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Subject Area of Focus: 6th through 8th Grades Literature - Folk Tales |
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Integrated Multidisciplinary Subject Areas: Technology, Language Arts, Social Studies, Drama and Art |
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Purpose of the Unit (identify
California standards) Reading
Standards:word analysis, fluency,
vocabulary development 1.0, reading comprehension 2.0, literary
response and analysis 3.0, Writing
Standards: writing strategies, 1.0,
writing applications 2.0
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| Needs Improvement. | Satisfactory. | Good. | .Exceptional | |
| Can state plot, setting and characters of a folktale | Identifies less than two story elements | Names, but does not explain in complete sentences | Student is able to identify all story elements | Able to identify all elements in detail |
| Understands the meaning of a folktale | Unable to explain the folk tale | Can give limited explanation of plot | Can effectively summarize folk tales | Clearly explains and summarizes a folk tale and identifies the moral |
| Demonstrates the ability to retell a folktale | Rewriting lacks meaning and has more than 10 errors | Rewrites the story with few errors | Rewrites the folktale using correct grammar, punctuation and spelling | Rewrites a folk tale using the conventions of language and interpreting the story in a cohesive manner |
| Researches the Internet for folktales around the world | Needs to locate resources | Can use sites from at least two countries | Locates and uses 5 sites | Effectively uses many resources to locate stories from many countries |
| Creates a folktale of their own | Needs improvement in creating an original folktale | Creates story using at least two elements | Demonstrates correct order and structure | Successfully creates an original story based on information |
| Lesson 1 |
Provides opportunity for students to sequence and illustrate folktales. |
| Lesson 2 |
Research folktales from around the world and create an original tale. |
| Lesson 3 |
Understand components of technology
use in the classroom in both
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| Lesson 4 |
Write an editorial from the perspective of a folktale character. |
| Lesson 5 |
Write an essay celebrating the life of a folktale character. |
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Produce a word search from a list of vocabulary from specified folktale. |
| Lesson 7 |
Creating scripts and masks to perform a folktale. |
| Lesson 8 |
Making crossword puzzles online from vocabulary and definitions relating to folktales. |
| August: Lesson plans and links |
| September: Classroom use of The Folktale Gazette |
| October: Continue submitting project ideas and material. Meeting TBA |
| November: Classroom use Internet Institute Meeting Nov. 2 Tuesday |
| January: Meeting for collaboration |
| February: Collaboration for competition |
| March: Internet Innovator Award Competition |
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Name |
School |
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| Betsy Plunkett | Lagunita | bplunket@monterey.k12.ca.us folkgazette@yahoo.com |
| Taunya Abaya | Gambetta | taunyaii99@yahoo.com
poki@aol.com |
| Kathleen Hudgens | Harden | kathleen_ii99@yahoo.com
kat@redshift.com |
| Rafaela Gonzales | Los Padres | rafaelagii99@yahoo.com |