- I can explain how an illustration contributes to the text. (RL.3.7)
- I can recount Chapter 1 of Peter Pan. (RL.3.1, RL.3.2)
These are the CCS Standards addressed in this lesson:
- RL.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
- RL.3.2: Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
- RL.3.5: Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
- RL.3.7: Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).
- W.3.8: Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
- SL.3.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
- L.3.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Daily Learning Targets
Ongoing Assessment
- I Notice/I Wonder note-catcher (RL.3.1, W.3.8)
- Oral recountings of Peter Pan (RL.3.1, RL.3.2)
Agenda
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1. Opening A. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Infer the Topic (15 minutes) B. Introducing the Performance Task and the Module Guiding Questions (10 minutes) C. Engaging the Reader: Peter Pan, Chapter 1 (20 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Recounting the Story: Peter Pan, Chapter 1 (10 minutes) 4. Homework A. Read and reflect on the guiding questions for the module. Talk about them with someone at home. How do the questions make you feel? Why? What do they make you think about? What are some literary classics you and your family are familiar with (this may include literary classics from other countries)? You can sketch or write your reflections. B. Bring in literary classics, stories that were written long ago and are still enjoyed today, that are meaningful to you and your family to share with the class. |
Purpose of lesson and alignment to standards:
Student: "_____ said _____. That's different from what _____ said because _____."
Student: "I agree/disagree because _____."
Student: "I think that _____."
Student: "I think what she's saying is _____."
How it builds on previous work:
Areas in which students may need additional support:
Assessment guidance:
Down the road:
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In Advance
- Prepare:
- Performance Task anchor chart (see Performance Task Overview)
- New Domain-Specific Word Wall for exploring literary classics.
- Infer the Topic resources and post around the room (see supporting Materials).
- Gather timers (see Technology and Multimedia).
- Strategically group students into triads, with at least one strong reader in each triad.
- Preview "Peter Pan: The Author and Historical Context" in Lesson 2 to be prepared to address questions from students about the sexism and/or racism in the story.
- Review the Infer the Topic protocol (see Classroom Protocols).
- Post: Learning targets and applicable anchor charts (see Materials list).
Tech and Multimedia
- Continue to use the technology tools recommended throughout Modules 1-2 to create anchor charts to share with families, to record students as they participate in discussions and protocols to review with students later and to share with families, and for students to listen to and annotate text, record ideas on note-catchers, and word-process writing.
- Closing and Assessment A: Each triad will require a timer that shows the countdown of seconds.
Supporting English Language Learners
Supports guided in part by CA ELD Standards 3.I.A.1, 3.I.B.5, 3.I.B.6
Important points in the lesson itself
- The basic design of this lesson supports ELLs by explicitly outlining conversation protocols, allowing time to build background and become familiar with the module topic, and establishing a reading routine.
- ELLs may find the Infer the Topic resources challenging because of the volume of potentially unfamiliar new language. Encourage students to focus on the gist of each quote strip and language that is familiar. Invite them to pat themselves on the back for what they do understand. ELLs may also find it challenging to recount a chapter of Peter Pan. Consider grouping ELLs with students of greater language proficiency and assure students that they will have many opportunities to practice recounting in this unit (see levels of support, below, and the Meeting Students' Needs column).
Levels of support
For lighter support:
- During the Mini Language Dive, challenge students to generate questions about the sentence before asking the prepared questions.
For heavier support:
- During Work Time A, consider altering the activity by providing quotes and paraphrases. Scramble the quote strips and paraphrase strips and invite students to match them.
Universal Design for Learning
- Multiple Means of Representation (MMR): This lesson provides opportunities for students to make inferences about the module. Provide varied representations to help students understand the meaning of infer (e.g., visuals that can be inferred or doing a think-aloud to demonstrate the cognitive process of making inferences.) Additionally, provide images that correspond to the quotes from this module. This way, students will have multiple resources to draw on to make inferences.
- Multiple Means of Action and Expression (MMAE): This lesson offers several opportunities for students to engage in discussion with partners. Continue to support those who may need it with expressive language by providing sentence frames to help them organize their thoughts.
- Multiple Means of Engagement (MME): Since this is a unit about reading, students who may have needed additional support with reading in the past may lack engagement. Continue to remind students that everyone has reading goals that they are working toward. Emphasize that all students will grow and improve in their reading throughout this unit.
Vocabulary
Key: Lesson-Specific Vocabulary (L): Text-Specific Vocabulary (T); Vocabulary Used in Writing (W)
- infer, illustration, contributes, recount, literary classics, fantasy (L)
Materials
- Close Readers Do These Things anchor chart (begun in Module 1)
- Academic Word Wall (begun in Module 1; added to during Opening A)
- Domain-Specific Word Wall (new; teacher-created)
- Vocabulary logs (from Module 1; one per student)
- Infer the Topic resources (for teacher reference)
- Directions for Infer the Topic (one to display)
- I Notice/I Wonder note-catchers (one per student)
- Performance Task anchor chart (new; teacher-created; see Performance Task Overview)
- Module Guiding Questions anchor chart (new; teacher created; see supporting Materials)
- Peter Pan (one per student)
- Dictionary (one for class)
- Timer (one per triad)
- Analyzing Peter Pan anchor chart (new; co-created with students during Closing and Assessment A)
- Analyzing Peter Pan anchor chart (example, for teacher reference)
Materials from Previous Lessons
New Materials
Assessment
Each unit in the 3-5 Language Arts Curriculum has two standards-based assessments built in, one mid-unit assessment and one end of unit assessment. The module concludes with a performance task at the end of Unit 3 to synthesize their understanding of what they accomplished through supported, standards-based writing.
Opening
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A. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes)
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Work Time
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A. Infer the Topic (15 minutes)
"What do you think you will be learning about in this module?"
"Now that you have looked at some resources, what do you think this module might be about?" (Responses will vary.) "Can you say more about that? I'll give you some time to think and write or sketch." (Responses will vary.) |
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B. Introducing the Performance Task and the Module Guiding Questions (10 minutes)
"What do you notice?" (We will revise a scene from Peter Pan and then present it to an audience with an explanation about how and why it was revised.) "What do you wonder?" (Responses will vary, but may include: Why are we revising Peter Pan?) "Now that you have analyzed the performance task, has your inference of what this module might be about changed?" (Responses will vary.)
"What do you notice?" (We will be thinking about how writers capture a reader's imagination and also considering what we can learn from reading literary classics.) "What do you wonder?" (Responses will vary, but may include: Why will we be learning about this?) "Now that you have analyzed the guiding questions and performance task, has your inference of what this module might be about changed?" (Responses will vary.)
"How is what _____ said the same as/different from what _____ said? I'll give you time to think and write." (Responses will vary.)
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"How do writers capture a reader's imagination?" Invite a student to rephrase the question. Example: "How do writers help readers imagine a story in their minds?" (MMR) |
C. Engaging the Reader: Peter Pan, Chapter 1 (20 minutes)
"What do you know after reading this chapter? Who are the characters introduced so far?" (Responses will vary, but may include: There is a family called the Darling family with a mom, a dad, and three children, Wendy, John and Michael, and they have a dog called Nana who looks after the children.)
"What questions do you have about this chapter? Did you notice anything strange?" (Responses will vary, but may include: The dog is a nanny.) "What do you think is going to happen next? Why?" (Responses will vary, but may include: We are going to meet Peter Pan!) "What is Neverland?" (the magical island in the middle of every child's mind) "John's Neverland has a lagoon with flamingos flying over it. Wendy's has a pet wolf and a boat. If someone tidied up your mind, what would they find in your Neverland (the island in the middle of your mind)?" (Responses will vary.)
"What does this illustration show?" (a dog holding an umbrella in its mouth) "Thinking about the text, who do you think is in the illustration? What in the text makes you think so?" (Nana, the nanny. On page 3 it says, "Their nanny was actually just a giant Newfoundland dog named Nana.") "How does this illustration contribute to the text? Does it help us better under a mood, a character, or a setting?" (character--specifically Nana) "What about the character does it help us understand?" (Responses will vary, but may include: what a Newfoundland dog looks like, what Nana looks like, and how she would help the children by carrying their things in her mouth.)
"What did this chapter make you think about? What did you enjoy/not enjoy? Why?" "Having read the first chapter, what are you looking forward to?"
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Ask: "Now what do you think the sentence means?" "How does your understanding of this sentence add to your understanding of the chapter?"
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Closing & Assessments
Closing | Meeting Students' Needs |
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A. Recounting the Story: Peter Pan, Chapter 1 (10 minutes)
"What does this chapter do? What is the purpose of this chapter?" (It introduces us to the characters and places in the story.)
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Homework
Homework |
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A. Read and reflect on the guiding questions for the module. Talk about them with someone at home. How do the questions make you feel? Why? What do they make you think about? What are some literary classics you and your family are familiar with (this may include literary classics from other countries)? You can sketch or write your reflections. B. Bring in literary classics, stories that were written long ago and are still enjoyed today, that are meaningful to you and your family to share with the class. |
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