Unit 8 Treasure Island Teacher Guide Core Knowledge Language Arts® Knowledge Core GRADE 4 GRADE Unit 8 Treasure Island Teacher Guide GRADE 4 Core Knowledge Language Arts® ISBN: 978-1-942010-03-6 Copyright © 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation www.coreknowledge.org All Rights Reserved. Core Knowledge Language Arts is a trademark of the Core Knowledge Foundation. Trademarks and trade names are shown in this book strictly for illustrative and educational purposes and are the property of their respective owners. References herein should not be regarded as affecting the validity of said trademarks and trade names. Contents Treasure Island Teacher Guide Introduction 1 Lesson 1 9 Core Connections Reading • Introduce Essential Background Information • Read-Aloud: Chapter 1 “The Old Seadog and the Black Spot” • Word Work: Driving Lesson 2 31 Reading Grammar Morphology Writing • Whole Group: Chapter 2 “The Sea Chest and the Blind • Review • Introduce • Introduce an Man” Subject-to Root bio Adventure • Word Work: Ransack be Verb Story Agreement and Modal Auxiliary Verbs Lesson 3 53 Reading Writing • Partner: Chapter 2 “The Sea Chest and the Blind Man” • Plan a Character Sketch • Word Work: Stun Lesson 4 60 Reading Grammar Morphology Writing • Small Group: Chapter 3 “The Real Adventure Begins” • Introduce • Practice Root • Write • Word Work: Brim Relative bio Descriptive Pronouns for Details People Lesson 5 85 Reading Writing • Close Reading: Chapter 3 “The Real Adventure Begins” • Draft a Character Sketch • Word Work: Captivate Core Knowledge Language Arts | Grade 4 Unit 8 iii Lesson 6 99 Reading Grammar Morphology Spelling • Small Group: Chapter 4 “What I Heard in the Apple • Introduce • Review • Introduce Barrel” Relative Prefixes im– Spelling • Word Work: Predicament Pronouns for and in– and Words Things Roots port and bio Lesson 7 123 Reading Writing • Close Reading: Chapter 4 “What I Heard in the Apple • Plan an Adventure Story Barrel” • Word Work: Duplicity Lesson 8 136 Reading Writing • Small Group: Chapter 5 “The Man on the Island” • Plan and Draft an Introduction • Word Work: Scout Lesson 9 156 Reading Grammar Morphology Spelling • Read-Aloud: Chapter 6 “The Plan” • Practice • Practice • Practice • Word Work: Craft Relative Prefixes im– Spelling Pronouns and in– and Words Roots port and bio Lesson 10 175 Spelling Reading Writing • Assessment • Small Group: Chapter 7 “‘Shiver Me Timbers’” • Introduce Dialogue • Word Work: Collide Lesson 11 197 Reading Grammar Morphology Spelling • Small Group: Chapter 8 “My Life Hangs in the Balance” • Introduce • Introduce • Introduce • Word Work: Express Coordinating Suffixes –ful Spelling Conjunctions and –less Words Lesson 12 218 Reading Writing • Partner: Chapter 8 “My Life Hangs in the Balance” • Draft an Adventure Story • Word Work: Astonishment iv Unit 8 Grade 4 | Core Knowledge Language Arts Lesson 13 224 Reading Writing • Small Group: Chapter 9 “The Adventure Comes to an • Draft and Revise an Adventure Story End” • Word Work: Superstitious Lesson 14 241 Reading Grammar Morphology Spelling • Close Reading: Chapter 9 “The Adventure Comes to • Practice • Practice • Practice an End” Coordinating Suffixes –ful Spelling • Word Work: Well-Being Conjunctions and –less Words Lesson 15 252 Spelling Unit Assessment • Assessment Lesson 16 267 Writing • Revise a Story and Draft a Conclusion Lesson 17 270 Writing • Create a Title; Revise and Edit an Adventure Story Lesson 18 273 Writing • Publish an Adventure Story Lesson 19 275 Writing • Share Adventure Stories Core Knowledge Language Arts | Grade 4 Unit 8 v Pausing Point 277 End-of-Year Assessment 281 Teacher Resources 299 • Core Connections Schooner Diagram • Pronunciation Guide for Treasure Island • Glossary for Treasure Island • Adventure Story Rubric • Adventure Story Editing Checklist • Resources for the Enrichment Selections in Treasure Island • End-of-Year Assessment Materials • Word Reading in Isolation Assessment • End-of-Year Fluency Assessment—Student Copy • Activity Book Answer Key vi Unit 8 Grade 4 | Core Knowledge Language Arts Introduction Unit 8: Treasure Island This introduction includes the necessary background information to teach the Treasure Island unit. This unit contains 19 daily lessons, plus four Pausing Point days that may be used for differentiated instruction. Each entire lesson will require a total of 90 minutes. Lesson 15 is devoted to a unit assessment. It is recommended that you spend no more than 23 days total on this unit. After completing the unit, you will administer the End-of-Year Assessment. You should spend no more than three days total on the End-of-Year Assessment. Lessons and activities in this unit address various aspects of a comprehensive language arts curriculum aligned to the Common Core State Standards-English Language Arts (CCSS-ELA): reading, writing, spelling, grammar, and morphology. A chart indicating which lessons in the Treasure Island unit address content from the CCSS is located on the CKLA Teacher Resources website at CKLA.Amplify.com and also at CoreKnowledge.org/CKLA-files. Why the Treasure Island Unit Is Important This unit examines the fiction genre through a classic novel, Treasure Island. Students will focus on character development, setting, and plot, as well as literary devices, Note while reading an abridged version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s popular adventure To prepare for this unit, read this story. It is important for students in the upper elementary grades to read longer entire introduction, preview the works of fiction and trace the development of plot, characters, and literary elements unit assessment as well as the over the course of a novel; this unit will provide students that opportunity. In addition, End-of-Year Assessment, and this text presents an opportunity for students to learn about the adventure story as a preview the Teacher Resources unique subgenre of fiction. Students will also be exposed to other relevant aspects of section of this Teacher Guide. the text, such as geography, pirates, and sailing. You may wish to collect assessment Activity Pages Core Content Objectives Addressed in Core Knowledge Language Arts 15.2 and A.1–A.6 from students During Previous Grades and Units before beginning the unit. Students who have received Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) instruction in Grades K–3 and up to this point in Grade 4 will already have pertinent background knowledge for this unit. These students may have gained relevant background knowledge during the following domains and units: Kings and Queens (Grade K) Columbus and the Pilgrims (Grade K) • Identify the continents of Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, and South America Core Knowledge Language Arts | Grade 4 Introduction | Unit 8 1 Stories (Grade K) • Explain that stories that are made-up and come from a writer’s imagination are called fiction • Identify the beginning, middle, and end of a given story • Identify the sequence of events in a given story • Identify the characters of a given story • Identify the plot of a given story • Identify the setting of a given story • Identify the characteristics of subgenres of fiction Fables and Stories (Grade 1) • Identify character, plot, and setting as basic story elements • Describe the characters, plot, and setting of a specific fable or story The War of 1812 (Grade 2) European Exploration of North America (Grade 3) • Identify motivating factors that led to the exploration of the Americas in different expeditions • Explain why kings and queens in Europe were interested in exploring the Atlantic and the area to the west of Europe Colonial America (Grade 3) The Viking Age (Grade 3) Classic Tales: The Wind in the Willows (Grade 3) • Identify from which character’s perspective the story is being experienced • Identify common themes as demonstrated through the characters • Demonstrate understanding of literary terms, such as author, characters, setting, plot, dialogue, personification, point of view, perspective, biography, autobiography, theme, narrator, and narration Personal Narratives (Grade 4) American Revolution (Grade 4) 2 Unit 8 | Introduction Grade 4 | Core Knowledge Language Arts Overview The following is an overview of the unit schedule. The Teacher Guide uses the following color-coding: purple for reading lessons; red for grammar, morphology, and spelling lessons; and green for writing lessons. Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Core Connections Reading 45 min. Reading 45 min. Reading 45 min. Reading 45 min. 45 min. Whole Group: Partner: Small Group: Close Reading: Introduce Essential Chapter 2 “The Sea Chapter 2 “The Sea Chapter 3 “The Real Chapter 3 “The Real Background Chest and the Blind Chest and the Blind Adventure Begins” Adventure Begins” Information Man” Man” Word Work: Brim Word Work: Word Work: Ransack Word Work: Stun Captivate Reading 45 min. Grammar 15 min. Writing 45 min. Grammar 15 min. Writing 45 min. Read-Aloud: Review Subject-to Plan a Character Introduce Relative Draft a Character Chapter 1 “The Old be Verb Agreement Sketch Pronouns for People Sketch Seadog and the and Modal Auxiliary Black Spot” Verbs Word Work: Driving Morphology 15 min. Morphology 15 min. Introduce Root bio Practice Root bio Writing 15 min. Writing 15 min. Introduce an Write Descriptive Adventure Story Details Lesson 6 Lesson 7 Lesson 8 Lesson 9 Lesson 10 Reading 45 min. Reading 45 min. Reading 45 min. Reading 45 min. Spelling 15 min. Small Group: Close Reading: Small Group: Read-Aloud: Assessment Chapter 4 “What I Chapter 4 “What I Chapter 5 “The Man Chapter 6 “The Plan” Heard in the Apple Heard in the Apple on the Island” Word Work: Craft Barrel” Barrel” Word Work: Scout Word Work: Word Work: Duplicity Predicament Grammar 15 min. Writing 45 min. Writing 45 min. Grammar 15 min. Reading 45 min. Introduce Relative Plan an Adventure Plan and Draft an Practice Relative Small Group: Pronouns for Things Story Introduction Pronouns Chapter 7 “‘Shiver Me Timbers’” Word Work: Collide Morphology 15 min. Morphology 15 min. Writing 30 min. Review Prefixes im– Practice Prefixes im– Introduce Dialogue and in– and Roots and in– and Roots port and bio port and bio Spelling 15 min.