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Grade: Grade 4
Subject: English Language Arts
Created by:
Ashley Dennison
Lesson Length: 2 hours
Keywords/Tags: Reading, writing, the quarterback, lesson, teamwork
Lesson Description: The goal of this lesson is to give students the opportunity to use the reading and writing habits they've been practicing on a regular basis to absorb lessons from José's interactions and experiences. By reading and rereading the passage closely, and focusing their reading through a series of questions and discussion about the text, students will identify how and why José learned the importance of teamwork. When combined with writing about the passage, students will discover how much they learn from memoir.
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Common Core Standards Covered with This Lesson
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.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.4.3: Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.4a: Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
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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 Quarterback
José was a quarterback at his old school. The team had won 8 of its 10 last games. He knew how to play very well. He had to transfer to a new school this year because his family had moved to the other side of the city.
When he got to school the first day, he went to see the football coach. He said, “I want to be quarterback.”
“You’re late,” the coach replied. “We had tryouts last spring. We already have a quarterback. We even have a backup. So you can come to practice, but we don’t have a place for you on the team.”
José was discouraged. He told his stepfather that he wanted to go back to his old school. But his stepfather said that they could not move back there because his new job was on this side of the city. “Your mother’s family is near here, too, and we need to go to help them sometimes now that your grandmother is sick.”
José had not made any friends, and he sat alone in his room. He would text his old friends at his old school, and they would text back with news. But that just made him more unhappy.
Then he went to the first practice. The coach said, “José, help with the warm‐up. Let’s see what you can do.”
José played with the team, practicing, just throwing passes at first. Then the coach put him into some plays. Meanwhile, José was watching Mason, the quarterback. “He’s not that good,” he said. “I could do better.” But he knew he was wrong. Mason could throw the ball farther, faster, and more accurately.
Then Mason turned to him. “Let’s give José a chance.” So José did take the quarterback role for one play. As they played, he realized that it wasn’t the quarterback who made the play work. It was the whole team. The team took the ball he passed and made a touchdown. All he had done was make the first pass.
After the practice, he went to the coach. He told him that he would be proud to be able to help the team. He said that he did not expect to be on the team but wanted to be with them. “I just love football,” he said. “I didn’t realize until today that I just want to be part of the game.”
The coach asked him to be part of their practices from then on. “Next year, José, we will have a position for you.”
By the end of the season, José had many friends. One of his best friends was Mason.
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Task 1: Vocabulary Activity
(20 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.L.4.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.4a, |
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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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Why was José discouraged?
The author of our story says, "José was discouraged." Why was José discouraged?
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Why did José say the quarterback was not that good?
While José was watching Mason play he said that Mason was not that good and that he could do better. Then the author in our story tells us, "But he knew he was wrong. Mason could throw the ball farther, faster, and more accurately." If José knew that he was wrong, why did Mason say that the quarterback was not good?
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Why did José's old friends make him more unhappy?
The author in our story says, "José had not made any friends, and he sat alone in his room. He would text his old friends at his old school, and they would text back with news. But that just made him more unhappy." Why would his friends texting him news make him more unhappy?
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How do you think José had so many friends by the end of the season?
The author in our story says, "By the end of the season, José had many friends. One of his best friends was Mason." How do you think José made so many friends? Why do you think Mason is one of his best friends?
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| Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.3, |
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Task 3: Writing Activity
(40 points)
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| Instructions: For your writing assignment, in 4-5 sentences, explain the lesson that Jose learned. Submit your assignment in the box below.
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| Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.2, |
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