Defining Identity: Dyamonde Daniel and My Name is María Isabel

Lesson 17
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ELA

Unit 1

3rd Grade

Lesson 17 of 21

Objective


Determine what advice to give María Isabel about how to make it a happy time for everyone.

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

María Isabel says that "It just isn’t fair that this can’t be a happy time for all of us!" What advice would you give María Isabel?

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Key Questions


Key Questions

  • What does María Isabel learn about her classmates from the pictures they bring in? Give two examples.

  • Why does María Isabel feel like the days are dragging by "more and more slowly?"

  • Why does María Isabel think that maybe everything is a big misunderstanding? What does this show about María Isabel?

  • At the end of Chapter 7, what does María Isabel want? Why?

  • How does María Isabel feel when her parents are talking about the Winter Pageant? Why?

Writing Prompt

  • What connections does María Isabel make between her life and the book she is reading? How do they help her?

Vocabulary


misunderstanding

n.

not understanding something correctly

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Common Core Standards


  • RL.3.3 — Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
  • RL.3.6 — Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

Supporting Standards

RF.3.3
RF.3.4
RL.3.1
RL.3.4
RL.3.10
SL.3.1

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Explain what lesson María Isabel learns and how she learns it.

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