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A Lesson on My Painting Grade: Grade 4
Subject: English Language Arts
Created by: Aysiah Pagan
Lesson Length: 2 hours
Keywords/Tags: A Lesson on My Painting, Reading, Writing
Lesson Description: The goal for this lesson is for the students to learn reading skills, vocabulary, and critical thinking. The students will use context clues from the text to answer vocabulary questions and answer reading questions from recalling the story. The students will also increase their writing skills by providing in depth ideas that relate to the story.
Common Core Standards Covered with This Lesson
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.4.4a: Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.1a: Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.1b: Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.3b: Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.3d: Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
 
     
     
 
Lesson Content: Reading
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.

My Painting

I wanted to show people how I felt about my new country. My family had moved here 5 years ago when I was just 7 years old. When we came I did not know any English. Everything was new and I was surprised every day. I had lived in a remote village far from the city. Now I was living in a city where there were so many people. 

We would take the elevated train downtown. There we saw buildings that noted architects had designed. These architects were so famous that people all over the world knew their names. But I had never heard of them before. I looked up and was astonished at how high the buildings were. 

I went to a school that was bigger than my whole village. More than 1,000 students go to the school. I remember my first day. The principal was friendly. So was the teacher. But I was mystified. I could not understand what the teacher and students were saying. Then another student came up to me during lunch. She said hello in Russian. I was so glad. 

The teacher asked her to sit next to me for the rest of the school year and help me understand what they were saying. She was my official translator. But I wanted to learn English. So every day after school we would go to my home. She would help me learn English. To reciprocate, my mother would cook her family dinner. Once a week they would come to dinner. We would try hard to learn English, so instead of Russian everyone would talk in English. 

Now I have learned English, and I have learned a lot about the United States. I will put some symbols in my painting that show how I feel about this land. It is a land of helpful people. It is a land of many heritages. It is a land of collaboration. People here work together to help each other make progress. I'm thinking of putting a flag on the background and then putting people holding hands in the foreground. I'll make a sketch first and then 
will paint it. 

Making a painting is a lot like writing an essay. First you think of the idea you want to express. Then you think of ways to communicate that idea. I think my painting will be a great way to tell people how I feel about my new homeland. 
 
     
     
 
Task 1: Vocabulary Activity (40 points)
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.
Vocabulary Questions
Word/Phrase: There we saw buildings that noted architects had designed. | Tier: 2 | Points: 10
Q1 The author in our story writes, "There we saw buildings that noted architects had designed." What does 'noted' mean in this sentence?
A. Mention
B. Famous *
C. Unknown
D. Scribble
Which one of the sentences below uses the word "noted" correctly?
A. The singer noted his autograph on his albums.
B. The teacher noted how many students showed up to class.
C. The student noted her name at the top of the paper.
D. The noted movie sold out opening night. *
Word/Phrase: We would take the elevated train downtown. | Tier: 2 | Points: 10
Q2 The author writes, "We would take the elevated train downtown." What does "elevated" mean in this sentence?
A. Raised *
B. Exalted
C. Lowered
D. Fine
Which sentence below uses the word "elevated" correctly?
A. The ground was elevated due to the earthquake. *
B. The track runner elevated to the ground when she jumped over the obstacles.
C. The money elevated on the floor when it fell out of the little boy's pocket.
D. The lady waited for the elevated doors in the hotel lobby.
Word/Phrase: To reciprocate, my mother would cook her family dinner. | Tier: 3 | Points: 10
Q3 The author includes the word "reciprocate" in the story. "To reciprocate, my mother would cook her family dinner." What does it mean in this sentence?
A. To make equal
B. To give back in return of something that was given *
C. To receive reward
D. To forgive
Which one of the sentences below uses the word "reciprocate" correctly?"
A. Let him know that you appreciate his time and would like to reciprocate the kindness. *
B. He used water to reciprocate the dry land.
C. She reciprocated me into doing all of her homework.
D. One dollar is the reciprocate of four quarters.
Word/Phrase: It is a land of collaboration. | Tier: 3 | Points: 10
Q4 "It is a land of collaboration." This phrase is written in the story above. What does the word "collaboration" mean?
A. Uniting forces
B. To crush together
C. To be friendly
D. Two or more people working together to complete a task *
Which sentence below uses the word "Collaboration" correctly?
A. The student needed more collaboration on a problem from his homework.
B. The young lady was in collaboration over how pretty the town looked
C. The two teachers are working in close collaboration together *
D. The theater was so small that the people sat in collaboration with each other.
Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.4.4a,
 
     
     
 
Task 2: Discussion Activity (30 points)
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.
  Topic Title Replies
Message Why does the character feel mystified?
The character stated, "But I was mystified. I could not understand what the teacher and students were saying." Describe how you would feel if you were unable to speak the same language as everyone else in a new school. 
Sent on: Feb 21, 2022 by: Aysiah Pagan		 0
Message Why is this a good way to learn?
The character's translator would come over after school to help teach english. It states, "..so instead of Russian, everyone would speak English." What about speaking English at home, instead of Russian, helped the character learn better? 
Sent on: Feb 21, 2022 by: Aysiah Pagan		 0
Message In what ways did people help others in the story?
At the end of the story, the character says, "People here work together to help each other make progess." Including details from the story, in what ways did the story show people working together? 
Sent on: Feb 21, 2022 by: Aysiah Pagan		 0
Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.1b, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.3b, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.3d,
 
     
     
 
Task 3: Writing Activity (30 points)
Instructions: For this writing assignment, imagine that you are the translator for a new student. Describe ways, in 200 or more words, in how you can help the new student learn English other than the ways that you have learned in the story. Make sure to provide specific examples on how you can help teach. 
Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.1a, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.1b,
 
     

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