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Instructional Plan
Miss Brooke Gentry
Grade: 5th
College- and Career-Ready Standards for English Language Arts Standard W:MCC 3: Write
narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, well-chosen
details, and well-structured event sequences.
W:MCC 3.1: Gather ideas from texts, multimedia, and personal experience to write narrative that:
a: develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details,
and clear event sequences;
College- and Career-Ready Standards for English Language Arts Standard RL:MC 8: Analyze
characters, settings, events, and ideas as they develop and interact within a particular context.
RL:MC 8.1: Cite evidence within text to:
a: analyze two or more characters, events, or settings in a text and explain the impact on the plot;
and,
Focus Questions: 3-6, 8-10, 12-15.

Unit Lessons
Lesson One: Chinese Coolies elements of a storyboard
RL:MC 8.1: Chinese Coolies elements of a storyboard- 6-8 & 10-14
Objective: TSW focus on analyzing characters, settings, events, and ideas as they read
and write literary texts.

 Essential Question: How do the events of the story affect the outcome of the story or the
resolution to the problem?
Lesson Two: Veterans Day Writing using the elements of a storyboard
W:MCC 3.1: Veterans Day Writing using the elements of a storyboard- 6-8 & 10-14
Objective: TSW focus on analyzing characters, settings, events, and ideas as they read
and write literary texts.
Essential Question: Explain which details from the story help you as a reader and writer
determine the conflict and resolution within the literary text.
Lesson Three: Get in the Fold using Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair
RL:MC 8.1: Get in the Fold using Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam
Affair- 3, 6, 8, 10, 12-14
Objective: TSW focus on analyzing main characters found in literary texts.
Essential Question: What literary text evidence can you use to compare two or more
characters?
Lesson Four: Elements of a Story Vocabulary Quiz

RL:MC 8.1 & W:MCC 3.1: Elements of a Story Vocabulary Quiz- 3, 4, 6, 8-10, 12-

15
Objective: TSW focus on analyzing characters, settings, events, and ideas as they read
and write literary texts.
Essential Question: How can you answer questions about reading and writing literary
texts which include analyzing characters, settings, events, and ideas?
Lesson Five: Get in the Fold using Westward Expansion literary texts

RL:MC 8.1: Get in the Fold using Westward Expansion literary texts- 3, 6, 8, 10, 12-

14
Objective: TSW focus on analyzing main characters found in literary texts.
Essential Question: What literary text evidence can you use to compare two or more
characters?
Lesson Six: Organizing Westward Expansion Journal Entries using transition words
W:MCC 3.1: Organizing Westward Expansion Journal Entries using transition words6,8,10, 12-14
Objective: TSW write organized narrative works using transition words to form a clear
purpose, and the elements of a story, with a strong focus on conflict, climax, and the sequence of
events.
Essential Question: How can you organize a narrative work to state your purpose, which
includes the elements of a story, with a strong focus on conflict, climax, and the sequence of
events?

Lesson Seven: Organizing Westward Expansion Journal Entries using a narrative writing critique
rubric
W:MCC 3.1: Organizing Westward Expansion Journal Entries using a narrative writing
critique rubric- 6, 8, 10, 12-14
Objective: TSW write organized narrative works using transition words to form a clear
purpose, and the elements of a story, with a strong focus on conflict, climax, and the sequence of
events. TSW critique narrative writings using a writing critique rubric.
Essential Question: How can you organize a narrative work using transition words in
order to state your purpose, which includes the elements of a story, with a strong focus on
conflict, climax, and the sequence of events? How can you critique narrative writings using a
writing critique rubric?
Lesson Eight: Theme vs. Main Idea with the Authors Purpose Revealed using task cards
RL:MC 8.1: Theme vs. Main Idea with the Authors Purpose Revealed using task cards3, 4, 15
Objective: TSW distinguish between main idea and theme using task card scenario
experiences.
Essential Question: How can you distinguish between the main idea and theme of
narrative text scenario experiences?
Lesson Nine: Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair Citing Evidence from the Text
Assessment
RL:MC 8.1: Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair Citing Evidence from the
Text Assessment- 3, 4, 15
Objective: TSW focus on citing evidence from the text to discover the main idea and
theme of a narrative story using the story plot revealed in their Aunt Chip and the Great Triple
Creek Dam Affair foldable.
Essential Question: What literary text evidence can you use from the comparison of
characters to cite evidence which supports the plot or sequence of events that reveal the main idea
and theme of a narrative story?
Lesson Ten: Westward Expansion leveled text Citing Evidence from the Text Assessment
RL:MC 8.1: Westward Expansion leveled text Citing Evidence from the Text
Assessment- 3-5, 8, 12, 15
Objective: TSW focus on citing evidence from the text to discover the main idea and
theme of a narrative story using the story plot revealed in their Westward Expansion leveled text
foldable.
Essential Question: What literary text evidence can you use from the comparison of
characters to cite evidence which supports the plot or sequence of events that reveal the main idea
and theme of a narrative story?

Lesson Eleven: Eliminating Element Questions Posttest

RL:MC 8.1: Eliminating Element Questions Pretest- 3-6, 8-10, 12-15
Objective: TSW focus on analyzing characters, settings, events, and ideas as they read
and write literary texts.
Essential Question: How do the events of the story affect the outcome of the story or the
resolution to the problem?