Description
Teachers! This lesson is designed for students in Grade 4 who are reading Kitoto the Mighty, but can easily be adapted to another grade and/or another text. This is a model to show you how to activate background knowledge, build new knowledge, and connect oral to written language.
It is meant to take place over the course of approximately 45-50 minutes (1 period) of instruction, but can be extended into a double period or longer.
Content Objective: I can identify features of the savannah as the setting of the story, and explain what a folktale is.
Language Objective: I can use academic vocabulary to identify and describe the setting and other elements of the story.
Standards:
- 4R3: In literary texts, describe a character, setting, or event, drawing on specific details in the text. (RL)
Teachers! Please adjust the photos and sentence frames to reflect YOUR classroom and content! Make this lesson your own!