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Brainstorm ideas for a story by rereading important or exciting moments in the text.
Book: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
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Writers reread exciting moments in the text and choose one to turn into a new story.
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Brainstorm story ideas for retelling a scene from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, then select one idea that will be turned into a complete story.
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W.4.3.a — Orient the reader by establishing a situationand introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
W.4.5 — With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.4.2.a — Use correct capitalization.
L.4.5 — Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
L.4.6 — Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation).
W.4.4 — Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1—3 above.)
W.4.6 — With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.
W.4.10 — Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
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Complete a narrative brainstorming graphic organizer to plan the characters, setting, and events of a story.
Describe Fruitless Mountain and Minli’s family.
Standards
RL.4.3
Describe why Minli and her family act in certain ways.
Describe why Minli acts in certain ways.
RL.4.3RL.4.4
2 days
Recognize and correct sentence fragments by identifying the subject and the predicate.
L.4.1.f
Use details from a text to describe a character.
W.4.1.aW.4.1.b
Describe how Ma and Ba are feeling and why.
L.4.1.fRL.4.3RL.4.4
Describe how Dragon was born and why the author includes this story.
L.4.1.fRL.4.3SL.4.1SL.4.1.c
Analyze the Goldfish Man’s perspective on fortune and if it is similar to Ma and Ba’s.
L.4.1.fRL.4.3
Analyze the significance of "The Story of the Paper of Happiness."
L.4.1.fRL.4.2RL.4.3
Explain what the quote "I'll find a way" shows about Minli.
Describe how Minli is beginning to change.
Analyze how Minli’s parents and Minli are starting to transform through their relationships with others.
Recognize and correct run-on sentences using a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
L.4.1.fL.4.2.c
Describe the king.
L.4.1.fL.4.2.cRL.4.2RL.4.3
Plan a paragraph that describes Minli.
W.4.1.bW.4.4
Complete a Single Paragraph Outline to plan a paragraph.
Summarize how Dragon ended up with the borrowed line.
L.4.1.aRL.4.2RL.4.3
Explain why Minli feels ashamed and how she is changing.
Summarize how the girl outsmarted the tiger.
L.4.1.fL.4.2.aL.4.2.cRL.4.2RL.4.3
Explain what Minli might learn from the twins and grandfather.
Describe the gift the people of Moon Rain give Minli and why it is an example of true generosity.
Describe what idea Minli puts into action to get the message to the Old Man of the Moon and where the idea came from.
Explain what lesson the Old Man of the Moon is trying to teach Wu Kang and how it connects to Minli’s quest for fortune.
Explain how Ma changes.
Explain how Minli came to realize that she already had the best fortune.
Analyze how Minli knew that all of her questions had been answered.
W.4.1.b
Debate two essential questions using evidence and arguments from the entire unit and personal experience.
SL.4.1SL.4.1.cSL.4.2
4 days
Write a persuasive letter from the perspective of one of the characters, asking the reader to agree with your point of view.
Use a single paragraph outline to brainstorm cohesive paragraphs.
W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.9
W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.4
Elaborate on the reasons to show understanding of the text and topic.
L.4.1.fL.4.2.cW.4.4W.4.5
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Write a narrative story that recounts a moment on Minli’s journey where things go wrong.
L.4.1.gL.4.2.bL.4.3W.4.3.aW.4.3.bW.4.3.d
W.4.3.aW.4.5
Orient and engage the reader at the beginning of the story by including descriptive details, sound effects, or questions.
L.4.3W.4.3.aW.4.3.d
Draft a story, using paragraphs to manage the sequence of events.
W.4.3.d
Include character thoughts and feelings to develop a character and help the plot progress.
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