Fifth Grade
Unit 3
 Using Your Wits

Inquiry and Research Project / Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5

Enduring Understanding:
You can use your intelligence and creativity to solve problems.

Essential Question:
How can you use your intelligence to outwit others?

Week 1:  The Catch of the Day: A Trickster Play

Writing Prompt
Watch a short video clip about theme.  Write a narrative by using the storyboard.

Pixie Storyboard

Use after selecting a common theme that is found in many stories.   

Week 2: The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring

Week 3: Tricky Tales

Week 4: Blancaflor

Week 5:  The Unbreakable Code

Inquiry and Research Project

Theme Connections

Writing Resources

 


DEVELOPING NARRATIVES

 

VOICE:
Books that Demonstrate the Power of Voice - The following books demonstrate the power of voice in writing, as they represent a variety of voices — from bossy and obnoxious, to kind and gentle.

Voice Rubric - Have students check their own writing for voice using this voice rubric.

WORD CHOICE:
Conversation Cards - Use these cards to practice conversations using only uncommonly used words.  Hand students a thesaurus, make a synonym bridge map as a class - it's all about word choice!

Crossword Puzzle Interactive - Have students practice their vocabulary and word choice with this engaging interactive.

RESEARCH RESOURCES:
AACPS Approved Online Databases

MINILESSON:  Paraphrasing vs. Plagiarizing
How to Use Your Own Words Lesson Plan - In effective strategy instruction, the teacher explains the purpose of the strategy, how to use it, and when and where to use it.

Avoiding Plagiarism Video - This segment explains how to avoid plagiarism by giving credit to the work of others. Also covered are techniques for being information literate by asking yourself five questions. Note:  If the link does not open, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com

Bibliography Maker - Online citation machine that assists students in making their bibliographies.

MINILESSON:  Developing a Topic Sentence
Identify the Topic Sentence - Take an interactive quiz to determine the topic sentence in a paragraph.

Choose the Topic Sentence Quiz - More online practice with identifying the topic sentence.

Paragraph + Sentence Writing: Page of Resources - Develop a paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence.

RESEARCH RESOURCES:
AACPS Approved Online Databases

Teacher Notes

Standards

Common Core Standard: L.5.6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships

Technology Standard: 3- Technology for Learning and Collaboration

Common Core Standard: RL.5.2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

Technology Standard: Standard 5.0 – Technology for Information Use and Management: Use technology to locate, evaluate, gather, and organize information.

Common Core Standard: SL.5.5. Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.

Technology Standard: 3- Technology for Learning and Collaboration

Common Core Standard: RI.5.7. Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.

Technology Standard: 3- Technology for Learning and Collaboration

Common Core Standard: RL.5.9. Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

Technology Standard: 3- Technology for Learning and Collaboration

Common Core Standard: W.5.3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

Technology Standard: 3- Technology for Learning and Collaboration

Comic Generator

 Common Core Standard: L.5.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Technology Standard: 3- Technology for Learning and Collaboration

Helping verbs and main verbs - video explaining purpose of helping verbs and how they give meaning to main verbs

Common Core Standard: RL.5.2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

Technology Standard: 3- Technology for Learning and Collaboration

Read and Listen to "Rabbit Wish for Snow" trickster tale

"The Ungrateful Tiger" - Korean Trickster Story

Visualizing Practice

Reading Guide

Sketch to Stretch

Common Core Standard: RL.5.1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Technology Standard: 3- Technology for Learning and Collaboration

Drawing Conclusions Quiz

·     Common Core Standard: RL.5.6. Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.

Technology Standard: 3- Technology for Learning and Collaboration

Point of View Lesson Review and Point of View Quiz

Common Core Standard:  W.5.3 Write narratives to deveop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

Technology Standard: 3- Technology for Learning and Collaboration

Catch of the Day Writing Prompt