ESSENTIAL QUESTION: “What do people, both real and imagined, learn from exploring their world.”
UNIT 5
Exploration, Real
and Imagined
GUIDED
READING/WORD
WORK/RESEARCH
SHARED READING/CLOSE
READING
Read two stories from My
Librarian Is a Camel by
Margriet Ruurs-
Introduce the unit by completing the Read,
Write, Think Lesson called The Big Bad Wolf
(The House) and then read The True Story
of the Three Little Pigs-
March/April
WEEK 1
March 11
Show the students where
that particular country is
located on the map
Add to the matrix
*This first week, you need
to create a matrix with the
country name, capitol,
population, language
spoken, how books are
delivered, why they chose
that form of transportation
WEEK 2
March 25
WEEK 3
April 1
Read two stories from My
Librarian Is a Camel by
Margriet RuursShow the students where
that particular country is
located on the map
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroomresources/lesson-plans/wolf-analyzingpoint-view-23.html?tab=1#tabs
RL.5.1
Sl.5.1
SL.5.3
Complete the Read, Write, Think Lesson
called “Explore Point of View in Fairy Tales”
The students will complete a RAFT
assignment (located on blog) about either
Cinderella or Little Red Riding Hood
Read two stories from My
Librarian Is a Camel by
Margriet Ruurs-
Read The Wretched Stone by Chris Van
Allsburg
Do a lesson on symbolism
Add to the matrix
WRITERS
WORKSHOP
Begin journal entry about
the main character in the
book (answer questions
such as main character,
characteristics that
enable them, obstacles to
overcome, internal
response and external
behaviors/responses to
that
obstacle/theme/mood/
tone)
L.5.3
The students will take a
well-known fairy tale
from the attached list,
read it, and then rewrite the story from a
different perspective
(Ex: The Princess and
the Pea- write the story
from the pea’s
perspective)
Continue Journaling about
Read Aloud
*L.5.3
Benchmark Writing
Prompt- “One morning
you woke up and you
were only 12 inches tall.
Before you write, think
about your new size.
What are some things
you can do now? What
are some things you can
no longer do? Now write
a story about when you
were twelve inches tall.”
Continue Journaling about
Read Aloud
*L.5.3
Benchmark Writing
Prompt- “Everyone has
something that is
important to them. What
is one thing that is
important to you? Why
is it important?”
http://www.readwritethink.org/parentafterschool-resources/activitiesprojects/explore-point-view-fairy30148.html?main-tab=2#tabs
Add to the matrix
Show the students where
that particular country is
located on the map
READERS
WORKSHOP/
INDEPENDENT
READING
W.5.3
RF.5.4
LITERATURE
CIRCLES/
READ
ALOUD
Continue with
Literature
Circles/Read Aloud
POETRY
Resources
(ET=
Exemplary Text)
(P=Poem)
(RA= Read Aloud
Read “The Queen of
Hearts” by Mother
Goose- The students
will work on
memorizing/practicing
their poem in order to
be able to recite it for
the class
Satire
Metaphor
Similes
Irony
Nonsense
literature
Paradox
Parody
Style
Symbol
Perspective
Antagonist
Exploration
Explorer
Exploratory
Character
Characterization
characterized
Read “Words Free as
Confetti” by Pat Mora
Continue with
Terminology
Read “Leaf Soup” by
Pat Mora (located in
Confetti) and Against
Idleness and Mischief
by Isaac Watts
Continue with
Terminology
-Alice in Wonderland
- Alice’s Adventures
-The Little Prince
-Three Cups of Tea
(Young Reader’s
Edition)
Students are journaling
throughout about their
literature circle book
(they will be writing
about the same things
the class has written
about in the created
matrix-see shared
reading questionscolumn-week 1)
They also need to
identify major
historical events
located during the time
era of their lit circle
book
*L.5.3
Continue Literature
Circles
*L.5.3
TERMINOLOGY
FOR UNIT
Alice in Wonderland
Alice’s Adventures
The Little Prince
Three Cups of Tea
The Big Bad Wolf
The True Story of the
Three Little Pigs
The Princess and the Pea
Begin researching on
Famous ExplorersStudents will collect
information on the page
called “Biography
Information Sheet” (located
on bottom of blog)
WEEK 4
April 8
Read two stories from My
Librarian Is a Camel by
Margriet Ruurs-
BENCHMARK TESTING
Continue Journaling about
Read Aloud
*L.5.3
Write a biography on the
Explorer the student
researched the week
before
Continue Literature
Circles
*L.5.3
Read “The Star” and
“The Mouse’s Tale”
Continue with
Terminology
Read “The Spider and the Fly” (anchor
book)
Continue Journaling about
Read Aloud
*L.5.3
Create a multimedia
presentation about the
explorer they
researched
Continue Literature
Circles
*L.5.3
POETRY SLAM
Continue with
Terminology
Show the students where
that particular country is
located on the map
Add to the matrix
WEEK 5
April 15
Read two stories from My
Librarian Is a Camel by
Margriet RuursShow the students where
that particular country is
located on the map
Add to the matrix
Read Aloud The Butterfly and highlight
symbolism found throughout the story in
their Reading Response Journal
*RI.5.6, RI.5.10, RL.5.6,
W.5.7, SL.5.1, L.5.1, L.5.2,
L.5.3.a,b, L.5.6
(Students will perform
poems they have been
practicing aloud to the
fifth grade)