FRAME THE LESSON
Student Expectations Bundled in Lesson
Noun=Underline
Verb=Italicize
TEACHER:
CLASS:
Reading
LESSON DATE: Nov 9-13
Teaching Points & Activities
Engage:
WEEKLY FOCUS: 4.5, 4.6a, 4.6b,
Explore:
ONGOING: 4.7a, 4.24aii4.1, 4.2a, 4.2b, 4.2c, 4.2d,
4.2e, 4.9, 4.20ai, 4.20aii, 4.20aiii, 4.20aiv, 4.20av,
4.20avi, 4.20avii, 4.21aviii, 4.20b, 4.20c, 4.21a,
4.21bi, 4.21bii, 4.21biii, 4.21ci, 4.21cii, 4.22ai,
4.22aii, 4.22aiii, 4.22aiv, 4.22av, 4.22b, 4.22c,
4.22d, 4.23, 4.27a, 4.27b, 4.28, 4.29, fig. 19a, fig.
19b, fig. 19c, fig. 19d, fig. 19e, fig. 19f
4th Grade
Resources/Materials:
Concepts discussed this week: drama structure (character, setting, stage direction,
narrator, etc., inference, any themes
Give each group different reader’s theatres from The Best Class or other resource.
Have groups study the characters, discuss theme and infer why characters act the way they do. Discuss
the elements of the drama and the point of view. Have groups summarize main events and sequence
the plot to assess learning.
Explain:
Elaborate:
Journey book
Student journal
entry
Write source
Read and
Understand
Poetry
Interactive Read
Alouds
The Best Class
Reader’s Theatre
http://www.theb
estclass.org/rtscri
pts.html
Assess learning
Pick another STAAR drama passage to assess at the end of the week.
Evaluate:
Objective/Key Understanding:
4.5 Students will be able to describe the structural
elements particular to dramatic literature
4.6a Students will be able to summarize and
sequence the plot’s main events and explain their
influence on future events
4.6b Students will be able to describe the interaction
of characters including their relationships and the
changes they undergo
4.6c Students will be able to identify whether the
narrator or speaker is 1st person or 3rd person
4.15a. Students will be able to plan a first
draft
Closing Product/ Question/ Informal Assessment:
4.15b. Students will be able to develop
Students should understand the play format as
ideas by categorizing ideas and organizing
well as the elements of drama. They should be
them into paragraphs.
able to analyze characters and summarize the
main
4.18 events and the plot.
Stop & Check for Understanding—High Level Questions
Critical Writing Prompt:
What How would you clarify the meaning of___?
Student journal entries
What examples can you find that__?
Expository essay
Small Group Purposeful Talk Question Stems:
Retell the story using your own words
How would you compare the characters?
Vocabulary:
Plot, Climax, Character, relations, infer, point of view, first person,
third person, Drama terms, dialogue, characters, setting, scene, act,
stage direction,
Rigor & Relevance: (Real World Connection)
Have students research the time period
their play is set in and the playwright.
Have them research the culture or
customs. Discuss how the play would
be different if it was in a different
country, time period, modern world, if
it took place at TBP.