While cleaning the schoolyard, Louis accepts a package for Mrs. Jewls. It is very large and heavy, but he carries it up 30 flights of stairs because he likes Mrs. Jewls and her students, and he thinks the package might be important. When Louis finally gives Mrs. Jewls the package, she does something surprising with what’s inside in order to teach a lesson about gravity. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys, 2011)
This lesson was created as part of the Basal Alignment Project, during which teachers created CCSS-aligned lessons for existing literary and information texts in basal readers. All page numbers and unit/week designations found in this lesson relate to the edition of the basal reader named above. If you are using a trade book or different edition of this title, the page/unit/week references in this lesson will not match. Consult the content referenced in the body of the lesson to determine appropriate page numbers for your text.
4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
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3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
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1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
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4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
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4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
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1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
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2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
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2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
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2. Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
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6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation.
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1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
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2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
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