Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

Goal 3

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

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

analyzing word choice and content.
examining reasons for a character's actions, taking into account the situation and basic motivation of the character.
creating and presenting a product that effectively demonstrates a personal response to a selection or experience.
examining alternative perspectives.
evaluating the differences among genres.
examining relationships among characters.
making and evaluating inferences and conclusions about characters, events and themes.

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Charlotte is wise, patient, and caring: Adjectives and character traits: In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students define the purpose of adjectives and find examples in shared reading. Then students “become” one of the major characters in a book and describe themselves and other characters using Internet reference... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Characters in Because of Winn–Dixie: Making lists of ten: In this alternative lesson to a book report, students explore how authors use certain techniques to develop characters. This lesson employs a strategy used in the children's book, Because of Winn–Dixie, where the characters... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

A case for reading: Examining challenged and banned books: Any work is potentially open to attack by someone, somewhere, sometime, for some reason. This lesson introduces students to censorship and how challenges to books occur then invites them to read a challenged or banned book and decide for themselves what... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

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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