Connections to Personal Experiences - Bees? Yikes!

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

5

Overview

In this resource, students connect new information to personal experiences which helps learners comprehend and clarify their responses to literature. Learners can apply and accommodate vocabulary and meanings they already understand to new situations and concepts. Students make connections between a video about bees and their own personal experiences through a poem written for two voices.
Students share personal experiences they have had with bees. They then watch a video clip about handling bee hives and wearing a beard of bees. They respond to the video by connecting their response to personal experiences through a poem for two voices.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.9
Express ideas clearly and effectively to diverse partners or groups.

Vocabulary

Express
Clearly
Effectively
Diverse

Knowledge

Students know:

Oral language and literacy skills.
Collaboration skills.

Skills

Students are able to:

Clearly and effectively share ideas with others through speaking.

Understanding

Students understand that:

They can communicate with a variety of people if they express themselves clearly.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.34
Write personal or fictional narratives incorporating literary elements (characters, plot, setting, conflict), dialogue, strong voice, and clear event sequences.

Vocabulary

Personal narratives
Fictional narratives
Literary elements
Characters
Plot
Setting
Conflict
Dialogue
Voice
Event sequences

Knowledge

Students know:

A narrative is a piece of writing that tells a story.
A personal narrative tells about an event that was personally experienced by the author, while a fictional narrative tells a made-up story.
A narrative story describes a sequence of plot events in a logical order (beginning, middle, end).
Narrative writing includes text elements, like characters, setting, and conflict.
Dialogue is a conversation between two or more characters in a text.

Skills

Students are able to:

Write a personal narrative that recalls a personal experience or a fictional narrative with a made-up story.
Write a narrative with a logical sequence of plot events.
Incorporate literary elements into their narrative writing, like characters, setting, and conflict.
Include dialogue in narrative writing.
Use a strong voice in writing by developing a personal writing style.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Narrative writing includes predictable elements, like a logical sequence of events and characters, setting, and conflict.
Incorporating dialogue between the characters can add details to their narrative writing.
Narrative writing can be used to tell about something that happened to them personally or it can tell a story they made up.

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

Custom

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Comments or Notes

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Approved Date

2022-11-01

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