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Practice Planning a Historical Narrative: The Wheelwright Lesson PlanPractice Planning a Historical Narrative: The Wheelwright Lesson Plan
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EngageNY
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4th
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English Language Arts
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Duration
1 hr
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2013
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Practice Planning a Historical Narrative: The Wheelwright

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Fourth graders use a four-square graphic organizer to plan a paragraph writing about a wheelwright. Using gathered research from the previous unit, young writers discover how to organize a plot in preparation for writing a historical fiction narrative about the wheelwright.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

historical fiction, narratives, fictional narratives, Narrative Writing, colonial america, literary elements, the writing process, plot development, Writing

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Keep each learner's research and notes together in a folder for easy organization

Classroom Considerations

  • The lesson continues to use the passage from the first lesson titled "Joshua's Gold;" be sure to provide copies for each student
  • Pupils use completed research from the second unit to write their historical fiction narratives
  • The third part of 16 lessons on writing a historical fiction narrative set in Colonial America

Pros

  • Facilitates collaboration and allows learners to reference their research to practice planning their writing
  • The resource provides a very clear and concise lesson plan, packed with procedures and reproducibles
  • It comes with a model to demonstrate the organization of ideas in the graphic
  • Common Core designed

Cons

  • None

Common Core

W.4.2.b W.4.3.a

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