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Grade 6: Module 1: Unit 3: Lesson 1
Teaching Notes
Alignment to Assessment Standards and Purpose of Lesson
RL.6.4–OpeningA:Studentscompleteanentranceticketinwhichtheyconsidertheword choice and figurative language used by the author in chapter 19 of The Lightning Thief.
RL.6.1–WorkTimeA:Studentsreadthenextchapterofthetextandfindthegist.Students also unpack unfamiliar vocabulary and answer comprehension questions using inferences and evidence from text.
RI.6.10 – Closing and Assessment A: Students share about their independent research reading texts to hold them accountable for their reading homework. Consider using Independent Reading: Sample Plans (see the Tools page, http://eled.org/tools) if you do not have your own independent reading review routines.
Directions for routines that are repeated from previous lessons have been pared down and noted with “Repeated routine.” For the detailed outline of how to facilitate this part of the lesson, please refer back to previous lessons.
In this lesson, students focus on working to become ethical people, showing respect, empathy, and compassion as they discuss the novel, and integrity as they share their independent research reading.
Opportunities to Extend Learning
The novel contains a number of moments of foreshadowing. Define foreshadowing, and direct students back to examples of foreshadowing earlier in the text (e.g., Percy attacks Nancy Bobofit with water from the fountain in chapter 1, which hints that Percy will be related to the god of water).
How It Builds on Previous Work
In Unit 2, students read several chapters in The Lightning Thief. They also analyzed the Greek myths highlighted in the novel and compared themes and topics in the Greek myths with those evident in The Lightning Thief. In the second half of the unit, students wrote a literary analysis essay comparing and contrasting the experience of watching parts of The Lightning Thief movie with reading about the same events in the novel.
In this unit, students finish the novel, conduct research on a Greek god or goddess of their choosing, and rewrite a scene from the novel inserting an original character, the child of the god they researched.
Support All Students
In this unit, students will research a Greek god or goddess in preparation for the end of unit assessment, in which they rewrite a scene of The Lightning Thief, inserting a new character of their own creation. To maintain the first person point of view, students will rewrite the scene as if they are their new character, a child of a Greek god or goddess of their choosing. Some students and their families may find this exercise in conflict with their religious views. Create a safe space for students to approach with their concerns, and be prepared with alternative ways for students to complete the assessment. Students may choose a di erent historic or traditional figure to research and on which to base their character (e.g., Superman, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Oprah Winfrey, etc.). Guide students
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