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Alternate Unit 3
3rd Grade
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Describe the central message of "Romulus and Remus" and how it is conveyed through key details.
Book: Classic Starts: Roman Myths by Diane Namm — "Romulus and Remus"
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What is the central message of the story "Romulus and Remus"? How does the author use key details to convey the central message?
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RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
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.
SL.3.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.3.6 — Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).
RF.3.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.3.4 — Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RL.3.1 — Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
RL.3.10 — By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2—3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
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.
Lesson 17
Lesson 19
Describe the twelve major gods and goddesses who were honored and worshiped in ancient Rome.
RL.3.3
Describe Jupiter.
Describe the central message of "The Oak and the Linden Tree" and how it is conveyed through key details.
RL.3.2
Describe what happened to Io.
RL.3.2 RL.3.3
Explain how Jupiter's actions contributed to the sequence of events.
Describe how Hercules' actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Describe the central message of "Atlas and the Eleventh Labor of Hercules" and how it is conveyed through key details.
Narrative Writing – 2 days
Write a story about what happens when Hercules tries to return the golden apples by retelling key details from the text using descriptive details and clear sequence of events.
W.3.3 W.3.3.b
Discussion
Analyze and debate unit Essential Questions using details and understandings from the different myths.
RL.3.9 SL.3.1
Explain why Psyche is unable to find true love and what impact it has on everyone.
Describe how Psyche's sisters influence her and the sequence of events in the story.
Describe the central message of "Cupid and Psyche" and how it is conveyed through key details.
Write a story about how Psyche responds to the fact that Cupid is gone when she wakes up by retelling key details from the text using descriptive details and clear sequence of events.
L.3.1 L.3.2 W.3.3 W.3.3.b W.3.3.c
Describe Otus and Ephialtes and how they influence the sequence of events.
Describe the central message of "Otus and Ephialtes, Twin Giants" and how it is conveyed through key details.
Write a story describing what happens after the gods got their revenge by retelling key details from the text using descriptive details and clear sequence of events.
L.3.1 L.3.2 W.3.3 W.3.3.b
Defend if Romulus and Remus' desire for power had a positive or negative impact on their lives.
RL.3.2 RL.3.3 SL.3.1
Narrative Writing
Write a story about what happens after Romulus welcomes everyone to his new city, Rome, by retelling key details from the text using descriptive details and a clear sequence of events.
L.3.1 W.3.3 W.3.3.b
RL.3.2 RL.3.9 SL.3.1
Assessment
Write a continuation of one of the stories from the unit by using relevant details from the text to write a story with a clear sequence of events and descriptive details.
W.3.3 W.3.3.b W.3.3.c W.3.3.d
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