Finding Fortune: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
ELA
Unit 1
4th Grade
Lesson 29 of 30
These assessments accompany this unit to help gauge student understanding of key unit content and skills.
Content Assessment
The Content Assessment pushes students to synthesize unit content knowledge or unit essential questions in writing. The Content Assessment should be used as the primary assessment because it shows mastery of unit content knowledge and standards. This assessment should take approximately one class period.
Cold Read Assessment
The Cold Read Assessment tests students' ability to comprehend a "cold" or unfamiliar passage and answer standards-based questions. The Cold Read Assessment can be given in addition to the Content Assessment as a pulse point for what students can read and analyze independently, a skill often required for standardized testing. This assessment should take approximately one class period.
Fluency Assessment
The Fluency Assessment allows teachers to monitor students' oral reading fluency progress with a reading passage drawn from one of the unit's core texts. The Fluency Assessment should be given at the end of a unit. Teachers should plan to pull students one-on-one to do this while the rest of the class is independently reading or writing. Find additional guidance for using this assessment and supporting reading fluency in Teacher Tools.
Lesson 28
Lesson 30
Lesson Map
Plan a paragraph that describes Minli.
- WMMM — Ch. 7–23
- Single Paragraph Outline
- Character Description Recording Sheet (G4, U1, L15)
Use details from a text to describe a character.
- WMMM — Ch. 7–23
- Single Paragraph Outline
- Character Description Recording Sheet (G4, U1, L15)
Standards
W.4.1.bW.4.4
Complete a Single Paragraph Outline to plan a paragraph.
- WMMM — Ch. 7–23
- Single Paragraph Outline
- Character Description Recording Sheet (G4, U1, L15)
Standards
W.4.1.aW.4.1.b
Write a persuasive letter from the perspective of one of the characters asking the reader to agree with your point of view.
- WMMM
- Opinion Writing Rubric (G4)
- Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric (G4)
- Single Paragraph Outline
- Character Perspective Recording Sheet (G4, U1, L28)
Use a Single Paragraph Outline to brainstorm cohesive paragraphs.
- WMMM
- Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric (G4)
- Single Paragraph Outline
- Character Perspective Recording Sheet (G4, U1, L28)
Standards
W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.9
Begin persuasive writing by clearly stating the topic, opinion, and hooking the reader with a question. Use a plan to draft a paragraph.
- WMMM
- Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric (G4)
- Single Paragraph Outline
Standards
W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.4
Elaborate on the reasons to show understanding of the text and topic.
- WMMM
- Opinion Writing Rubric (G4)
- Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric (G4)
Standards
L.4.1.fL.4.2.cW.4.4W.4.5
Write a narrative story that recounts a moment on Minli's journey where things go wrong.
- WMMM
- Narrative Writing Rubric (G4)
- Single Point Narrative Writing Rubric (G4)
- Editing Checklist 2 (G4, U1)
- Narrative Brainstorming Graphic Organizer
- Story Brainstorming Page (G4, U1, L30)
Brainstorm ideas for a story by rereading important or exciting moments in the text.
- WMMM
- Story Brainstorming Page (G4, U1, L30)
Standards
W.4.3.aW.4.5
Complete a Narrative Brainstorming Graphic Organizer to plan the characters, setting, and events of a story.
- WMMM
- Narrative Brainstorming Graphic Organizer
- Story Brainstorming Page (G4, U1, L30)
Standards
W.4.3.aW.4.5
Orient and engage the reader at the beginning of the story by including descriptive details, sound effects, or questions.
- WMMM
- Single Point Narrative Writing Rubric (G4)
- Narrative Brainstorming Graphic Organizer
Standards
L.4.3W.4.3.aW.4.3.d
Draft a story, using paragraphs to manage the sequence of events.
- WMMM
- Single Point Narrative Writing Rubric (G4)
- Narrative Brainstorming Graphic Organizer
Standards
W.4.3.cW.4.3.d
Include character thoughts and feelings to develop a character and help the plot progress.
- WMMM
- Narrative Writing Rubric (G4)
- Single Point Narrative Writing Rubric (G4)
- Editing Checklist 2 (G4, U1)
Standards
W.4.3.bW.4.5
