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Grade 3

• Language

  • 3.L.1
  • 3.L.1.a
  • 3.L.1.b
  • 3.L.1.f
  • 3.L.1.h
  • 3.L.1.i
  • 3.L.2
  • 3.L.2.c
  • 3.L.2.d
  • 3.L.4
  • 3.L.4.b
  • 3.L.4.d
  • 3.L.5
  • 3.L.5.c
  • 3.L.6

• • 3.RF.4.b

• Reading: Informational

  • 3.RI.8

• Reading: Literature

  • 3.RL.1
  • 3.RL.2
  • 3.RL.3
  • 3.RL.4
  • 3.RL.5
  • 3.RL.6

• Speaking & Listening

  • 3.SL.1
  • 3.SL.1.c
  • 3.SL.4
  • 3.SL.5

• Writing

  • 3.W.1.c
  • 3.W.2.a
  • 3.W.2.c
  • 3.W.3
  • 3.W.3.a
  • 3.W.3.b
  • 3.W.4
  • 3.W.5
  • 3.W.7
  • 3.W.10

CCSS ELA Standard: 3.RL.3

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  Virtue or Vice?

  Aristotle noted that positive traits and negative traits are often the same thing, but just in different amounts. The right amount is a virtue, but too much or too little and it's a vice.

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  The Resiliency Tournament

  Your students will set up a tournament to determine which person or character best demonstrated resiliency.

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  Analyze Character Change with Depth and Complexity

  Your students will use Depth and Complexity to note how a character's main trait changes across a story.

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  Introduce Symbolism with Pixel Art

  Students will develop a pixelated icon that symbolizes a character’s main trait.

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  Characters’ Talents and The Multiple Intelligences

  Dig into characters by analyzing their various talents using Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. This connects perfectly with social-emotional needs as students look at their own strengths and abilities.

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  Literary Technique: Juxtaposition

  Juxtaposition is a powerful literary tool to use for analysis as well as creation. Students will learn to see juxtaposition in existing stories, and develop juxtaposed characters in their own writing.

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  Analyze Characters Using Philosophy

  Students will define a character or historical figure's philosophy and apply it as a tool to analyze other people or characters.

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  Levels of Moral Development

  Dr. Kohlberg’s six levels of morality make a complex topic understandable. We’ll explore how to address social-emotional needs and also use these levels for character analysis.