ELA.4.C.5.1

Students will use a model to propose a solution to a problem that scientists grappled with when planning to launch the James Webb Space Telescope. Groups will select a problem/solution or sequence text structure and include multimedia elements to complete a writing task explaining their group’s solution.

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In this lesson, students will make a claim supporting American’s civil participation as key to preserving the republic. They will write a claim that supports one of these two topics: the significance of public service or volunteerism. While writing an organized piece with resource-based findings, students will create a PowerPoint presentation of their findings.

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In this lesson, the students delve into the world of understanding characters and how to develop them in their narrative writing. Students will develop a deeper understanding of characters as the class reviews character traits as well as the development of the main character throughout the story. In the final assessment, students will develop their own characters from picture form to written form to build understanding and deeper meaning of characters. Students will create a storyboard that allows for five to six pictures of a main character with an accompanying storyline that is organized with a clear beginning, middle, and end. They will additionally use digital writing tools to plan a narrative piece.

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In this lesson, students will listen to and read literature where figurative language (specifically idioms) are used to convey meaning and enhance the writing. Students will have opportunities to explore and discuss idioms, in addition to applying their understanding of idioms by incorporating idioms in their own writing. Students will work in groups, individually, and with direct instruction from the teacher to gain a better understanding of idioms and how they are used in literature.

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In this lesson, students will use news magazines and articles to identify text features and explain how the text features contribute to their understanding of the informational text.

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In this lesson students will be introduced to commonly used idioms and their meanings. Students will have the opportunity to listen to idioms used in short stories and recognize how they add meaning to the text. Students will be given time to work in small groups and discuss idioms found in stories they will read with one another. Students will also have the opportunity to work individually to create illustrations that depict both the literal meaning and the figurative meaning of the idiom of their choice.

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In this lesson, students will become familiar with common text structures in order to improve their comprehension of non-fiction material.

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