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Grade: Grade 3
Subject: English Language Arts
Created by:
Samantha Rey
Lesson Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Firefly, Light, Folktale, Lesson
Lesson Description: The goal of this lesson is to have students understand what a folktale is and to find what the folktale or story is really trying to say. By reading and rereading "How the Firefly Got Its Light", students will learn how to identify the text being read and understand the context behind it. This gives the students the opportunity to discuss the text and what they learned from the folktale's lesson. Then, using their writing skills, students have a chance to either explain the purpose of the folktale or to mention what they took away from its lesson.
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Common Core Standards Covered with This Lesson
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.7: Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1b: Provide reasons that support the opinion.
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Lesson Content: Reading
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| Instructions: Please read the following reading passage as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this content. Feel free to print the passage if needed. |
How the Firefly Got Its Light
This is a story based on an old folktale.
This is a story about long ago. There was a little fly. It wanted to be special. The fly was sad. It did not feel special. It looked at the bee and thought it was great. “Look at how big it is. Hear it buzz.” It looked at the butterfly and said, “See how pretty. Look at the colors. Look at the big wings. I am just like all the other flies.”
The fly stayed awake one night. It was worried. It was sad. All the other flies were sleeping. A moth was awake. So was a mouse. They did not notice the fly. It was too small. It was hard to see in the dark.
The fly saw the stars. They were shining. “I want to shine like that. That would be special.”
The moon heard the fly. The moon said, “Little fly. You can help me. If you do, I will help you. I will make you shine.”
“How can I help?”
The moon said, “You can be my friend. I am lonely at night. I come out when it is dark. Most animals are asleep. If you stay awake every night I will help you shine. Then you can be my friend.”
“Yes, yes,” the fly said. So the moon helped it. The moon told the fly the secret. The moon told the fly how to shine.
The next night, the fly stayed awake. It used the secret. It was shining. On, off, it made its body light. It looked like magic.
“Look,” said the mouse. “Look at that fly. How special.” The mouse said, I’d like to shine, too.” His mother said, “NO! That would be dangerous. You know we need to be able to hide.”
The fly was very glad. The fly told the moon, “I will always be your friend. When you come out at night, I will be here. I will shine my light to welcome you.” Then the fly went to sleep. “Finally. Now I have what I need.”
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Task 1: Vocabulary Activity
(40 points)
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| Instructions: Please complete the following vocabulary activity by choosing the correct meaning of each word selected from the passage and use of each word correctly in a sentence. |
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| Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.4, |
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Task 2: Discussion Activity
(40 points)
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| Instructions: This discussion forum will have questions for students to respond. Read the posted questions, and respond to each. Students are responsible for posting one initial and and two peer responses for each topic.
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How does the fly change throughout the story?
How does the fly feel at the beginning of the story? What is he doing in the beginning? Do the fly's emotions change by the end of the tale? How does he feel then? Use specific details from the text.
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How would you handle the situation if you were a fly?
In the beginning of the story, the fly wants something for himself. What does he want? Does that wish come true, and how? Use specific details from the text.
If you were a fly, would you have a wish? Why or why not? If so, what would it be?
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How does the author use the fly to teach us a lesson?
The fly believes he is not special, as seen when the author writes, "There was a little fly. It wanted to be special. The fly was sad. It did not feel special." Do you believe the fly was right about himself? Why or why not? Why do you think the author creates this character the way he did and put him in the story? Use specific details from the text.
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Was the moon a good friend?
In the story, the author writes about the moon and how it will help the fly shine if the fly does something in return for the moon. Is this a good trade? Why or why not? Should the moon have liked the fly for who he was or was it okay that the moon wanted to help him change? If you were the fly's friend, what would you tell him?
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| Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.7, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1b, |
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Task 3: Writing Activity
(20 points)
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| Instructions: For your writing assignment, you are to write 2-3 paragraphs or 250 words minimum on the lesson behind this folktale. What was the author trying to teach us? How did you feel about the fly and its wish to shine? Do you think the fly got everything it wanted? Use specific examples from the text when writing your response.
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| Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.7, |
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