Curriculum / ELA / 3rd Grade / Unit 1: Defining Identity: Dyamonde Daniel and My Name is María Isabel / Lesson 21
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Write a story about an experience that has shaped who you are.
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Write a story about an experience that has shaped who you are. Your story should:
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L.3.1.i — Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
L.3.2.f — Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.
W.3.3 — Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
W.3.3.a — Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
W.3.3.d — Provide a sense of closure.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.3.1.a — Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
L.3.1.b — Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
L.3.1.c — Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).
L.3.4.a — Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
L.3.4.b — Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
L.3.4.c — Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).
W.3.4 — With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1—3 above.)
W.3.5 — With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
W.3.6 — With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
W.3.10 — Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Describe a few key aspects of your identity.
Standards
SL.3.1
Describe what Dyamonde is like using details from the text.
RL.3.3
Explain how Dyamonde's life changed and how it impacts the way she feels.
Explain how Dyamonde feels about Free and what that shows about her.
Explain why Dyamonde is puzzled by Free and what it shows about her.
Analyze how Dyamonde and Free are similar.
Explain what else Free and Dyamonde learn about each other.
Analyze how Dyamonde and Free changed and what causes the change.
Describe Dyamonde by gathering details and participating in a class discussion.
L.3.6RL.3.3RL.3.6SL.3.1SL.3.1.aSL.3.1.d
Explain the difference between a fragment and a complete sentence. Write sentences to describe Dyamonde.
L.3.1.fL.3.1.iL.3.3.b
4 days
Write a story about what might happen if Free moved back to Detroit.
L.3.1.iL.3.2.cW.3.3.aW.3.3.bW.3.5
Explain how María Isabel feels about going to school.
RL.3.3RL.3.6
Explain what problem María Isabel has at school and how it makes her feel.
Describe the story of your name and why it is important to honor other’s names.
L.3.1L.3.2SL.3.1SL.3.1.aSL.3.1.dSL.3.6
Analyze if María Isabel feels welcome at her new school.
Explain why María Isabel is feeling thankful.
Determine what advice to give María Isabel about how to make it a happy time for everyone.
Explain what lesson María Isabel learns and how she learns it.
RL.3.2RL.3.3
Describe María Isabel by gathering details and participating in a class discussion.
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5 days
L.3.1.iL.3.2.fW.3.3W.3.3.aW.3.3.d
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