Curriculum / ELA / 5th Grade / Unit 6: Adapting to Survive: Short Stories and Poems / Lesson 6
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Unit 6
5th Grade
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Describe bonobos.
Resource: Bonobos Fact Sheet
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Explain what steps can be taken to prepare for a wilderness emergency.
Standards
RL.5.2
Describe what makes the tundra a unique habitat, why the author includes so much description about the tundra, and how it contributes to the overall structure of the story.
RL.5.3RL.5.5
Compare and contrast Miyax’s actions with those of the wolves and analyze how Miyax was able to integrate herself into the pack.
Write a summary of the excerpt from Julie of the Wolves that includes the theme of the excerpt.
RL.5.2RL.5.3RL.5.5W.5.1W.5.9
Identify and explain the speaker’s perspective on choices in life by analyzing how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic.
Compare and contrast the perspective on choices of the speaker in the poem with Miyax from Julie of the Wolves.
RL.5.2RL.5.5RL.5.9
RL.5.3
Explain how the events on pp. 80–81 contribute to the overall structure of the story.
RL.5.3RL.5.5RL.5.6
Analyze how each interaction between Anastasia and Sophie contributes to the overall structure of the story.
RL.5.5
Summarize the excerpt from Endangered by identifying a theme and explaining how the characters in the story respond to the main challenges.
Compare and contrast the excerpts from Julie of the Wolves and Endangered by analyzing the way they both approach the theme and topic of survival.
RL.5.2RL.5.9
Describe Brian’s current predicament and how he responds.
RL.5.2RL.5.3
Analyze how Brian’s “figuring out food” contributes to the structure of the story.
RL.5.2RL.5.5
Analyze how the author builds suspense and how it contributes to the structure of the story.
Summarize the excerpt from Hatchet.
Identify and explain the speaker’s perspective on choices in life.
Compare and contrast the perspectives on choices of the speaker in the poem and Brian.
Compare and contrast the excerpts from Hatchet, Julie of the Wolves or Endangered by analyzing the way they both approach the theme and topic of survival.
RL.5.2RL.5.9SL.5.1SL.5.3SL.5.6
2 days
Write a multiple-paragraph essay that compares how Brian, Sophie, and/or Miyax approached survival.
L.5.2.dRL.5.2RL.5.3RL.5.9W.5.1W.5.9
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4 days
Write a continuation of one of the stories from the unit.
W.5.3W.5.3.aW.5.3.bW.5.3.cW.5.3.dW.5.3.e
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