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Unit 2
1st Grade
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Describe Anansi by asking and answering questions about character actions and traits.
Book: Anansi and the Magic Stick by Eric A. Kimmel
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Describe Anansi. Include at least two to three details about him.
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Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
Why are the animals making fun of Anansi? Give two specific reasons.
Why was Anansi jealous of Hyena?
How does Anansi treat the magic stick? What does that show us about Anansi?
How do the neighbors feel about Anansi and his magic stick? Give two specific examples.
What happened while Anansi was sleeping? Include at least three specific details.
What happened when Anansi woke up?
Did Anansi learn a lesson?
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
dishonest
adj.
to act in a untrustworthy way
selfish
to only think about yourself
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RL.1.2 — Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
RL.1.3 — Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.1.1 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.1.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.1.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using frequently occurring conjunctions to signal simple relationships (e.g., because).
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.1.9 — Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
RL.1.10 — With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 1.
SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Lesson 3
Lesson 5
Explain how you can tell that Ananse thought stories were valuable.
RL.1.2 RL.1.3 SL.1.1
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
Decide if a sentence is incomplete or complete.
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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