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Mid-Unit Assessment: Evaluating a Novel Versus a Script Lesson PlanMid-Unit Assessment: Evaluating a Novel Versus a Script Lesson Plan
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EngageNY
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5th
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45 mins
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Year
2014
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Mid-Unit Assessment: Evaluating a Novel Versus a Script

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  • Full Grade 5 ELA Module 1 (.pdf)
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  • Full Grade 5 ELA Module 1 Updates: June 2015 (.pdf)
  • Full Grade 5 ELA Module 1, Unit 3 (.pdf)
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How are novels and scripts alike and different? As part of the mid-unit assessment, scholars complete a Venn diagram to compare two types of writing: a novel and a script. Next, they respond to short-answer questions, evaluating passages from the novel Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan and a readers theater script based on the same text. 

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Concepts

compare and contrast texts, fictional narratives, venn diagrams, esperanza rising, reader's theater

Instructional Ideas

  • Review the Universal Declaration of Human Rights prior to the assessment 

Classroom Considerations

  • Lesson four from the consecutive 12-part Grade 5 ELA Module 1, Unit 3 series
  • Make student notes and anchor charts from previous lessons available for the mid-unit assessment 

Pros

  • Offers strategies for meeting learners' needs
  • Includes sample responses for teacher reference

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.5.4 RL.5.5 RL.5.6 RL.5.9

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