Signposts | Engaging with Literature: Lesson Plan

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

3, 4, 5

Overview

This envisionment-building lesson plan may be used with any literary text to discuss and discover multiple interpretations of a text.

The resource also guides students as they make connections to the text.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.R1

Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.

UP:ELA21.3.R1

Vocabulary

  • Active listening
  • Discussion
  • Conversation
  • Rules
  • Participation

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Active listening skills.
  • How to engage in discussions and conversations in a variety of settings.
  • Agreed-upon rules for participation.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings.
  • Converse in pairs, small groups, and large groups.
  • Practice the agreed-upon rules for participation.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Conversations and discussions follow agreed-upon rules which help us actively listen and gain understanding.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.26

Use text comparisons (text to text, text to self, and text to world) to make meaning.

UP:ELA21.3.26

Vocabulary

  • Text comparison
  • Text to text
  • Text to self
  • Text to world
  • Meaning

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Comparison is identifying similarities between two things.
  • Text to text comparison means to identify similarities between two texts.
  • Text to self comparison means to identify similarities between a text and a personal experience.
  • Text to world comparison means to identify similarities between a text and a current event or background knowledge.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Compare two texts to make meaning of the information presented in the text.
  • Compare a text to their personal experiences to make meaning of the information presented in the text.
  • Compare a text to a current event or their background knowledge to make meaning of the information presented in the text.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Their comprehension will be enhanced by making multiple connections between texts, themselves, and the real world.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.R1

Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.

UP:ELA21.4.R1

Vocabulary

  • Active listening
  • Discussion
  • Conversation
  • Rules
  • Participation

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Active listening skills.
  • How to engage in discussions and conversations in a variety of settings.
  • Agreed-upon rules for participation.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings.
  • Converse in pairs, small groups, and large groups.
  • Practice the agreed-upon rules for participation.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Conversations and discussions follow agreed-upon rules which help us actively listen and gain understanding.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.R1

Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.

UP:ELA21.5.R1

Vocabulary

  • Active listening
  • Discussion
  • Conversation
  • Rules
  • Participation

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Active listening skills.
  • How to engage in discussions and conversations in a variety of settings.
  • Agreed-upon rules for participation.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings.
  • Converse in pairs, small groups, and large groups.
  • Practice the agreed-upon rules for participation.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Conversations and discussions follow agreed-upon rules which help us actively listen and gain understanding.

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

Custom

Accessibility

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