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Unit 2
1st Grade
Lesson 17 of 23
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L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
L.1.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
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Lesson 18
Explain how you can tell that Ananse thought stories were valuable.
RL.1.2 RL.1.3 SL.1.1
Describe Anansi by asking and answering questions about character actions and traits.
Describe Anansi and what lesson he learned by asking and answering questions about character actions and traits.
Discussion & Writing
Defend if Anansi is a good friend.
L.1.2.a L.1.6 RL.1.3 SL.1.1 SL.1.4 SL.1.6 W.1.1
Writing – 4 days
Write a narrative about another trick Anansi plays on his friends.
L.1.1 L.1.1.a L.1.1.j L.1.2 L.1.2.d L.1.2.e SL.1.6 W.1.3 W.1.5
Explain why the lion changes his mind and what lesson the author is trying to teach us by using key details about the character to show understanding of the lesson.
RL.1.2 RL.1.3 RL.1.7 SL.1.1
Explain what lesson Coyote learns and how he learned it.
Describe how the stranger’s gift changed the man’s life and what lesson the author is trying to teach.
Explain what Mama learns at the end of the story.
Explain what lesson the man learns and how the rabbi helps.
RL.1.2 RL.1.3 RL.1.7
Describe the wise man’s final piece of advice and if was meant to trick or help Ming Lo.
Writing
L.1.1.f L.1.2
Explain what the king means when he says, “I admire Ping’s courage to appear before me with the empty truth.”
Explain what the sky means when it says, “perhaps through your own labor you will learn to not waste the gifts of nature” and what we can learn from this statement.
Explain how the Coffee Test helped Martina learn a person’s character and what we can learn from this.
Explain what Juan Bobo is like and what we can learn from him.
Describe Doña Flor using specific details from the text.
Describe what lesson the author is trying to teach.
Discussion
Discuss unit Essential Questions.
L.1.6 SL.1.1 SL.1.6
Assessment
Opinion Writing – 3 days
Defend if folktales are or are not silly stories that connect to our lives by stating an opinion and using facts and examples from the unit to support the opinion.
L.1.1.d L.1.6 RL.1.2 SL.1.1 W.1.1 W.1.5
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