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- Grade 4 ELA Module 2A, Unit 3 - Full Unit
- Grade 4 ELA Module 2A, Unit 3 - Recommended Texts
- Grade 4 ELA Module 2A, Unit 3 - Assessment Overview
- Grade 4 ELA Module 2A, Unit 3 - Performance Task
- Grade 4 ELA Module 2A - Full Module
- EngageNY Resources (.html)
- Revising for Organization and Style: Bold Beginnings (.docx)
- Unit Overview (.pdf)
- Unit Overview (.docx)
- Recommended Texts (.pdf)
- Recommended Texts (.docx)
- Module Overview (.pdf)
- Module Overview (.docx)
- Module Assessments (.pdf)
- Module Assessments (.docx)
- Module Performance Task (.pdf)
- Module Performance Task (.docx)
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Get young writers thinking about how to write a great beginning for their narratives. After examining examples of solid beginnings in literary text, young writers discuss the criteria for a compelling introduction. Then, independently, they write their bold beginnings for their narratives.
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Instructional Ideas
- Keep the text and completed work in an individual folder for organization
- Prompts pairs to partner read the texts
- Make copies of completed anchor charts for learners to put in their work folders for reference
Classroom Considerations
- The 11th part of 16 lessons focuses on writing a historical fiction narrative set in Colonial America
- You'll need to transfer the anchor chart template onto large chart paper
- Class members add to an ongoing rubric for self-assessment
- Provide a separate sheet of paper for your class to write introductory paragraphs
- The texts featured in this lesson carry forward into the next lesson
Pros
- The resource contains two reading passages, clearly outlined lesson procedures, vocabulary, and homework ideas
- Common Core designed
Cons
- None