view_context: Dynamic page
Login or Create Account to view this lesson
Lesson Overview
Objective
Explain what lesson Coyote learns and how he learns it.
Readings and Materials
-
Book: Borreguita and the Coyote by Verna Aardema
Lesson Map
3 days
Write a narrative about another trick Anansi plays on his friends by including a problem and a connected solution in the story.
Brainstorm a folktale with a beginning, middle, and end.
- Mentor Text (G1, U2, L8)
- Narrative Writing Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (GK–2)
- Narrative Writing Brainstorm Example (G1, U2, L8)
- Sample Problems (G1, U2, L8)
Standards
W.1.3W.1.5
Draft a folktale with a beginning, middle, and end including a problem and connected solution.
- Narrative Writing Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (GK–2)
- Narrative Writing Brainstorm Example (G1, U2, L8)
Standards
L.1.1L.1.6SL.1.1SL.1.6W.1.3
Revise a folktale by deleting extra parts of the story that are not connected to the beginning, middle, and end.
- Narrative Writing Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (GK–2)
- Sample Text 1 (G1, U2, L8)
- Sample Text 2 (G1, U2, L8)
Standards
L.1.1L.1.1.aL.1.1.jL.1.2L.1.2.bSL.1.1SL.1.6W.1.3W.1.5
Defend which folktale has the most important lesson by naming an opinion and including reasons to support the opinion.
Brainstorm reasons that support an opinion using reasons from the text and personal experience.
- Note-Taking Sheet (G1, U2, L23)
- Sample Note-Taking Sheet (G1, U2, L23)
- Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer (GK–5)
- Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer Example (G1, U2, L23)
Standards
L.1.1L.1.1.aL.1.1.jL.1.2L.1.2.bSL.1.1SL.1.6W.1.5
Draft reasons from the text or your own life to support your opinion sentence.
- Note-Taking Sheet (G1, U2, L23) — From Day 1
- Sample Note-Taking Sheet (G1, U2, L23)
Standards
L.1.1L.1.1.aL.1.1.jL.1.2L.1.2.bSL.1.1SL.1.6W.1.5
Add a concluding sentence to summarize the opinion writing by using a different sentence type.
- Revision Text (G1, U2, L23)
Standards
L.1.1L.1.1.aL.1.1.jL.1.2L.1.2.bSL.1.1SL.1.6W.1.3W.1.5
