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Alternate Unit 5
5th Grade
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Write an opinion piece defending if A Wrinkle in Time should or should not be on the banned book list.
Book: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Rubric: Grade 5 Literary Analysis and Opinion Writing Rubric
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A Wrinkle in Time is on the banned book list. Do you think it should be? Write a multiple paragraph essay that supports your opinion.
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W.5.1 — Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.5.1 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.5.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.5.6 — Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships (e.g., however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addition).
W.5.4 — 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.5.5 — With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
W.5.8 — Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.
W.5.9 — Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
W.5.10 — 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.
Describe Meg using specific details from the text.
Standards
L.5.3.bRL.5.3
Explain how each character responds to Mrs Whatsit and how their responses help build a deeper understanding of character.
RL.5.3
Analyze Charles Wallace and Meg's relationship.
RL.5.3RL.5.5
Analyze how visual elements contribute to the meaning and tone of a text.
RL.5.7
Use details from the chapter to describe what happened to Mr. Murry.
L.5.3.bRL.5.3RL.5.5
Describe what it was like to tesser and the details the author includes to help the reader visualize what it was like to tesser.
Describe the setting of Uriel and explain how the setting influences the mood of the story.
Compare and contrast the two representations of A Wrinkle in Time by analyzing and explaining how the genre features of both contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text.
RL.5.7RL.5.9W.5.9
Analyze why Madeleine L'Engle included the scene with the Medium.
RL.5.2RL.5.3RL.5.5
Explain what gifts and advice Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who, and Mrs Which give each of the children and the significance of each gift.
RL.5.2RL.5.3
Discuss unit essential questions using evidence from the first half of the book.
RL.5.2SL.5.1SL.5.6
Write a multiple-paragraph essay to answer a unit essential question.
W.5.1W.5.9
Describe Camazotz and how the setting influences the mood of the story.
Compare and contrast the two representations of Camazotz from A Wrinkle in Time by analyzing and explaining how the genre features of both contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text.
RL.5.7RL.5.9
Summarize what happens between Charles Wallace and The Man with Red Eyes.
Describe Charles Wallace's transformation and how it impacts Meg and Calvin.
Identify and analyze quotations that highlight Meg's response to being reunited with her father.
RL.5.3RL.5.7
Summarize what happens when they meet IT.
Defend if Meg's thoughts towards her father are are justified or not.
Analyze Meg's relationship with Aunt Beast.
Defend if it was the right decision to have Meg return for Charles Wallace.
Describe how Meg saves Charles Wallace.
Determine a theme of A Wrinkle in Time and explain how the theme is developed over the course of the novel. Discuss unit essential questions.
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