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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

English Language Arts — Grade 4

Goal 5: The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.

Objective 5.08. Demonstrate evidence of language cohesion by:

  • logical sequence of fiction and nonfiction retells.
  • time order sequence of events.
  • sustaining conversations on a topic.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Writing a ghost story/mystery
Building upon the students' knowledge base of Blackbeard the Pirate, the numerous shipwrecks off of the N.C. coast, myths, and legends of the Carolinas, and/or The Lost Colony, students will write a ghost story or mystery narrative of their own.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By laura ritchie.
Meanwhile...: Transition words that connect ideas
Students will identify transition words in picturebooks that they can use in their own writing. Transition words are the glue that holds sentences and paragraphs together. They signal that this is a new part of the story.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
By DPI Writing Strategies.
Great beginnings
Good beginnings hook readers and make them want to continue reading. Students will learn the features of good beginnings by reading the beginnings of several narrative picture books and then writing good beginnings for their own narratives.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts)
By DPI Writing Strategies.
Connecting folktales and culture in North Carolina and beyond
Students will explore connections to North Carolina culture as they engage in reading and analyzing three folktales of North Carolina Literary Festival author, William Hooks. After comparing these stories to other versions of the traditional tales, students will become authors and storytellers themselves as they rewrite a tale from a new cultural point of view. Opportunities are also included to extend this study to world cultures and folktales.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Jeanne Munoz.