Curriculum / ELA / 4th Grade / Unit 3: Interpreting Perspectives: Greek Myths / Lesson 11
ELA
Unit 3
4th Grade
Lesson 11 of 20
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Rewrite the myth Arachne from Athena’s point of view.
Rubric: Grade 4 Narrative Writing Rubric
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RL.4.6 — Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
W.4.3.a — Orient the reader by establishing a situationand introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
W.4.3.b — Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.4.1 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.4.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
W.4.4 — Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1—3 above.)
W.4.5 — With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
W.4.9 — Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
W.4.10 — 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 10
Lesson 12
Summarize what happens in "Pandora’s Box."
RL.4.2
Analyze how the speaker’s point of view in "Pandora" influences how events are described.
RL.4.3 RL.4.6
Explain how the speaker’s perspective of Pandora changes from one poem to the next.
RL.4.5 RL.4.6 RL.4.7
Describe how the author uses structural elements of drama to retell what happens in "Pandora’s Box."
RL.4.2 RL.4.5 RL.4.7
Discussion & Writing
Explain how comparing different forms of a literary text helps build a deeper understanding of the text and its major themes. Analyze which author’s craft decisions or structures have the greatest influence on how events are described.
RL.4.5 RL.4.6 RL.4.7 RL.4.9 SL.4.1 SL.4.1.c SL.4.1.d W.4.1
Narrative Writing
Rewrite the myth from Epimetheus's point of view.
L.4.1.d L.4.3.a W.4.3.d
Summarize what happened in "Arachne."
RL.4.2 RL.4.3 RL.4.6
Compare the lesson that Arachne learns and how she learns it in two different versions of the myth.
Explain how the author uses the structural elements of drama to retell the story of Arachne.
RL.4.5 RL.4.7
Explain how comparing different forms of a literary text helps build a deeper understanding of the text and which author’s craft decisions or structures have the greatest influence on how events are described.
RL.4.2 RL.4.5 RL.4.6 RL.4.7 RL.4.9 W.4.1
RL.4.6 W.4.3.a W.4.3.b
Summarize "Echo and Narcissus."
RL.4.2 RL.4.3
Defend if Narcissus learns his lesson.
Identify and explain which parts of the story are highlighted in the drama.
RL.4.3 RL.4.5 RL.4.7
RL.4.2 RL.4.5 RL.4.6 RL.4.9 SL.4.1 W.4.1
Rewrite the myth Echo and Narcissus from Narcissus’s point of view.
Discussion
Analyze how a theme or topic is treated in each of the myths from the unit by comparing and contrasting the treatment of similar themes and topics.
RL.4.2 RL.4.9 SL.4.1 SL.4.1.c SL.4.1.d SL.4.3 W.4.1
Opinion Writing – 4 days
Defend how the theme from one of the Greek Myths is still relevant today using examples from students’ lives and the world around them.
L.4.2 SL.4.1 W.4.1 W.4.1.a W.4.1.b W.4.5
Assessment
Narrative Writing – 3 days
Revise and edit a narrative from earlier in the unit.
L.4.3.a W.4.3.a W.4.3.b W.4.3.d W.4.3.e
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