Unit 4: Tall Tales

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Unit 4 Tall Tales

• Los cuentos de exageración
• Las leyendas

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Basic Texts

• Read-Aloud (Morning Menu)
• American Tall Tales Mary Pope Osborne
• Cut From the Same Cloth American Women of Myth
  Legend and Tall Tale by Robert D. San Souci

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Basic Texts

• Instructional
• Steamboat Annie and the Thousand-Pound Catfish by
  Catherine Wright or Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs
• Teaching Tall Tales by Tracey West
• Davy Crockett
• Annie Christmas
• Old Stormalong
• Paul Bunyan

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Basic Texts

• Small-group Sets (instructional partner
  independent)
• John Henry by Julius Lester
• Mike Fink by Steven Kellogg
• Paul Bunyan by Steven Kellogg
• Pecos Bill by Steven Kellogg
• Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett by
  Steven Kellogg

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Basic Texts

• Other Titles
• Hairy Scary Ordinary What Is an Adjective by
  Brian P. Cleary
• Many Luscious Lollipops A Book About Adjectives
  by Ruth Heller
• The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky

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Basic Texts

• Additional Resources
• Scott Foresman Social Studies Communities
• Houghton Mifflin English
• Houghton Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary
• Daily Oral Language PLUS

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Basic TextsSpanish Titles

• Read-Aloud (Morning Menu)
• La mujer que brillabe aun más que el sol by
  Rosalma Zubizarreta
• La historia de Johnny Appleseed by Aliki
• El chaparrón torrencial by Joyce Rossi
• Platero by Juan Ramón Jiménez (B25)
• La mariposa by Federico García Lorca (4.4)
• Alegría by Juan Ramón Jiménez (B26)

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Basic TextsSpanish Titles

• Instructional
• Davy Crockett (B24)
• El viejo Stormalong (B27)
• Paul Bunyan (B28)

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Basic TextsSpanish Titles

• Small-group Sets (instructional partner
  independent)
• El secreto de la Llama by Argentina Palacios
• La leyenda de la flow El conejo by Tomie
  dePaola
• La leyenda de la flor de noche-buena by Tomie
  dePaola
• La leyenda del pincel indio by Tomie dePaola
• La leyenda de Mexicatl by Jo Harper

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Basic TextsSpanish Titles

• Additional Resources
• Scott Foresman Lectura 3.1
• Scott Foresman Estudios Sociales Comunidades
• Houghton Mifflin Lenguaje
• Lenguaje oral diario

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Instructional BasicsReading

• Narrative text structure/elements tall tales
• Vocabulary synonyms and antonyms word
  identification and meaning
• Visualization
• Sequence (time line)
• Main idea
• Summarization

Spanish Correlation
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Instructional BasicsWriting

• Narrative composition tall tale
• Writing process
• Adjectives
• Comparing with adjectives
• Portfolio conference

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Instructional BasicsMorning Menu (TR1)

• Daily Oral Language Plus Week 8
• Edit
• Imitate
• Spelling
• Unit 23 Changing final y to i
• Unit 20 Homophones
• Read-aloud selections

Spanish Correlation
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Instructional Basics ESL Instruction

• Building concept/vocabulary development
• Visuals
• ESL modifications to meet students needs

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Looking at the LessonsLesson 1

• Narrative text structure/elements (B2)
• Characteristics of tall tales
• Larger-than-life characters (B3B4)
• Exaggeration
• Language of the people or folk
• Resolve problem in humorous way

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Looking at the LessonsLesson 2

• Visualization (A3)
• Background knowledge
• Vocabulary
• Reading response
• Closure book selection (B8)

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Looking at the LessonsLesson 3

• Synonyms and antonyms (B9)
• Extreme Vocabulary project (B10B21)
• Word identification My Words
• Reading Block (partner reading)
• Prewriting Heroes

Spanish Correlation
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Looking at the LessonsLesson 4

• Story vocabulary
• Fluency Read Around (A6)
• Adjectives
• Prewriting Developing a character
• Reading Block (independent reading/writing)

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Looking at the LessonsLesson 5

• Main idea and summary (B13)
• Comparing with adjectives -er and est
• Prewriting Conflict and possible events

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Looking at the LessonsLesson 6

• Summarization
• Writing and completing
• Selecting the best one
• Comparing with adjectives more and most (B14)
• Drafting
• Tall tale frame (TR3)

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Looking at the LessonsLesson 7

• Selecting the best summary
• Sequence time line
• Revising

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Looking at the LessonsLesson 8

• Portfolios (A8B15)
• Selecting pieces
• Conference
• Revising with a peer

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Looking at the LessonsLesson 9

• Adjectives/articles a an the
• Proofreading (B16)
• Reading/Writing Block
• Partner reading/time line
• Conferences

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Looking at the LessonsLesson 10

• Test-taking skills
• TAKS Moment (B17)
• Think-aloud
• Publishing
• Fluent expressive reading

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Looking at the LessonsLesson 11

• Publishing fluent expressive reading
• Notes to the Author

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Looking at the LessonsLesson 12

• Publishing fluent expressive reading
• Notes to the Author
• Unit test (B22)

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Assessment Opportunities

• Practice activities
• Student-written tall tale (B18)
• Vocabulary project (B21)
• Time line (B20)
• Spelling quizzes
• Unit test (A9B22)
• Portfolio conference (A8B15)