Taste of Blackberries, A

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Taste of Blackberries, A

Description:

A Taste of Blackberries provides a wonderful shared reading experience for students. The main character in the story helps the reader to understand ways to manage grief in the loss of a best friend, and identify skills of a responsible family member.

Education Levels:

3, 4, 5

Subject:

Writing (composition), Literature

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

Beacon Learning Center

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Keywords:

Grief, Death, Bee stings, Allergic reactions, Friendship, Allergies, Smith, Doris Buchanan, Bereavement

Mediator:

Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

Beacon Learning Center

Contributor:

Christy Clanton

Is Part Of:

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/lessons/LA.asp

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Language Arts, English

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.

The student prepares for writing by recording thoughts, focusing on a central idea, grouping related ideas, and identifying the purpose for writing.

1. uses a variety of strategies to prepare for writing (for example, brainstorming, making lists, mapping ideas, grouping related ideas, keeping a notebook of ideas, observing surroundings, answering questions posed by others)

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 2: The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively.

The student writes notes, comments, and observations that reflect comprehension of content and experiences from a variety of media.

1. writes notes, comments, and observations that reflect comprehension of fourth-grade or higher level content and experiences from a variety of media

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand A: Reading

Standard 2: The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts.

The student reads text and determines the main idea or essential message, identifies relevant supporting details and facts, and arranges events in chronological order.

1. understands explicit and implicit ideas and information in fourth-grade or higher texts (for example, knowing main idea or essential message, connecting important ideas with corresponding details, making inferences about information, distinguishing between significant and minor details, knowing chronological order of events)

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand E: Literature

Standard 1: The student understands the common features of a variety of literary forms.

The student identifies and uses literary terminology appropriate to the grade level, including symbol, theme, simile, alliteration, and assonance.

1. identifies and uses literary terminology appropriate to fourth grade or higher level (including but not limited to theme, simile, alliteration, metaphor)

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 2: The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively.

The student uses electronic technology, including word-processing software and electronic encyclopedias, to create, revise, retrieve, and verify information.

1. uses electronic technology to create, revise, retrieve, and verify information (including but not limited to word-processing software, electronic encyclopedias)

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand A: Reading

Standard 1: The student uses the reading process effectively.

The student clarifies understanding by rereading, self-correction, summarizing, checking other sources, and class or group discussion.

1. uses a variety of strategies to monitor reading in fourth-grade or higher texts (for example, rereading, self-correcting, summarizing, checking other sources, class and group discussions, questioning whether text makes sense, searching for cues, identifying miscues)

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand E: Literature

Standard 1: The student understands the common features of a variety of literary forms.

The student identifies the distinguishing features among fiction, drama, and poetry and identifies the major characteristics of nonfiction.

3. reads a variety of literary and informational texts (for example, fiction, drama, poetry, biography, historical fiction, reference materials, chapter books, magazines, newspapers)

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.

The student drafts and revises writing in cursive that

focuses on the topic;
has a logical organizational pattern, including a beginning, middle, conclusion, and transitional devices;
has ample development of supporting ideas;
demonstrates a sense of completeness or wholeness;
demonstrates a command of language including precision in word choice;
generally has correct subject/verb agreement;
generally has correct verb and noun forms;
with few exceptions, has sentences that are complete, except when fragments are used purposefully;
uses a variety of sentence structures;
and generally follows the conventions of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.

5. uses an effective organizational pattern and substantial support to achieve a sense of completeness or wholeness (for example, considering audience, choosing effective words, sequencing events; using specific details to clarify meaning)

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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