Unit 2: Learning Life’s Lessons Time Frame: 5 Weeks
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	Unit Description This unit focuses on reading and writing folktales. Purposes for reading is to entertain, make connections, and understand world cultures. Reading strategies will include; questioning to increase comprehension, oral reading fluency, use of literary devices (figurative language), plot development, character, identifying protagonist and antagonist, using mental imagery to describe setting, sequencing events, and summarizing and paraphrasing. Writing will focus on: using literary devices, awesome adjectives, amazing adverbs, and vivid verbs to create mental images, audience awareness, sequence events, and utilizing the writing process to compose a folktale or fable. Vocabulary instruction will focus on developing target vocabulary through decoding and context clues. Spelling will emphasize suffixes, possessives, compounds and plurals.
	Enduring Understandings · Cultural celebrations and traditions are passed to future generations. · Cultural traditions and celebrations identify what is important to us. · Life problems can be solved, but often lead to unexpected results.	Essential Questions · Why is information from the past important? · How do cultural traditions and celebrations influence me? · How do I solve problems? · How do I react to surprising results?
	GLEs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14e, 14f, 14g, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19a, 19b, 19c, 19d, 19e, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e, 21, 22, 23a, 23b, 23c, 23d, 23e, 23f, 23g, 24, 25, 26a, 26b, 26c, 27, 28, 29, 30a, 30b, 31a, 31b, 31c, 31d, 32, 35, 36a, 36b, 36c, 36d, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41a, 41b, 42, 43a, 43b, 43c, 43d, 43e, 43f, 43g, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50
	Assessments · Performance Task · Unit 2 Essentials Checklist A – LCC (Interim) · Unit 2 Essentials Checklist B – LCC (End of Quarter) · Unit Assessment – Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum (LCC)