Understanding Craft and Structure
Students will work across genres to identify the different parts of a story or text. Students will then identify point of view in varying genres, and express how their point of view as a reader is similar to or different from an author or narrator in both oral and written formats.
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Essential Outcomes
Reading
- 3R1 Develop and answer questions to locate relevant and specific details in a text to support an answer or inference.
- 3R5 In literary texts, identify parts of stories, dramas, and poems using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza.
- 3R6 Discuss how the reader’s point of view or perspective may differ from that of the author, narrator or characters in a text.
Reading Foundations – Fluency
- 3RF3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
- 3RF3a: Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and suffixes.
- 3RF3b: Decode multi-syllabic words.
- 3RF3c: Identify, know the meanings of, and decode words with suffixes.
- 3RF3d: Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
- 3RF4 Read grade-level text with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Language
- 3L1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
- 3L2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing
- 3L5 Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
- 3L6 Acquire and accurately use conversational, general academic, and content-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships
Writing
- 3W4 Create a response to a text, author, theme, or personal experience (e.g., poem, play, story, artwork, or other).
Speaking and Listening
- 3SL1 Participate and engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse peers and adults, expressing ideas clearly, and building on those of others.
- 3SL6 Identify contexts that call for academic English or informal discourse.
All Standards Addressed in This Unit
- 3R1, 3R5, 3R6
- 3RF3, 3RF4
- 3L1, 3L2, 3L5, 3L6
- 3W4
- 3SL1, 3SL3, 3SL6
Essential Questions and Big Ideas
- What is genre in text?
- Genre is a category of text that is characterized by a specific form, content and stye (ex. Poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction)
- The structure of the text helps determine genre.
- How do we support our claim/answer?
- Using relevant details from a text can be used to support claims.
- Why do points-of-view differ?
- Reader/Narrator’s/Character/Authors point-of-view can differ based on their own experiences and perspective
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