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Rewrite sections of The Breadwinner from another character's point of view.
Book: The Breadwinner: 15th Anniversary Edition by Deborah Ellis
Resource: Narrative Brainstorming Graphic Organizer
Rubric: 5th Grade Single Point Narrative Rubric (U2)
Rubric: 5th Grade Narrative Writing Rubric
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Gather information from multiple sources to build background knowledge about a topic.
Standards
RI.5.7RI.5.9W.5.7W.5.8
Describe what inspired Deborah Ellis to write The Breadwinner and what she hoped to accomplish.
RL.5.3
Describe the setting of The Breadwinner.
RL.5.1RL.5.3
Analyze how the author characterizes Parvana by including details about her actions, dialogue, and thoughts.
Analyze how Parvana, Mother, and Nooria respond to Father's disappearance and how their responses help build a deeper understanding of character.
RL.5.3SL.5.1SL.5.1.aSL.5.1.bSL.5.2
Describe how authors use verb tense(s) to intentionally convey time while writing a narrative story.
L.5.1.bL.5.1.c
Rewrite a section of The Breadwinner from another character's point of view.
L.5.1.cL.5.1.dRL.5.6W.5.3W.5.3.aW.5.3.bW.5.3.d
Compare and contrast Parvana's, Nooria's, and Mother's responses to Parvana dressing as a boy and how their responses help to build a deeper understanding of the character.
L.5.1.bL.5.1.cRL.5.3RL.5.6
Analyze the ways in which Parvana has taken on her father's role.
Explain why Shauzia says that, "some people wouldn't mind being dug up," and whether or not that makes their actions justifiable.
Describe Shauzia's and Parvana's plans for the future and why they both want different things.
Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense throughout a sentence or collection of sentences.
L.5.1.cL.5.1.d
Defend if Parvana was right to be losing hope and what advice you would give her.
L.5.1.dL.5.2.cRL.5.2RL.5.3
Debate if it is naive of Parvana to hope that things will get better and if hope is unrealistic in times of war and oppression.
Rewrite sections of The Breadwinner from another character’s point of view.
Plan and draft the setting, characters, and plot for a narrative.
L.5.1.cL.5.1.dW.5.3W.5.3.aW.5.3.bW.5.3.d
Develop a narrative by including dialogue to show changes in events, characters, or personality.
W.5.3W.5.3.aW.5.3.bW.5.3.d
Develop a character's personality by using dialogue tags to show how a character is speaking.
Determine the themes in The Breadwinner and explain how different characters respond to the major themes by using key details from the text.
L.5.1.dRL.5.2SL.5.1SL.5.1.aSL.5.1.bSL.5.6W.5.9
Analyze and debate unit Essential Questions using details and understandings from The Breadwinner.
SL.5.1SL.5.1.aSL.5.1.bSL.5.6
Write a paragraph to answer a unit Essential Question.
L.5.1.dRL.5.2RL.5.9W.5.1W.5.1.aW.5.1.cW.5.1.d
Explain if Faranoz and Shabona share the same perspective on a woman's right to education and what events or experiences have shaped their perspectives.
L.5.1.dL.5.3.bRI.5.3RI.5.6
Explain if Zuhal and Palwasha share the same point of view on how to improve women’s rights and what events or experiences have shaped their points of view.
L.5.1.dRI.5.6
Explain if Sara and Sigrullah share the same perspective on how to improve women's rights and what events or experiences have shaped their points of view.
Analyze and debate unit Essential Questions using details and understandings from Kids of Kabul.
L.5.1.dSL.5.1SL.5.1.aSL.5.1.bSL.5.6W.5.1W.5.1.aW.5.1.cW.5.1.dW.5.9
Explain what terrorism feels like and how Malala's point of view compares to others' in the unit.
L.5.1.dRL.5.3RL.5.6
Describe how the author characterizes Malala and her family and how the author develops that characterization.
L.5.1.dRI.5.6RL.5.3
Describe how the setting impacts character actions and perspectives.
RI.5.6RL.5.2RL.5.3
Pick three or four words that best describe Malala and defend why.
L.5.1.dRL.5.2RL.5.3SL.5.6
Defend if Malala is or is not an ordinary girl by stating a claim and supporting the claim with evidence from the text.
RL.5.3SL.5.1SL.5.1.aSL.5.1.bSL.5.2SL.5.6
Debate and analyze unit Essential Questions using details from all three core unit texts.
L.5.1.dRL.5.2SL.5.1SL.5.1.aSL.5.1.bSL.5.2SL.5.6
L.5.1.dW.5.1W.5.1.aW.5.1.cW.5.1.dW.5.9
Write a magazine article that informs readers about a key theme from the unit by stating a claim and providing evidence from the entire unit.
Brainstorm and organize ideas before establishing an opinion about a topic.
W.5.1W.5.1.aW.5.9
Plan before writing by outlining main ideas and supporting details.
W.5.1W.5.1.aW.5.1.dW.5.9
Compose well-developed body paragraphs that expand on key ideas with detailed explanations to support the opinion.
Organize opinion writing by crafting clear introduction and conclusion sections that effectively summarize the opinion or position.
W.5.1W.5.1.aW.5.1.cW.5.1.dW.5.9
Delete unnecessary or repetitive language.
L.5.1.dW.5.4W.5.5
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