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Folktales Around the World

Lesson 8: Writing Project Overview

ELA

Unit 2

1st Grade

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Explain why the Sky God renames his stories "Spider Stories."

A Story, a Story

Standards

RL.1.2RL.1.3SL.1.1

Describe Anansi by asking and answering questions about character actions and traits.

Anansi (Melon)

Standards

RL.1.2RL.1.3SL.1.1

Describe Anansi by asking and answering questions about character actions and traits.

Anansi (Rock)

Standards

RL.1.2RL.1.3SL.1.1

Describe Anansi by asking and answering questions about character actions and traits.

Anansi (Magic Stick)

Standards

RL.1.2RL.1.3SL.1.1

Describe Anansi and what lesson he learned by asking and answering questions about character actions and traits.

Anansi (Fishing)

Standards

RL.1.2RL.1.3SL.1.1

Discussion & Writing

Defend if Anansi is a good friend.

A Story, a Story
Anansi (Melon)
Anansi (Rock)
Anansi (Magic Stick)
Anansi (Fishing)

Standards

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.

Sentence Cards (G1, U2, L7)

Standards

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.

Day 1 - Brainstorming

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

Day 2 - Drafting

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

Day 3 - Revision & Editing

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

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.

The Lion and the Mouse

Standards

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.

Borreguita and the Coyote

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7SL.1.1

Describe how the stranger's gift changes the man's life and what lesson the author is trying to teach.

The Paper Crane

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7SL.1.1

Explain what Mama learns at the end of the story.

Mama Panya's Pancakes

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7SL.1.1

Generate two different sentence types orally and in writing.

Command or Exclamation Handout (G1, U2, L13)
Sentence Cards (G1, U2, L13)

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.b

Explain what lesson the man learns and how the rabbi helps.

It Could Always Be Worse

Standards

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."

The Empty Pot

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7

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.

Why the Sky is Far Away

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7

Explain how the Coffee Test helps Martina learn a person's character and what we can learn from this.

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7

Explain what Juan Bobo is like and what we can learn from him.

Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7

Describe Doña Flor using specific details from the text.

Doña Flor pp. 1–18

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7

Describe what lesson the author is trying to teach.

Doña Flor pp. 19–30

Standards

L.1.1.jL.1.2.bRL.1.2RL.1.3RL.1.7SL.1.1

Discuss unit Essential Questions.

Standards

L.1.6SL.1.1SL.1.6

Gauge student understanding of unit content and skills with one of Fishtank's unit assessments.

Defend which folktale has the most important lesson by naming an opinion and including reasons to support the opinion.

Day 1 - Brainstorming

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

Day 2 - Drafting

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

Day 3 - Revision & Editing

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

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