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Reading and Writing Fiction as Plays,
Poetry, and Narratives
Unit Overview
READING AND WRITING FICTION AS PLAYS,
POETRY, AND NARRATIVES
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3rd grade |
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10 lessons |
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This unit is divided into three
sections to allow students to have reading and writing
experience with plays, poetry, and narrative fiction texts. |
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This unit consists of ten
lessons. |
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Handouts including graphic
organizers |
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Formative and
Summative
Assessment |
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Glossary
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Unit
Plan: Lessons
Each session represents one 50-minute class
period.
Students
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Reader's Theater, Get Ready |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
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Reader's Theater, Rehearsal |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
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Reader's Theater, Performance |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
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Listen to Poems and Rhyme |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
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Text Features of Poetry |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
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Create a Narrative Poem |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
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Text Features of a Story |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
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Text Features of Fiction and Nonfiction |
Word |
HTML (with links to documents) |
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Write a Story |
Word |
HTML (with links to documents) |
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Share Stories and Share |
Word |
HTML (with links to documents) |
Essential
Questions:
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What processes does a reader use to understand a play, a poem,
or a narrative story? |
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Why is it important to understand the text features of each
genre? |
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What inferences need to be made to understand characters
feelings in a play? |
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What contribution does rhythm and rhyme make to a poem? |
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Why must a reader understand cause and effect when reading a
narrative story? |
Summative Assessment and
Scoring Guides:
The summative assessment can be
done in part after each section or as a whole at the end of the unit.
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PREVIOUS LEARNING
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TARGETED LEARNING |
FUTURE LEARNING |
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Demonstrate concepts of print
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Upper and lower case letters
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First and last letters in words
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Spaces between words
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Letter and word order
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Punctuation has meaning
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Locate
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interpret and apply information in title, table of
contents and glossary
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recognize the text features of fiction, poetry and drama
in grade-level text
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Use
details from text to
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make basic inferences about setting, characters and
problem
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predict solution
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identify events in logical sequence
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R2C Use details from text
to
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make inferences about setting, character traits, problem
and solution.
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make predictions
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draw conclusions
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compare and contrast characters and changes in problems
in settings
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identify the narrator
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identify cause and effect
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identify events from the beginning, middle, and end
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identify author’s purpose
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Use details from text to
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make inferences about setting, character traits, problem
and solution.
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make predictions
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draw conclusions
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compare and contrast characters and changes in problems
in settings
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identify the narrator
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identify cause and effect
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identify events from the beginning, middle, and end
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identify author’s purpose
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Use
parts of speech correctly in written text
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descriptive words (adjectives)
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substitute pronouns for nouns
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W2D Use parts of speech
correctly in written text
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verbs that agree with the subject
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words that answer when, where, why, and how questions
(adverbs)
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words to compare (adverbs)
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Use
parts of speech correctly in written text
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verbs that agree with compound subject
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connecting words to link ideas (conjunctions)
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Write
narrative text that
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records a series of events in chronological order
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contains story elements
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W3A Write narrative text
that contains
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beginning, middle, and end
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relevant details to develop the main idea
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clear controlling idea
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precise and descriptive language
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Write
narrative text that
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moves through a logical sequence of events
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includes details to develop the plot, characters, and
setting
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Listen
for
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enjoyment
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for information
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solve problems
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for directions to complete a simple task
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LS1 Listen for
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enjoyment
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information
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distinguish fact from opinion
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directions to complete a two-or three-step task
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Listen
for
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enjoyment
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for information
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for directions
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identify tone, mood, and emotion of verbal and nonverbal
communication
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