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English Language Arts — Grade 4

Goal 3, Objective 3.01

Goal 3

The learner will make connections with text through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.

Objective 3.01

Respond to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama using interpretive, critical, and evaluative processes by:

  • analyzing the impact of authors' word choice and context.
  • examining the reasons for characters' actions.
  • identifying and examining characters' motives.
  • considering a situation or problem from different characters' points of view.
  • analyzing differences among genres.
  • making inferences and drawing conclusions about characters, events and themes.

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Can you haiku?
Haiku poems show us the world in a water drop, providing a tiny lens through which to glimpse the miracle and mystery of life. Combining close observation with a moment of reflection, this simple yet highly sophisticated form of poetry can help sharpen... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provided by: EDSITEment
Bright Morning: Exploring character development in fiction
This lesson uses Scott O'Dell's Sing Down the Moon to explore character traits and identify textual support. After students have read the book, the teacher challenges them to describe the character Bright Morning to someone... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Born on a mountaintop? Davy Crockett, tall tales, and history
The culminating activity in this unit is the student creation of tall tales. Such tales are built by combining the fictional element of exaggeration with historical elements of nostalgia about the past and anxiety about the future. John Henry, for example,... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provided by: EDSITEment
Book report alternative: Writing resumes for characters in historical fiction
In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students select a character from a work of historical fiction then help the character choose and apply for a job. Students explore what it would be like to search for a job in the past and the qualifications that would... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Book report alternative: Examining story elements using story map comic strips
In this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students use a six-paneled comic strip to create a story map, summarizing a book or story that they've either read as a class or independently. The story strips that result provide a great way to evaluate student's understanding... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Blending fiction and nonfiction to improve comprehension and writing skills
This ReadWriteThink lesson supports the use of a text set (paired fiction and nonfiction texts on a similar topic) to increase student interest in and understanding of content area material and to develop critical writing skills. The more familiar format... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink

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