Ready-to-teach lesson
TumbleTA | REGIONAL STANDARDS EDITION
A Box of Shocks - Two Readings, One
Evidence-Based Judgment
Mississippi | Grade 5
TEACHES
W.5.9
CURRENT FRAMEWORK
2025 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for English Language Arts
STANDARD
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
WHY THIS FROZEN LESSON EARNS TEACHES
Students evaluate two interpretations with evidence, give a qualified judgment, and respond to a competing interpretation.
INTEGRITY RULE
The regional standard is additive. The two lesson pages that follow are the frozen V5 lesson and have not been rewritten to obtain this standards match.
Standards-first production package | final 60-region audit | September 9, 2026 TumbleTA · Standards-First Short Lesson · Grade 5
A Box of Shocks Two Readings, One Evidence-Based Judgment
20 MINUTES
TARGET
Draw evidence from literature to support analysis and respond to another interpretation.
STUDENT PRODUCT
Unsafe-choices evidence + helpful-intention evidence + qualified judgment + response.
LESSON SEQUENCE
- 1.Fix the disputed actions Use Oliver entering the house and escaping through the window. Do
not let the discussion drift to other adventures.
- 2.Parents on the danger Record Mom and Dad’s criticism of the trespassing / dangerous escape
as evidence for 'unsafe decisions.'
- 3.Parents on the intention Record Dad’s acknowledgement that Oliver took the risk because he
wanted to help Diggory as evidence for 'helpful intention.'
- 4.Qualified judgment Students write a judgment that contains both truths, then respond to a
classmate who argues only one side.
ASSESSMENT · LOOK FOR
- Uses the house/window incident only.
- Records evidence from the parents for both interpretations.
- Produces a qualified judgment and an evidence-based response.
Standards-first rule: freeze the lesson after QA. Add a regional code only when the complete local expectation is actually satisfied.
TumbleTA · Student Evidence · Grade 5
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A Box of Shocks
Two Readings, One Evidence-Based Judgment Name ________________________________ Date __________________ Unsafe choices — entering the house / escaping through the window
Parents' evidence for unsafe choices
Helpful intention — trying to help Diggory
Parents' evidence for helpful intention
My qualified judgment
My response to a one-sided interpretation
This student page is part of the frozen standards-first lesson. Complete the evidence shown here; do not substitute a different task to fit a standard.
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