Introduction
This is a webquest created for: 5th Grade Reading
Designed by:
Zoe Menendez
In this lesson, you will conduct three close readings of an excerpt from A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin.
This lesson will challenge you to explore how a character's point of view can influence how events are described and shape a text. You will also have opportunities to use context clues to define selected vocabulary words within the text.
Upon completion of the close reading activities, you will practice narrative writing skills by creating an original dialogue between the main character and her mother.
Task
While reading the text students will direct their attention towards the guided question:
Close Read #1
What words do you think are necessary to understand the text?
Highlight (IN YELLOW) in the text, what you believe are words that you want to define, or need help understanding.
Why is it important to use text evidence to understand and define vocabulary?
Close Read #2
Define the theme here:
Secrets
Write a paragraph about whether or not you think secrets are good or bad.
Write a second paragraph detailing why you think Hattie's parents kept this secret from her and if they should or shouldn't have done that.
Close Read #3
What is point of view?
How can a reader determine what point of view a story is told from?
Highlight (IN PINK) what Hattie says in the text that shows her adding her perspective in what's happening.
Think about it: If the story was told from her mother's perspective, do you think it would be told the same way?
Process
Group Assignment
From the text, think about Hattie’s thoughts and reactions to the news of having an uncle she never knew about.
In groups of two create an original dialogue between Hattie and her mother that clearly shows Hattie’s opinions and emotions about how she feels in regards to her family keeping Uncle Adam a secret until now.
Although you are creating an original dialogue, use details from the text to make the conversation accurately portray Hattie’s feelings and her mom’s possible reactions to Hattie.
Evaluation
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Summative Assessment Rubric
Conclusion
Now that you understand why point of view and narrator are so important, you understand why you need to take it into account when listening to anyone's version of a story.
Everyone experiences life differently, some one may have gone through the exact same experience at the exact same time and their memory and the way they describe the moment will always be different because no two minds think alike.
Credits
A Close Reading: An Excerpt from A Corner of the Universe. (n.d.). Retrieved April 10, 2017, from http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResourceLesson/Preview/59696
A Corner of the Universe Discussion Guide. (n.d.). Retrieved April 10, 2017, from https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/corne…
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Standards
LAFS.5.L.3.4 :Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).
Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
LAFS.5.RL.1.1 :Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
LAFS.5.RL.2.4 :Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
LAFS.5.RL.2.6 :Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.
LAFS.5.W.1.3 :Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
LAFS.5.W.2.4 :Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)