English/ Language Arts

This weeks story is A Symphony of Whales. The Question that the students should be able to answer by the 24th of this month are. Essential Question: How does author’s purpose, perspective and point of view impact a text? What do students need to learn to be able to answer the Essential Question? Assessment Prompt 1: How does the text structure impact the meaning? Assessment Prompt 2: How does the author’s purpose influence the reader? Key vocabulary to preview: Assessment Prompt 1: text structure, organize, compare/contrast, cause/effect, sequence, chronological order, definition/explanation, question/answer, listing/description Assessment Prompt 2: text structure, compare/contrast, cause/effect, sequence, chronological order Assessment Prompt 3: author’s purpose, author’s perspective, inform, entertain, explain Vocabulary text structure, organize, compare/contrast, cause/effect, sequence, chronological order, definition/explanation, question/answer, listing/description, author’s purpose, author’s perspective, inform, entertain, explain,