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Alternate Unit 1
4th Grade
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Defend if Marty should be taking a stand against what he believes is an injustice and if he is doing it the most effective way.
Book: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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Build background on Shiloh by debating and analyzing the questions posed on the back of the book.
Standards
RL.4.3
Explain how Marty knew Shiloh was hurting.
Describe why Marty was feeling so upset by using specific details to describe a character, setting or event in detail.
Explain the significance of the quotation at the end of chapter 3 and what it shows about Marty.
Describe where Shiloh takes place and compare and contrast Friendly, West Virginia, with where you live by using specific details from the text to describe setting in depth.
RL.4.3SL.4.1SL.4.1.aSL.4.1.bSL.4.1.c
Describe what promise Marty makes to Shiloh and if he will be able to keep it or not.
Describe Marty by using specific details to describe a character, setting, or event in detail.
Writers make their sentences better and more informative by adding more details.
L.4.1.eL.4.1.fL.4.3.a
Explain the significance of the statement “Judd is sure studying me hard. So is Dad.”
Describe why Phyllis Reynolds Naylor wrote Shiloh in first-person point of view.
RL.4.3RL.4.6W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.1.d
Analyze how Marty shows courage in his interactions with Judd Travers.
Describe how Marty is changing.
Explain why Marty is feeling “as happy right then as you can get in your whole life” and what happens right afterwards to change the way he is feeling.
Describe Marty.
L.4.3.cRL.4.3SL.4.1W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.b
Explain what the statement at the end of chapter 9 shows about Marty and why he feels that way.
Analyze why Marty thinks that he still has time and whether this is the right decision.
RL.4.3SL.4.1SL.4.1.aSL.4.1.bSL.4.1.cSL.4.2
Describe how Marty’s family feels about Shiloh, and why their feelings changed.
Describe the interaction between Judd Travers and Marty’s family.
Predict what Marty and Judd will do next.
Explain what bargain Marty makes with Judd, and evaluate whether it is a good deal.
RL.4.3SL.4.1.aSL.4.1.bSL.4.1.c
Defend in what ways Marty opened his eyes.
2 days
Describe Marty by using specific details to describe character, setting, or event in detail.
L.4.1RL.4.3SL.4.1W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.1.d
Analyze and debate if Marty made the right decision and how his values influenced his decision making by stating a claim and supporting the claim with details from the text and unit.
L.4.3.cSL.4.1SL.4.1.aSL.4.1.bSL.4.1.cSL.4.2W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.1.d
4 days
Write an opinion piece that defends whether or not Marty is no better than Judd Travers by using evidence throughout the text.
L.4.2.aL.4.2.dSL.4.1.aW.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.1.cW.4.5W.4.9
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Write the next chapter of Shiloh by writing a first-person narrative with a clear narrative sequence.
L.4.1.eL.4.2.dW.4.3W.4.3.aW.4.3.bW.4.3.c
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