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Lesson Overview
Objective
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.
Readings and Materials
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Book: I Am Arachne: Fifteen Greek and Roman Myths by Elizabeth Spires pp. 2–5
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Excerpt: “Athena and Arachne: How Spiders Came to Be” from Greek Myth Plays by Carol Pugliano-Martin pp. 48–51
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Book: The McElderry Book of Greek Myths by Eric A. Kimmel
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Excerpt: “Arachne and Athena” from Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about Greek Myths by Marilyn Singer
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Resource: Discussion Handout (G4, U3, L12)
Lesson Map
4 days
Defend how Greek myths are still relevant today by using examples from students' lives and the world around them.
- All unit texts
- Opinion Writing Rubric (G4)
- Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric (G4, U3)
- Editing Checklist 2 (G4, U3)
- Two Paragraph Outline
- Sample Two Paragraph Outline (G4, U3, L21)
Plan an opinion essay by naming an opinion and listing reasons to support it.
- All unit texts
- Two Paragraph Outline
- Sample Two Paragraph Outline (G4, U3, L21)
Standards
W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.b
Provide adequate elaboration of reasons to support an opinion or position.
- All unit texts
- Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric (G4, U3)
- Two Paragraph Outline — Completed from Day 1
Standards
W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.5
Provide clear introduction and conclusion sections relating to the topic.
- All unit texts
- Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric (G4, U3)
- Completed Student Drafts from Day 2
Standards
SL.4.1W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.b
Revise by deleting details that don't support the main idea.
- Opinion Writing Rubric (G4)
- Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric (G4, U3)
- Editing Checklist 2 (G4, U3)
- Completed Student Drafts from Day 3
Standards
L.4.1.aL.4.1.fW.4.1W.4.5
2 days
Revise and edit a narrative from earlier in the unit.
- Narrative Writing Rubric (G4)
- Single Point Narrative Writing Rubric 2 (G4, U3)
- Editing Checklist 2 (G4, U3)
- Student work from Lessons 8, 14, and 19
Use precise dialogue tags to convey ideas and develop characters.
- Single Point Narrative Writing Rubric 2 (G4, U3)
- Student work from Lessons 8, 14, and 19
Standards
L.4.3.aW.4.3.bW.4.3.d
Include a conclusion that provides the reader with a sense of closure.
- Narrative Writing Rubric (G4)
- Single Point Narrative Writing Rubric 2 (G4, U3)
- Editing Checklist 2 (G4, U3)
- Student work from Lessons 8, 14, and 19
Standards
L.4.1.aW.4.3.e
