“Narcissus” Myth Bundle

4th, 5th Grade • Lesson Plan Bundle

$6.00

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Quick Facts

Subject: ELA, Literary, Myth

Type: Lesson Plan Bundle

Skills:

Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice
Ask and answer text dependent questions in order synthesize, summarize and infer the purpose of the myth
Create a graphic novel to demonstrate their understanding of the moral/lesson
Write a brief summary to demonstrate their understanding

Materials Needed:

Blank & lined pieces of paper
Pencil & crayons/colored pencils
Document camera or whiteboard

Printable Resources: Required:

student copies of the the myth, "Narcissus" (1 per student)

Optional:

"Exit Slips" as assessment component (1 per student)

CCSS: RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.4 & RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.3, RL.5.4

File Type: PDF Document

Lesson Plan Description

Teaching students to read with meaning and not “bark” at print can be challenging! In this 4 lesson bundle (30-60 minutes each) using the myth, “Narcissus” your multilingual learners experience supported and guided collaborative conversations using sentence frames in order to demonstrate their understanding of this complex text. They will:

Segment 1: Synthesize a myth to discover key details, analyze character and find a central message.
Segment 2: Determine the main events of a myth using sequential words as a guide and create a graphic novel to show their understanding of main events and sequential order
Segment 3: Identify and defend the lesson or moral of the myth using text supports as well as the words or phrases that help with visualize the myth
Segment 4: Write a summary identifying the key details

These lessons can be taught over the span of a half day or you can use the lessons independently, broken up over several days.