Unit of Study 4
Responding to Reading through Writing

Grade Level:

1

Subject:

Language Arts

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Goal Summary:

IDENTIFY words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses
USE illustrations and details in a story
to DESCRIBE its characters
to DESCRIBE its setting
to DESCRIBE its events
USE the illustrations and details in a text to DESCRIBE its key ideas
WRITE opinion pieces
INTRODUCE the topic
NAME the book they are writing about
STATE an opinion
SUPPLY a reason for the opinion
PROVIDE some sense of closure
ASK and ANSWER questions about what a speaker says in order to GATHER additional information or CLARIFY something that is not understood
PRODUCE and EXPAND complete simple and compound declarative sentences in response to prompts
PRODUCE and EXPAND complete simple and compound interrogative sentences in response to prompts
PRODUCE and EXPAND complete simple and compound imperative sentences in response to prompts
PRODUCE and EXPAND complete simple and compound exclamatory sentences in response to prompts
DEMONSTRATE command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing
USE end punctuation

DEMONSTRATE command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing
USE conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns
USE conventional spelling for irregular words
DETERMINE or CLARIFY the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases
USE sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase

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Essential Questions:

Why is it important to ask questions? What is included in a story?
How do illustrations and details help you describe key elements of a text?
Why is it important to support your opinion with evidence from texts?
How does word choice make a text more interesting?

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