Folktales Around the World
ELA
Unit 2
1st Grade
Lesson 22 of 23
These assessments accompany this unit to help gauge student understanding of key unit content and skills.
Content Assessment
The Content Assessment pushes students to synthesize unit content knowledge or unit essential questions in writing. The Content Assessment should be used as the primary assessment because it shows mastery of unit content knowledge and standards. This assessment should take approximately one class period.
Cold Read Assessment
The Cold Read Assessment tests students' ability to comprehend a "cold" or unfamiliar passage and answer standards-based questions. The Cold Read Assessment can be given in addition to the Content Assessment as a pulse point for what students can read and analyze independently, a skill often required for standardized testing. This assessment should take approximately one class period.
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
