1. Week Six, Day Four: Novel Unit: The Tale of Despereaux
Fourth Grade ELA
Week Six, Day Four:
Novel Unit: The Tale of Despereaux
This session will be recorded for learning purposes.  Learning purposes include: a lesson review for students who are absent, students who want to review for a test, etc. and will be distributed for learning purposes.

2. Daily Review RL 4.3 Character Analysis
Ask students to complete in BO rooms

3. Phonics RF 4.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Objective: Identify prefixes and suffixes and their meanings.
Intro each prefix and ask students to brainstorm words containing these prefixes in the chat

4. Vocabulary egregious = outrageously bad; shocking
dungeon = an underground prison in a castle
renounce = to give up or swear off
repent = to express sincere regret, remorse, or sorrow
ominous = giving a sign of future evil or trouble
Ask students to read definitions on mic and discuss meanings WG

5. Vocabulary
Review the word “repent”; ask students to use their whiteboard tools to respond

6. Teacher Read Aloud
Do you think Despereaux will get his “happily ever after”? Why or why not? (RL 4.1)

7. Teacher Read Aloud

8. Teacher Read Aloud

9. Teacher Read Aloud

10. Teacher Read Aloud
How is Despereaux feeling right now? What evidence can you find in text to support your answer? (RL 4.3)

11. Teacher Read Aloud

12. Teacher Read Aloud
Do you think Despereaux had good reasons for breaking the sacted mouse rules? (RL 4.1)

13. Teacher Read Aloud

14. Teacher Read Aloud
Was Despereaux right to not repent? What would you have done? (RL 4.1)

15. What do you think? Is there a such thing as “happily ever after?”
Buddy Read
What do you think? Is there a such thing as “happily ever after?”

16. Buddy Read

17. Buddy Read

18. Buddy Read
What do you think will happen next? (RL 4.1)

19. Responding to Text: When is it okay to break the rules?

20. Responding to Text: When is it okay to break the rules?

21. Closure
How would you describe the threadmaster? Why would he help Despereaux? (RL 4.3)
Review with students

22. Homework
Discussion board?