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Grade:
Grade 4
Subject: English Language Arts
Created by:
Damaris Medrano
Lesson Length:
2 hours
Keywords/Tags:
Reading, Vocabulary, Ants, Grasshoppers, Hard Work, Critical thinking
Lesson Description:
he goal of this lesson is to give students the opportunity to use the reading and writing skills they have learned to read the passage and answer questions. Students will have a few minutes to act out this lesson into groups. They will partner up and act out the story about The missing Money. After the class is done with the monologue, we will discuss as a whole class, about the situation that took place in the story. During this lesson, students will learn valuable: reading skills, vocabulary, critical thinking, and reading comprehension skills. They will break into groups of two to complete the vocabulary section, the discussion forum and the essay part. Students can use dictionaries, they can act out the story with their group. This activity will take two days.After this activity, I will select some essay responses and read them out loud to the class. |
Common Core Standards Covered with This Lesson
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.2: Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
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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. |
The Missing Money
Jane had two children to raise. She had to buy clothes and pay the rent. She had a lot of bills. She worked hard to get money to pay all the bills.
Jane was a waitress. She worked every day. Even when she was tired, she went to work. She needed to earn the money.
After people ate, they would pay the cashier. The restaurant got that money. The manager used it to pay the costs. The manager paid the waitresses a salary. That is money that someone earns by doing a job. Jane’s salary was $600 a week.
Jane counted on tips to help her get enough money every week. Customers paid the waitresses extra. That extra money is called a tip. It is a way of thanking the waitress for a good job. Jane did a great job. She was friendly. She was patient. If a customer did not like the food, she would take it back to the kitchen and get them a different meal.
One night, after Jane had served dinner to a family, they left a big tip. She saw it on the table. It was $20. Jane was taking care of another family. She turned to help them at their table. When she turned back, the money was gone. There was no tip.
She looked around the restaurant. She saw that a woman at another table was staring at her. She had not ordered food. She was looking at the menu. Jane went to ask her what food she wanted. She ordered just a sandwich. She ate it. She did not leave a tip. Jane wondered if this woman had taken the $20. She asked the cashier, “Did that woman pay with a $20 bill?” The cashier said, “Yes, she did.” Jane was sure the woman had stolen her money. But she could not prove it.
The next night, the same woman came into the restaurant. She gave Jane $50. She said, “I was so sorry I took your money last night. I had a bad day. Someone stole my wallet. So I was angry. So I took your money. But that was not right. People should help each other. They should share good things. Not bad things. So I want you to take the money.”
Jane said she knew how it feels to need money. And she was sorry the woman lost her money. She said, “I’ll take the $20 but you keep the rest. I know you need it.”
The manager said, “You should have called the police.”
Jane said, “No. We should forgive when someone apologizes and wants to make it right. We should try to help each other.”
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Task 1: Vocabulary Activity (35 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.RL.4.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.2, |
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Task 2: Discussion Activity (30 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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Not to call
Why didn't Jane call the police on the customer who stole her tip?
Sent on: Jun 27, 2018 by: Damaris Medrano |
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Take the money
If Jane knew that was her twenty-dollars, why didn't Jane take the money from the customer that evening?
Sent on: Jun 27, 2018 by: Damaris Medrano |
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Who are you
In the story about the missing money, lets pretend that you are a waitress or waiter just like Jane and someone took your tip. Would you be more like Jane, and not call the police or would you be like the manager, and call the police? Why
Sent on: Jun 27, 2018 by: Damaris Medrano |
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| Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.1, |
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Task 3: Writing Activity (35 points)
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| Instructions: Time to put yourself in Jane's shoes. Write a 2 paragraph essay on Jane's response to her manager at the end of the story. Explain in detail, Do you think Jane's actions were right not to call the police on the customer who took her tip that evening? Would you forgive someone who stole from you? Why or Why not? Include text evidence and try to use vocabulary words from the story in your explanation.
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Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.3, |
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