical events located during the time era of their lit circle book *L.5.3 WEEK 3 Read two stories Read The Wretched Stone Continue Benchmark Continue Read “Leaf Continue from My by Chris Van Allsburg Journaling Writing Literature Soup” by Pat with Librarian Is a about Read Prompt- Circles Mora (located Terminology April 1 Camel by Do a lesson on symbolism Aloud “Everyone has *L.5.3 in Confetti) Margriet Ruurs- *L.5.3 something that and Against is important to Idleness and Show the them. What is Mischief by students where one thing that Isaac Watts that particular is important to country is you? Why is it located on the important?” map

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