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Catching the Sun: Tales from Asia Lesson PlanCatching the Sun: Tales from Asia Lesson Plan
Publisher
Pearson
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3rd - 6th
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English Language Arts
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Duration
4 days
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2007
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Catching the Sun: Tales from Asia

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Explore the folklore of Asia and the South Pacific with this language arts lesson plan series. Complementing a reading of Catching the Sun: Tales from Asia by Jan M. Mike, this resource supports learners with understanding cause and effect relationships and identifying the moral or theme in each of the book's four stories. Include this set of lessons in a unit on folktales, providing students exposure to stories from a variety of different cultures around the world.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

sensory language, imagery, figurative language, literary themes, literary elements, creation myths, myths, mythology, fables, fairy tales, folktales, morals

Additional Tags

myth, moral, theme, folk tale, fable, fairy tale, pourquoi tale, creation myth, sensory detail, sensory word, Synonym, visualization, cause and effect, descriptive language, english language arts

Pros

  • A list of vocabulary words is provided for each story
  • Graphic organizer supports learners with identifying cause and effect relationships
  • Offers vocabulary and writing activities to extend the lesson series

Cons

  • Requires a copy of the children's book Catching the Sun: Tales from Asia by Jan M. Mike
  • An additionial worksheet or graphic organizer is required to support students with writing about the moral or theme of each story

Common Core

RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.3.3 RL.3.4 RL.4.1 RL.4.2 RL.4.3 RL.4.4 RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.5.4 W.3.1.a W.3.2.a W.3.10 W.4.1.a W.4.2.a W.4.10 W.5.1.a W.5.2.a W.5.10 RL.6.1 RL.6.2 RL.6.3 RL.6.4 W.6.1.a W.6.2.a W.6.10

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