Making Old Stories New

Lesson 3
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ELA

Alternate Unit 4

1st Grade

Lesson 3 of 18

Objective


Explain why the third little javelina was intelligent.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell 

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Target Task


Discussion & Writing Prompt

Complete the following sentences:

  • The third little javelina is intelligent, because ____________.
  • The third little javelina is intelligent, so __________________.
  • The third little javelina is intelligent, but _________________.

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Key Questions


  • Retell what happens with the first little javelina.

  • Retell what happens with the second little javelina.

  • Reread the sentence from page 14.
    “Still not discouraged, Coyote followed.”

    What does it mean to be discouraged? Why is Coyote not discouraged? What does this show about him?

  • Retell what happened with the third little javelina.

  • What trick does the coyote try in the end? What happens?

Vocabulary


suspicious

adj.

having or showing distrust of someone or something

discouraged

adj.

to lose confidence or excitement about something

intelligent

adj.

good at thinking quickly; has good judgement; able to think, understand, and learn new things

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Common Core Standards


  • L.1.1.g — Use frequently occurring conjunctions (e.g., and, but, or, so, because).
  • L.1.1.j — Produce and expand complete simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences in response to prompts.
  • 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.
  • RL.1.6 — Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.

Supporting Standards

L.1.5
RL.1.1
RL.1.7
RL.1.9
RL.1.10
SL.1.1
SL.1.2
SL.1.6

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