3. Student Learning Map

  • Topic:06: Characteristics of Fiction
  • Subject(s):English Language Arts
  • Days:24
  • Grade(s):5
Key Learning:

From a story or novel, a reader is able to identify the plot structure and theme as well as construct a literary response.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 

How are literary elements used to draw a reader into stories or novels?
   
Concept:

Plot Structure

LA.5.2.1.7   LA.5.2.1.2   LA.5.2.1.1   LA.5.1.7.7   LA.5.1.7.2  
Concept:

Theme

LA.5.2.1.4   LA.5.2.1.2   LA.5.1.7.6  
Concept:

Literary Response

LA.5.6.2.4   LA.5.2.1.9   LA.5.2.1.6   LA.5.1.7.7  
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do readers identify the characteristics of fictional genres in order to understand plot structures?

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How do readers analyze the author's plot organization in stories or novels?

 (A)

How might the plot of a story or novel be different if the setting was changed?

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How do readers compare and contrast the main and minor characters?

(A)

How do the characters' actions affect the plot of the story or novel?

 (A)

How do readers identify the author's viewpoint and understand how his/her perspective influences the plot in a story or novel?

(ET)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do readers identify themes and/or topics across a variety of fictional stories?

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How do details from a story provide evidence to support an interpretation of the theme?

(A)

How can analyzing characters help readers identify the theme of a story?

 (ET)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do readers compare and contrast different versions of a story?

(ET)

How do readers write a book report, a review, or a critique that includes: the main idea, character(s), setting, sequence of events, conflict, and resolution based upon evidence from the text?

(A)
Vocabulary:

plot structure, conflict, rising action, falling action, setting

Vocabulary:

theme, interpretation

Vocabulary:

critique

Concept:

Language

LA.5.2.1.7   LA.5.1.6.7   LA.5.1.6.5  
Concept:
Concept:
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How is language used in stories or novels to describe the characters and their emotions?

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How do readers use their knowledge of words and word parts to determine the meaning of unfamiliar phrases?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):
Lesson Essential Question(s):
Vocabulary:

descriptive language, symbolism, simile, metaphor, figurative language

Vocabulary:

Vocabulary:

Additional Information:

* FCAT Testing during Week 26

Polk County Schools

Curriculum Map/Monthly Focus Calendar

Reading Comprehension Skill Sequence

February: Inference

March: Fact/Opinion

Embedded throughout the year:

*Reference and Research

*Vocabulary

*Summarizing

Harcourt Trophies

Week 22, February 8 - 12, 2010, Distant Voyages: Look Inside - "Elena" by Diane Stanley

Week 23, February 16 - 19, 2010, Distant Voyages: Team Work - "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

Week 24, February 22 - 26, 2010, Distant Voyages: Team Work - "Folk Tales From Asia" by Lynette Dyer Vuong

Week 25, March 1 - 5, 2010, Distant Voyages: Express Yourself - "Hattie's Birthday Box" by Pam Conrad

Week 26, March 8 - 12, 2010, Teacher Discretion: Trade books or stories for cummulative review of Persuasion, Text Structures, Word Analysis, and Characteristics of Fiction

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Student Learning Map
Vocabulary Report

Acquisition Lesson:

Extending Thinking Lesson:

Vocabulary Report

  • descriptive language -

    a verbal picture of a character or setting

  • critique -

    a written critical evaluation of text or a performance

  • theme -

    topic, major idea of the text

  • interpretation -

    what the reader thinks the author's message is trying to convey

  • plot structure -

    examples: rising/falling action and conflict/resolution

  • symbolism -

    the use of symbols (objects or events) to represent something other than themselves (abstract ideas in concrete ways)

  • conflict -

    a struggle between two opposing forces.

  • simile -

    a figure of speech in which different things in kind or quality are compared using the words like or as ("eyes like stars")

  • rising action -

    events in a story that move the plot forward

  • metaphor -

    a figure of speech in which a word or phrase meaning one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them (the ship plows the sea)

  • falling action -

    the action that occurs after the climax, conflicts are resolved and mysteries solved

  • figurative language -

    descriptive phrases in written language or speech that are not to be interpreted literally (similes, metaphors)

  • setting -

    when and where a story takes place