Curriculum / ELA / 5th Grade / Unit 6: Adapting to Survive: Short Stories and Poems / Lesson 13
ELA
Unit 6
5th Grade
Lesson 13 of 18
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Summarize the excerpt from Hatchet.
Book: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (pp. 113–120, 161–170)
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Summarize the excerpt. In your summary, be sure to describe how the characters in the story respond to the main challenges. Also, be sure to determine a main theme of the excerpt.
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RL.5.2 — Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
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.
SL.5.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
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.
Lesson 12
Lesson 14
Explain what steps can be taken to prepare for a wilderness emergency.
RL.5.2
Describe what makes the tundra a unique habitat, why the author includes so much description about the tundra, and how it contributes to the overall structure of the story.
RL.5.3 RL.5.5
Compare and contrast Miyax’s actions with those of the wolves and analyze how Miyax was able to integrate herself into the pack.
Discussion & Writing
Write a summary of the excerpt from Julie of the Wolves that includes the theme of the excerpt.
RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.5.5 W.5.1 W.5.9
Identify and explain the speaker’s perspective on choices in life by analyzing how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic.
Compare and contrast the perspective on choices of the speaker in the poem with Miyax from Julie of the Wolves.
RL.5.2 RL.5.5 RL.5.9
Describe bonobos.
RL.5.3
Explain how the events on pp. 80–81 contribute to the overall structure of the story.
RL.5.3 RL.5.5 RL.5.6
Analyze how each interaction between Anastasia and Sophie contributes to the overall structure of the story.
RL.5.5
Summarize the excerpt from Endangered by identifying a theme and explaining how the characters in the story respond to the main challenges.
Compare and contrast the excerpts from Julie of the Wolves and Endangered by analyzing the way they both approach the theme and topic of survival.
RL.5.2 RL.5.9
Describe Brian’s current predicament and how he responds.
RL.5.2 RL.5.3
Analyze how Brian’s “figuring out food” contributes to the structure of the story.
RL.5.2 RL.5.5
Analyze how the author builds suspense and how it contributes to the structure of the story.
Writing
Identify and explain the speaker’s perspective on choices in life.
Compare and contrast the perspectives on choices of the speaker in the poem and Brian.
Discussion
Compare and contrast the excerpts from Hatchet, Julie of the Wolves or Endangered by analyzing the way they both approach the theme and topic of survival.
RL.5.2 RL.5.9 SL.5.1 SL.5.3 SL.5.6
Writing – 2 days
Write a multiple-paragraph essay that compares how Brian, Sophie, and/or Miyax approached survival.
L.5.2.d RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.5.9 W.5.1 W.5.9
Assessment
Narrative Writing – 4 days
Write a continuation of one of the stories from the unit.
W.5.3 W.5.3.a W.5.3.b W.5.3.c W.5.3.d W.5.3.e
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