Sample ELA Lesson: Goldilocks, or The Three Bears Grade 4 RL 4.3 Adobe Connect Project Gutenberg LearnZillion
Tools: Virtual Classroom: Adobe Connect Text: Goldilocks, or The Three Bears From: Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades by Florence Holbrook, 1911 Project Gutenberg Video resource: LZ1975 Describe a character's personality using details from the text LearnZillion
Pre-Lesson Independent Task: Read short drama, Little Red Riding Hood Differentiation option: Watch read-aloud video of text Watch video: LZ1975 Describe a character's personality using details from the text
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Follow-Up Activity Ideas: Write a one-paragraph description of Goldilocks, RL 4.1, 4.3 Repeat activity with a different character: Dollie, RL 4.3 Compare and contrast Goldilocks and Dollie , RL 5.3 Message board response: Add a Page, W4.3 Imagine you are the author of Goldilocks. Add a page to the text dramatizing what happens after Goldilocks runs out of the Bears’ house. Think about her personality as you write. Post your page. Comment on at least two classmates’ pages.
Next Steps: View videos: LZ2003 Draw inferences about what a character is thinking by examining dialogue Practice steps together in virtual classroom using Goldilocks LZ2011 Explain how a playwright tells a story by examining structural elements of a drama LZ2075 Describe how a playwright builds suspense through setting, stage directions, and dialogue LZ2133 Determine the theme of a drama
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