Curriculum / ELA / 1st Grade / Unit 2: Folktales Around the World / Lesson 23
ELA
Unit 2
1st Grade
Lesson 23 of 23
Login or Create Account to view this lesson
In this Lesson
Lesson Notes
There was an error generating your document. Please refresh the page and try again.
Generating your document. This may take a few seconds.
Are you sure you want to delete this note? This action cannot be undone.
Defend which folktale has the most important lesson by naming an opinion and including reasons to support the opinion.
All unit texts
Book: The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi — From Unit 1
Rubric: Opinion Writing Rubric (G1)
Rubric: Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric (G1, U2, L23)
Resource: Note-Taking Sheet (G1, U2, L23)
Resource: Sample Note-Taking Sheet (G1, U2, L23)
Resource: Revision Text (G1, U2, L23)
Resource: Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer
Resource: Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer Example (G1, U2, L23)
Rubric: Editing Checklist 2 (G1, U2)
We participate in the Amazon Associate program. This means that if you use this link to make an Amazon purchase, we receive a small portion of the proceeds, which support our non-profit mission.
Explain why the Sky God renames his stories "Spider Stories."
Standards
RL.1.2RL.1.3SL.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.
Defend if Anansi is a good friend.
L.1.2.aL.1.6RL.1.3SL.1.1SL.1.4SL.1.6W.1.1
Generate two different sentence types orally and in writing.
L.1.1.jL.1.2.b
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.
W.1.3W.1.5
Draft a folktale with a beginning, middle, and end including a problem and connected solution.
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.
L.1.1L.1.1.aL.1.1.jL.1.2L.1.2.bSL.1.1SL.1.6W.1.3W.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.
L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7SL.1.1
Explain what lesson Coyote learns and how he learns it.
Describe how the stranger's gift changes 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.
L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7
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 helps 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.
Discuss unit Essential Questions.
L.1.6SL.1.1SL.1.6
Gauge student understanding of unit content and skills with one of Fishtank's unit assessments.
Brainstorm reasons that support an opinion using reasons from the text and personal experience.
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.
Add a concluding sentence to summarize the opinion writing by using a different sentence type.
Create a free account to access thousands of lesson plans.
Already have an account? Sign In
See all of the features of Fishtank in action and begin the conversation about adoption.
Learn more about Fishtank Learning School Adoption.
We've got you covered with rigorous, relevant, and adaptable ELA lesson plans for free