ELA G3:M3

Exploring Literary Classics

Each module is approximately 6-8 weeks of instruction broken into 3 units. The "week at a glance" chart in the curriculum map gives the big picture, breaking down the module into a detailed week-by-week view. It shows how the module unfolds, the focus of each week of instruction, and where the six assessments and the performance task occur.

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Weeks 1-3 Unit 1: Analyzing Author’s Craft: Character Development in Peter Pan

Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Week 1 Begin reading Peter Pan. Determine the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary and analyze how each chapter builds on the events in the previous chapters. Read an informational text about the author and the historical context and make connections between each chapter of Peter Pan and the content of the informational text.	RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.3.4 RL.3.5 RL.3.7 RL.3.10 L.3.4 L.3.4a L.3.4b L.3.4c L.3.4d	Mid-Unit 1 Assessment: Answering Questions about a Literary Text (RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.4, RL.3.5, RL.3.7, RL.3.10, L.3.4)
Weeks 2-3 Students analyze character traits, actions, and point of view and compare the point of view of characters to their own point of view of a situation.	RL.3.1 RL.3.3 RL.3.6 RL.3.10 L.3.5 L.3.5a L.3.5b L.3.5c	End of Unit 1 Assessment: Analyzing Characters in Peter Pan (RL.3.1, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.6, RL.3.10, L.3.5)

Weeks 3-6 Unit 2: Writing Grounded in Evidence: An Opinion of Peter Pan

Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Weeks 3-4 Begin reading Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and comparing it chapter-by-chapter to Peter Pan. Finish reading Peter Pan.	RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.3.4 RL.3.9 RL.3.10 L.3.1f L.3.4	Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: Comparing Two Peter Pan Stories (RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.4, RL.3.9, RL.3.10, L.3.1f, L.3.4)
Weeks 5-6 Analyze model book review. Determine opinion and reasons about whether to recommend Peter Pan to a friend. Write and revise book review about whether to recommend Peter Pan to a friend. Prepare for and participate in a discussion about whether to recommend Peter Pan and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens to a friend.	RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.3.10 RI.3.10 W.3.1 W.3.1c W.3.5 SL.3.1 SL.3.1a SL.3.1b SL.3.1c SL.3.1d L.3.2 L.3.2e L.3.2f L.3.2g L.3.3 L.3.3b	End of Unit 2 Assessment: Revising a Book Review and Participating in a Text-Based Discussion (RL.3.1, W.3.1c, W.3.5, SL.3.1, L.3.2e, L.3.2f, L.3.2g, L.3.3b)

Weeks 7-8 Unit 3: Reading Like a Writer: Revising Scenes from Peter Pan

Instructional Focus	CCS Standards	Assessments
Analyzing a model revised scene from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Revising a scene from Peter Pan. Preparing a presentation explaining how and why the scene from Peter Pan was revised. Practice reading fluency by reading new excerpts of text aloud. Reading aloud the revised scene and presenting to an audience.	W.3.3 W.3.3a W.3.3b W.3.3c W.3.3d W.3.4 W.3.10 L.3.2a L.3.2c L.3.2d RF.3.4 RF.3.4a RF.3.4b RF.3.4c SL.3.4 SL.3.6	Mid-Unit 3 Assessment: Narrative Writing: Revising a Scene from Peter Pan (W3.3, W.3.4, W.3.6, W.3.10, L.3.2a, L.3.2c, L.3.2d, L.3.3a) End of Unit 3 Assessment: Reading Aloud a New Text for Fluency (RF.3.3, RF.3.4a, RF.3.4b, RF.3.4c) Final Performance Task: Presenting a Revised Scene from Peter Pan (RF.3.4b, SL.3.4, SL.3.6)

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