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TUMBLETA | GRADE 4 ELA | REGIONAL STANDARDS EDITION
Minnesota
2020 Minnesota K–12 Academic Standards in English Language Arts
LESSON
What Fogg's Actions Reveal
Around the World in 80 Days
TEACHES
4.1.4.3
Describe a literary element in detail, drawing on specific details from literary text.
WHY THIS EARNS THE STANDARD
Students describe a character in depth using an opening description and later actions as evidence.
The canonical lesson that follows is unchanged. This cover is an additive curriculum-placement layer.
TumbleTA | Tumbleweed Press Inc. | Corrected build 2026-09-09 TUMBLETA | GRADE 4 ELA | STANDALONE SKILL LESSON
What Fogg's Actions Reveal
Around the World in 80 Days
20 minutes
OBJECTIVE
Explain how later actions add to an early description of Fogg's character.
STUDENT PRODUCT
A character statement using one early description and one later action.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How do Fogg's actions reveal qualities that are not obvious in the opening description?
TEXT FOCUS
Fogg's reserve contrasted with later generosity and loyalty.
LESSON SEQUENCE
- 1.Early description | 3 min Record one detail showing Fogg as quiet, reserved, or mysterious.
- 2.Later action | 5 min Choose one action showing generosity or loyalty.
- 3.Name the added quality | 4 min State what the action reveals.
- 4.Explain the contrast | 6 min Write how the later action deepens the early description.
- 5.Check | 2 min Use both description and action.
TEACHER KEY / EXPECTED THINKING
Fogg is introduced as reserved and mysterious, while later choices reveal generosity and loyalty, so the reader learns his character mainly through what he does.
LOOK FOR
- Uses one early detail.
- Uses one later action.
- Explains how the later evidence deepens characterization.
TumbleTA | Grade 4 ELA | Canonical standalone skill lesson
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