we will describe 1 events in a story

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CCSS 4th Grade Reading Literature 3.3Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on

specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions). Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.

We will describe1 events in a story.

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What does describe mean?Describe means ___________.

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Students, in Cinderella there are multiple things that happened at the ball or dance. Stories usually have multiple things that happen. These multiple things are called events. Now, we will describe or tell about events in a story. ++++++++++++

Students, in Cinderella there are multiple things that happened at the ball or dance. Stories usually have multiple things that happen. These multiple things are called events. Now, we will describe or tell about events in a story. ++++++++++++

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Learning Objective

Activate Prior Knowledge

Activate Prior Knowledge

What happened at the ball or dance in the Cinderella story? (whiteboards)

1. Cinderella lost a glass slipper when leaving the ball.

2. Cinderella danced with the prince. 3. Cinderella cleaned the curtains.

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CCSS 4th Grade Reading Literature 3.3Describe events in a story.

Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.

Which is an example of a specific detail that describes an event? How do you know?

A.The little crab tried to jump in order to walk faster, but it made him tired.B.The little crab was sad. In your own words, how do you describe events? To describe events ________________.

Which is an example of a specific detail that describes an event? How do you know?

A.The little crab tried to jump in order to walk faster, but it made him tired.B.The little crab was sad. In your own words, how do you describe events? To describe events ________________.

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2 key (synonym)3 slow walk

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Concept DevelopmentConcept Development

Events are what happens in a story. To describe events, follow what happens to a character throughout the story. • Use specific2 details to describe an event.

Describe Events

Describe events: What happened to the little crab?

Little crab walked too slow for a crab. He tried different things to walk faster, but failed every time. Finally, he asked for help.

The Slow Crab 1. One day, big crab and little crab went for a stroll3 on the sand. 2. Little crab noticed he walked a lot slower than big crab. 3. Little crab knew crabs do not walk slowly. 4. This upset the little crab. 5. So, Little crab tried different ways to walk faster. 6. The little crab tried to move faster by walking straight, but failed every time. 7. Then, the little crab decided to run but he kept falling down. 8. Next, the little crab tried to jump in order to move fast, but that made him tired. 9. The little crab was sad. 10. Finally, little crab asked the big crab for help. 11. “To move fast, you must move side to side,” said the big crab.

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Not describing events: This upset the little crab.




How did I/you identify specific details that answer the question? How did I/you describe the event?


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4 find (synonym)5 tell something in your own words 6 small rocks

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Describe events in a story.1 Read the question and story.

Identify4 specific details that answer the question. (underline) Hint: Follow what happens to the character throughout the story. Describe the event. (write) Hint: Summarize5 the specific details.

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Skill Development/Guided Practice

Skill Development/Guided Practice

Describe events: How did Crow get water?

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Events are what happens in a story. To describe events, follow what happens to a character throughout the story.

The Thirsty Crow 1. Crow was looking for water. 2. She found a pitcher with water. 3. Crow put her beak in the pitcher, but she couldn’t reach the water. 4. Crow got angry! 5. There was the water. 6. How could she get to it? 7. Crow tried to tip the pitcher over, but the pitcher was too heavy. 8. Then, Crow threw a rock at the pitcher and it landed in the pitcher. 9. That gave Crow an idea. 10. She began dropping pebbles6 into the pitcher. 11. With each pebble she dropped in, the water rose higher until it was high enough for Crow to sip. 94 words

ApplicationWhat words in the text describe why crow got angry?A Crow found a pitcher of water. B The pitcher was heavy. C Crow was looking for water. D Crow couldn’t reach the water with her beak.




Skill Development/Guided Practice (continued)

Skill Development/Guided Practice (continued)

Describe events: What happened to Tino?

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Green Hair 1. One morning, Tino was getting ready for school. 2. Suddenly, he looked in the mirror and screamed. 3. Tino noticed his hair was green. 4. He used his sister’s shampoo. 5. “How could this have happened?” he said to himself. 6. “I can’t go to school looking like this!” 7. So, Tino rewashed his hair, but that didn’t work. 8. Tino decided to act sick, so he wouldn’t have to go to school with green hair. 9. But his mother knew he was not sick. 10. Tino started to panic7, but then he saw a green hat next to his bed. 11. Suddenly, Tino had an idea. 12. He grabbed the green hat and put it on. 13. “I’ll wear a green hat. 14. That way no one will notice my green hair.”

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Identify specific details that answer the question. (underline) Hint: Follow what happens to the character throughout the story. Describe the event. (write) Hint: Summarize the specific details.

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ApplicationWhat words in the text describe why Tino’s hair turned green?A He looked in the mirror and screamed. B He used his sister’s shampoo. C He acted sick. D He was getting ready for school.




Describe events in a story will help you tell people what your’re reading.

Describing events in a story will help you do well on tests.

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Does anyone else have another reason why it is relevant to describe events in a story? (Pair-Share) Why is it relevant to describe events in a story? You may give one of my reasons or one of your own. Which reason is more relevant to you? Why?

Does anyone else have another reason why it is relevant to describe events in a story? (Pair-Share) Why is it relevant to describe events in a story? You may give one of my reasons or one of your own. Which reason is more relevant to you? Why?

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Sample Test Question:

1. Read this passage from Alice in Wonderland.

Which specific detail shows why Alice ran after the White Rabbit? A Alice wanted to ask the White Rabbit the time. B Alice had never met or seen a talking, White Rabbit. C Alice got to her feet and ran after the White Rabbit. D Alice was tired and bored.

Alice was tired and bored. She began to yawn, when suddenly a White Rabbit ran by. There was nothing remarkable in that; until she heard the Rabbit say to itself “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!” Then, the Rabbit took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on. Alice was surprised! Alice got to her feet and ran after the White Rabbit. She had never seen a white, talking rabbit. Adapted from Chapter 1







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What did you learn today about describing events in a story?(Pair-Share) Use words from the word bank.

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Describe events: What happened to Gloria?

How does Gloria asking Mr. Tide for help lead to the ending event of the story? Explain your answer. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Bike Fair 1. Gloria is going to enter her bike into the fair. 2. She began decorating her bike with ribbons and balloons. 3. Gloria got her bike out, but something was wrong. 4. The tire was flat! 5. She tried to add air to the tire, but that didn’t work. 6. Gloria was sad. 7. Then, Gloria, saw Mr. Tide and decided to ask him for help. 8. “Would you please help me?” asked Gloria. 9. Mr. Tide took off the flat tire, patched up the hole, and added air. 10. Gloria gave Mr. Tide a big hug for fixing her bike. 11. Gloria rode off to the bike fair. 98 words


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Application What words in the text describe why Gloria was sad?A She entered her bike in the fair. B She was decorating her bike. C The tire was flat. D She tried to add air to the tire.






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Independent Practice

Describe events: How did Alice get small?

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Alice in Wonderland adapted from Chapter 1

1. Finally, Alice hit the bottom of the rabbit’s hole. 2. She got up and saw a table with a key and a small passage1. 3. The key was for the tiny door at the end of the passage. 4. Past the door was a lovely garden. 5. Alice thought the garden was beautiful and wanted to go in. 6. She tried to go in but she was too big; “and even if my head would go through,” thought Alice, “it would be of very little use without my shoulders.” 7. So she went back to the table, hoping she might find another key. 8. However, she found a little bottle that read “DRINK ME”. 9. “Drink me,” but the wise Alice was not going to do that in a hurry. 10. “No, I’ll look first to make sure it is not poison,” she said. 11. However, the bottle was not “poison,” so Alice drank it all. 12. “What a curious2 feeling!” said Alice. 13. She shrank to ten inches high. 14. Alice was so happy to be tiny that she sprinted3 to the tiny door. 172 words


1 long narrow hallway 2 strange or odd 3 ran really fast

1 long narrow hallway 2 strange or odd 3 ran really fast


Application What words in the text describe why Alice wanted to go in the garden? A She hit the bottom of the hole. B The key was for a tiny door.

C The garden was beautiful. D She found a bottle.




Independent Practice (continued)

Independent Practice (continued)

Describe events: What happened to make Alice upset?

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Alice in Wonderland adapted from Chapter 1

1. Alice sprinted to the tiny door. 2. Suddenly, she realized she couldn’t open it! 3. She had forgotten the little golden key, and when she went back to the table for it, she found she could not possibly reach it. 4. She could see it quite plainly through the glass, and she tried her best to climb up one of the legs of the table, but it was too slippery. 5. Finally, she had tired herself out with trying; the poor little thing sat down and cried and cried, dropping tears on the floor.

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Application What words in the text describe why Alice cried? A She forgot the key. B She couldn’t open the door.

C She tried to climb the table leg. D She dropped tears on the floor.




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NamePeriodic Review 1

Periodic Review 1


Describe events: What happened to the Queen?

The King was locked in the tower. Write three specific details from the text that describe this event.

The Nice Queen 1. Once upon a time, there was a Queen who ruled a small kingdom in the country with her husband, the King. 2. The King was a greedy ruler. 3. However, the Queen was very giving and loving to the people. 4. One day, the Queen heard many of her people were starving and that the King would not feed them. 5. This upset the Queen, for the kingdom was rich with bread. 6. The Queen went to the King and demanded1 he feed their people, but the King said no. 7. So, the Queen and her maids2 started sneaking bread to the hungry. 8. The Queen snuck bread to her people for months. 9. Then one day, the King caught the Queen and her maids delivering bread. 10. The King was angry. 11. He locked the Queen up in the castle. 12. The people were upset when they heard what happened to the Queen. 13. So, the people decided to rescue the Queen. 14. The next night, a group of knights climbed the tower and rescued the Queen. 15. That same night, the Knights locked the King in the same tower. 16. The Queen decided to punish her husband, the King, by not feeding him for a week. 17. Soon, the King begged for food. 18. He apologized to the Queen and his people for starving them. 19. The King was set free. 20. From that day on, the King and Queen delivered baskets of food to their people. 230 words

1 strongly requested 2 females who clean, cook, etc.

1 strongly requested 2 females who clean, cook, etc.


Application What words in the text describe why the King was angry? A He was a greedy ruler. B The people were starving.

C The Queen snuck bread to her people. D He begged for food.





Periodic Review 2

Describe events: What happened to the first and second pigs?

The Three Little Pigs 1. Once upon a time there were three little pigs. 2. The first little pig said he'd build a straw hut. 3. "It will only take a day,” he said. 4. The others disagreed. 5. "It's too fragile1," they said, but the first pig didn’t listen. 6. Not as lazy, the second little pig went to search for wood to make a house. 7. It took him two days to build his house. 8. The third little pig, who was the wisest, did not like the wooden house. 9. "That's not the way to build a house!" he said. 10. "It takes time, patience2, and hard work to build a house that is strong enough to stand up to wind, rain, and most of all, protect us from the wolf!" 11. So, the third little pig built a brick house. 12. One day, along came the wolf, and went to the first pig's straw hut. 13. “Come out!" ordered the wolf, then he blew with all his might, and all the straw fell down. 14. The first little pig dashed towards his brother's wooden house. 15. "Open up!” ordered the wolf, to the second little pig. 16. The wolf drew in a deep breath and blew the wooden house down like a house of cards. 17. Both the first and second little pig ran to the third pig’s brick house. 18. The wisest little pig had been watching from the window of his own brick house, and he opened the door to his brothers. 19. The wolf blew once; he blew again and then for a third time. 20. But all was unsuccessful. 21. For the house did not move an inch. 22. The third little pig jumped for joy and said to his two brothers, “Hard work pays off!”

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1 easily broken or damaged2 taking time to do something right

1 easily broken or damaged2 taking time to do something right


Application

What words in the text describe why the 2nd pig was not as lazy as the first pig? A He built a straw hut. B It was too fragile. C The 3rd pig did not like the wooden house. D It took him two days to build his house.




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Describe what happened to the third pig.

Which of these sentences from the text support what happened to the 3 rd pig?

Sent. 10 “It takes … hard work to build a house that is strong….” O Yes O No

Sent. 7 It took him two days to build his house. O Yes O No

Sent. 22 The third little pig jumped for joy….” O Yes O No

The Three Little Pigs 1. Once upon a time there were three little pigs. 2. The first little pig said he'd build a straw hut. 3. "It will only take a day,” he said. 4. The others disagreed. 5. "It's too fragile1," they said, but the first pig didn’t listen. 6. Not as lazy, the second little pig went to search for wood to make a house. 7. It took him two days to build his house. 8. The third little pig, who was the wisest, did not like the wooden house. 9. "That's not the way to build a house!" he said. 10. "It takes time, patience2, and hard work to build a house that is strong enough to stand up to wind, rain, and most of all, protect us from the wolf!" 11. So, the third little pig built a brick house. 12. One day, along came the wolf, and went to the first pig's straw hut. 13. “Come out!" ordered the wolf, then he blew with all his might, and all the straw fell down. 14. The first little pig dashed towards his brother's wooden house. 15. "Open up!” ordered the wolf, to the second little pig. 16. The wolf drew in a deep breath and blew the wooden house down like a house of cards. 17. Both the first and second little pig ran to the third pig’s brick house. 18. The wisest little pig had been watching from the window of his own brick house, and he opened the door to his brothers. 19. The wolf blew once; he blew again and then for a third time. 20. But all was unsuccessful. 21. For the house did not move an inch. 22. The third little pig jumped for joy and said to his two brothers, “Hard work pays off!”

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Periodic Review 3

Describe events: What happened to Ruth?

1. Liz and Ruth lived by the old house that stood at the end of our street. 2. It was dark and broken down. 3. The trees and bushes that surrounded it had grown wild and almost hid the fact that the house was there. 4. Most people on the street believed the house was haunted by ghosts. 5. It was a great place of mystery for Liz and Ruth and everyone else. 6. Late one afternoon as Liz and Ruth walked back from the library, they passed the old house. 7. “Let’s see if we can look inside,” Liz suggested mischievously1. 8. Ruth shook her head hard and fast and responded with, “Oh, no. 9. That house is too scary! 10. I heard there are ghosts!” 11. “Don’t be a scaredy-cat2! 12. There is no such thing as ghosts!” said Liz. 13. She ran to the house bravely but without thinking about what could happen. 14. Liz began to work her way through the shrubbery at the side of the house. 15. Ruth nervously followed. 16. When a branch snapped back in her face, Ruth stopped to rub her eyes, which were teary. 17. All of a sudden Ruth heard Liz scream. 18. Ruth sprinted after Liz. 19. Ruth went into the house and that’s when she saw it. 20. Ruth saw a ghost standing next to Liz. 21.The ghost grabbed Liz and disappeared. 22. Liz was gone. 217 words

1 someone who likes to cause trouble2 to be nervous or afraid like a cat

1 someone who likes to cause trouble2 to be nervous or afraid like a cat


Application

What words in the text describe why people believed the house was haunted?A It was dark and broken down. B It was surrounded by wild trees and bushes.

C A branch snapped in Ruth’s face. D Ruth said the house was scary.




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Liz got into trouble when she disappeared with the ghost.Explain where in the text the author suggests that something might happen to Liz.

1. Liz and Ruth lived by the old house that stood at the end of our street. 2. It was dark and broken down. 3. The trees and bushes that surrounded it had grown wild and almost hid the fact that the house was there. 4. Most people on the street believed the house was haunted by ghosts. 5. It was a great place of mystery for Liz and Ruth and everyone else. 6. Late one afternoon as Liz and Ruth walked back from the library, they passed the old house. 7. “Let’s see if we can look inside,” Liz suggested mischievously1. 8. Ruth shook her head hard and fast and responded with, “Oh, no. 9. That house is too scary! 10. I heard there are ghosts!” 11. “Don’t be a scaredy-cat2! 12. There is no such thing as ghosts!” said Liz. 13. She ran to the house bravely but without thinking about what could happen. 14. Liz began to work her way through the shrubbery at the side of the house. 15. Ruth nervously followed. 16. When a branch snapped back in her face, Ruth stopped to rub her eyes, which were teary. 17. All of a sudden Ruth heard Liz scream. 18. Ruth sprinted after Liz. 19. Ruth went into the house and that’s when she saw it. 20. Ruth saw a ghost standing next to Liz. 21.The ghost grabbed Liz and disappeared. 22. Liz was gone. 217 words




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