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Creative Writing Using The Riddle of Penncroft Farm by Dorothea Jensen
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Theme: |
Revolutionary War and Creative Writing
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Grades: |
6 - 8
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Subject: |
Reading and Language Arts
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Duration: |
Two 45 minute class sessions
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Standards
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Virginia State Standards of Learning
- The student will read and learn the meanings of unfamiliar words or phrases.
- Identify word origins, deviations and inflections
- Identify analogies and figurative language
- Use context and sentence structure to determine meanings and differentiate among multiple meanings of words
- Use word reference materials
- The student will write narratives, descriptions and explanations.
- Use a variety of planning strategies to generate and organize ideas
- Establish central idea, organization, elaboration and unity
- Select vocabulary and information to enhance the central idea, tone and voice
- Expand and embed ideas by using modifiers, standard coordination and subordination in complete sentences
- Revise writing for clarity
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Identify the meaning of any unfamiliar words using context clues and confirm with a dictionary
- Retell a story of being bamboozled, provided with a definition from the book The Riddle of Penncroft Farm
- Make predictions about The Riddle of Penncroft Farm using a word splash
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