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Describe Nyasha and how her character is different from Manyara by analyzing details that describe character traits and motivations.
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Describe Nyasha. How is she different from Manyara?
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How do Manyara and Nyasha feel about each other? Why?
How does Nyasha treat the snake? What does it show about her?
"'But, my father,' Manyara said sweetly, 'it would be painful for either of us to leave you, even to be wife to the king.'" Is Manyara being genuine? How do you know?
Fluency: Watch as I read page 12 fluently. What do you notice about how I read each character’s dialogue? How does it help you better understand them?
How does Manyara respond to those she meets on her journey? What does it show about her?
How does Nyasha respond to those she meets on her journey? What does it show us about her?
The king told Manyara "he knew all her faults and it displeased him." What does this mean?
Look at the pictures on the last two pages. Describe what you see. How does it help you better understand the story?
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
generous
adj.
willing to give or share (not selfish)
genuine
true or real
deceitful
likely to lie or cheat to get what you want
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L.2.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy).
RL.2.3 — Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
RL.2.7 — Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.2.1.f — Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences (e.g., The boy watched the movie; The little boy watched the movie; The action movie was watched by the little boy).
L.2.4.a — Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
RL.2.10 — By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2—3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
SL.2.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
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Analyze how the author uses character traits to demonstrate the lesson or moral of the story by analyzing details that describe character traits and the lesson.
Identify culture and the ways that cultures can be similar or different by identifying key details in a text Read Aloud.
Standards
RL.2.1
Describe Cinderella, her stepmother, and her stepsisters, and how they act toward people who treat them poorly by describing characters and how they respond to events.
L.2.6RL.2.1RL.2.3
Describe what happens at the ball and how it changes Cinderella and the stepsisters’ lives by describing characters and how they respond to events.
RL.2.1RL.2.3
Describe the setting of Cinderella and how it influences what characters do by identifying and describing key details from the text and illustrations that describe setting.
RL.2.3RL.2.7
Explain how the queen knows that Cinderella has good character, and what else Zahra does to show her good character by using the text and illustrations to describe characters and how they respond to events.
L.2.4RL.2.3RL.2.7
Produce complete simple sentences orally and in writing.
L.2.1.fSL.2.6SL.2.6
Describe why Cendrillon says, "You gave me this night. It is enough," by analyzing details in a text to draw conclusions about characters’ actions and motivations.
L.2.6RL.2.3RL.2.7
Compare and contrast two versions of Cinderella by describing how the setting impacts the characters and plot of a story.
L.2.6RL.2.3RL.2.5RL.2.9SL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.6
Describe Yeh-Shen’s relationship with the fish and why it is important by analyzing details in a text to draw conclusions about characters’ actions and motivations.
RL.2.2RL.2.3RL.2.7
Describe why the king did not allow Yeh-Shen to bring her stepmother and stepsister to the palace after they were married by analyzing details in a text to draw conclusions about characters’ actions and motivations.
Explain the role of the falcon and how it makes this version of Cinderella different from others by analyzing details in a text to draw conclusions about characters’ actions and motivations.
RL.2.2RL.2.3RL.2.7RL.2.9
Compare and contrast two versions of Cinderella by describing how the setting impacts the characters and plot of a story and analyzing the different lessons learned.
L.2.6RL.2.3RL.2.5RL.2.9SL.2.6
RL.2.2RL.2.3RL.2.9
Describe Blanche and how her character is different from her mother and sister by analyzing details that describe character traits and motivations.
RL.2.2RL.2.3
Determine if a sentence is a complete sentence or incomplete sentence.
L.2.1.fSL.2.6
Describe the Rough-Face Girl and how her character is different from the two older sisters by analyzing details that describe character traits and motivations.
Debate and analyze what lessons we can learn from the characters in traditional fairy tales and folktales and how these lessons translate to our lives by citing evidence from the entire unit to support an idea.
L.2.3L.2.3.aL.2.6RL.2.9SL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.6
5 days
Write a different version of Cinderella by writing narratives that include a beginning, middle, and end.
L.2.1L.2.2L.2.2.dL.2.6W.2.3W.2.5
3 days
Write a different narrative version of Cinderella that explains what happens if the stepmother and stepsisters have different character traits.
L.2.1L.2.1.eL.2.2L.2.6SL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.4W.2.3W.2.5W.2.8
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