Seeking Truth: A Wrinkle in Time

Lesson 4
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ELA

Alternate Unit 5

5th Grade

Lesson 4 of 26

Objective


Analyze how visual elements contribute to the meaning and tone of a text.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Hope Larson and Madeleine L'Engle  pp. 52 – 62

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

Pick one or two pages from the graphic novel. What key genre features are used on the page? Describe at least three or four different features and how they contribute to a reader's understanding of events.

Key Questions


  • What key genre features are used on page 52? How do they contribute to a reader's understanding of events? What mood do they create? 

  • What additional genre features are used on page 53? 

  • Read pages 59–61. What key genre features are used across these pages? Why? What mood do they create? 

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Common Core Standards


  • RL.5.7 — Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

Supporting Standards

L.5.4
RF.5.3
RF.5.4
RL.5.1
RL.5.10
SL.5.1
W.5.10

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Use details from the chapter to describe what happened to Mr. Murry.

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