Lesson
1
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Learning Understanding from Literature
Grade
Grade 5
UNIT
8
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Understanding
In Unit 8, Lesson 1, “Learning Understanding from Literature,” students will learn examples of understanding from a contemporary work of children’s literature. Additionally, students will create their own sentences that demonstrate their comprehension of the word understanding. Finally, students will practice their reading and conversation skills by sharing sentences with classmates.
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SUGGESTED TIME:
20 minutes
RELATED SUBJECT:
English Language Arts
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Listen to a read aloud, or read independently, to improve understanding of English sentence structure and comprehension
- Ask and answer questions to understand the meaning of a text
- Determine the central message, lesson, or moral of a story and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text
- Demonstrate comprehension of the word understanding
- Demonstrate understanding of standard English sentence structure and grammar
- Engage effectively in collaborative discussions
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- deo: Meet Your Revolutionary Neighbors: Patience Lovell Wright by Crossroads of the American Revolution (~2 min)
- Book: Patience Wright: America's First Sculptor and Revolutionary Spy by Pegi Deitz Shea
- Prohuman Grade 5 Unit 8 Worksheet 1: Learning Understanding from Literature
VOCABULARY:
- Legend: A story about a person or event that may lack evidence. Legends usually tell stories about things that could be possible, so they are often believed to be true.
- Understanding: I seek knowledge and try to learn the truth. I think about other people’s views that might be different from mine.
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
- Ask students what understanding means.
- Give them the definition: I seek knowledge and try to learn the truth. I think about other people’s views that might be different from mine.
- Ask students what the word legend means.
- Give them the definition: A story about a person or event that may lack evidence. Legends usually tell stories about things that could be possible, so they are often believed to be true.
- With these definitions in mind, let’s learn about a real person who demonstrated the character strength of understanding. Her name was Patience Wright.
- Play the video: Meet Your Revolutionary Neighbors: Patience Lovell Wright by Crossroads of the American Revolution (~2 min)
- Read the book: Patience Wright: America's First Sculptor and Revolutionary Spy by Pegi Deitz Shea
- Have students complete the questions on their worksheets.
- Have students read their sentences to a partner.
GRADE 5 UNIT 8 WORKSHEET 1: LEARNING UNDERSTANDING FROM LITERATURE
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AFTER READING by Pegi Deitz Shea:
- What was unique about the Quakers during this time that allowed Patience and her sisters to develop their understanding?
- How did Patience use her understanding to start a business and develop her artistic talent?
- According to the book, did Patience send information to pass on secrets, and to whom did she send this information?
- According to the book, what things did Patience’s messages help the members of the Continental Congress and other American patriots to understand?
- According to Encyclopedia Britannica, “It has been reported that Patience Wright passed on to Benjamin Franklin military intelligence gleaned from her contacts in London society, but there is little evidence to support this.” How does this make the story of Patience Wright a legend?
- What do you think is this story’s main message about understanding?
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