Curriculum / ELA / 4th Grade / Unit 3: Interpreting Perspectives: Greek Myths / Lesson 18
ELA
Unit 3
4th Grade
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Defend how the theme from one of the Greek Myths is still relevant today using examples from students’ lives and the world around them.
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Rubric: Grade 4 Literary Analysis and Opinion Writing Rubric
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Pick one of the stories from the unit. Defend how the theme (or one of the themes) of the story is still relevant today. Summarize the theme from the story and include an example of how the theme connects to either your own life or the world around you.
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L.4.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
SL.4.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
W.4.1 — Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information
W.4.1.a — Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer's purpose.
W.4.1.b — Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details.
W.4.5 — With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
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.
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.4.10 — 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
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
Rewrite the myth Arachne from Athena’s point of view.
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
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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