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Analyze how the speaker’s point of view in "Pandora" influences how events are described.
Book: I am Arachne: Fifteen Greek and Roman Myths by Elizabeth Spires pp. 6 – 10
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How does the speaker's point of view in "Pandora" influence how events are described?
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Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
What motivates Pandora to open the box?
What happens when she opens the box? What descriptive details does the author include to show what happens?
What is Hope? How is Hope different from the other things in the box?
How does Pandora feel about what happened? Why?
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Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
resisted
v.
(p. 8)
to fight against
temptation
n.
wanting to have or do something
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RL.4.3 — Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).
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.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.4.4 — Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
RF.4.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.4.4 — Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RL.4.1 — Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RL.4.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).
RL.4.10 — By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4—5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
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.4.10 — 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.
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Explain how the speaker’s perspective of Pandora changes from one poem to the next.
Summarize what happens in "Pandora’s Box."
Standards
RL.4.2
RL.4.3RL.4.6
RL.4.5RL.4.6RL.4.7
Describe how the author uses structural elements of drama to retell what happens in "Pandora’s Box."
RL.4.2RL.4.5RL.4.7
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.4.5RL.4.6RL.4.7RL.4.9SL.4.1SL.4.1.cSL.4.1.dW.4.1
Rewrite the myth from Epimetheus's point of view.
L.4.1.dL.4.3.aW.4.3.d
Summarize what happened in "Arachne."
RL.4.2RL.4.3RL.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.4.5RL.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.4.2RL.4.5RL.4.6RL.4.7RL.4.9W.4.1
Rewrite the myth Arachne from Athena’s point of view.
RL.4.6W.4.3.aW.4.3.b
Summarize "Echo and Narcissus."
RL.4.2RL.4.3
Defend if Narcissus learns his lesson.
Identify and explain which parts of the story are highlighted in the drama.
RL.4.3RL.4.5RL.4.7
RL.4.2RL.4.5RL.4.6RL.4.9SL.4.1W.4.1
Rewrite the myth Echo and Narcissus from Narcissus’s point of view.
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.4.2RL.4.9SL.4.1SL.4.1.cSL.4.1.dSL.4.3W.4.1
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.4.2SL.4.1W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.5
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3 days
Revise and edit a narrative from earlier in the unit.
L.4.3.aW.4.3.aW.4.3.bW.4.3.dW.4.3.e
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