Ready-to-teach lesson
Character Development
Mighty Muskrats: The Case of the Windy Lake - Grade 5 - Short lesson
TIME
OBJECTIVE
PRODUCT
10 minutes Describe how Denice's resolve develops from her initial complaint A before-and-after to her later declaration. character-development statement supported by evidence.
Essential question: How does Denice's resolve develop from her complaint about the company to her declaration after the vision quest?
- Materials
- Text to mark
- • The book
- • Passage 4 - Write the before-and-after statement.
- Prepared passages: Passage 4, Passage 14, Passage 15
- Student response materials
Lesson sequence
1 Start with the character - 2 min Identify the two moments.
Prepared text:
Passages 4, 15
- Passage 14 - Write the before-and-after statement.
- Passage 15 - Write the before-and-after statement.
2 Compare the evidence - 5 min Compare Denice's initial concern and later declaration.
- Prepared text:
- Passages 4, 14, 15 3 Make the student product - 3 min Write the before-and-after statement.
- Prepared text:
- Passages 4, 14, 15
Teacher key
Denice begins by opposing the company's conduct and later declares that she is just getting started and will continue the fight.
Support & extension
Above: Explain how Grandpa's advice connects Denice's learning to her continued commitment.
Assessment
- States Denice's initial concern.
- States her later declaration.
- Avoids assigning unsupported meaning to ambiguous pronouns.
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