4th Grade ELAR Unit 7

Big Idea:

Using arguments or positions to compose an opinion essay, going through the entire writing process, from planning through to a published piece.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

4.11(A) plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping;

4.11(B) develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by:

4.11(C) revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity;

4.11(D) edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:

4.11(D)(i) complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;

4.11(D)(viii) coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects, predicates, and sentences;

Focus TEKS

4.9(E)(ii) explaining how the author has used facts for an argument

4.11(D)(ii) past tense of irregular verbs;

4.11(D)(v) adverbs that convey frequency and adverbs that convey degree;

4.11(D)(vi) prepositions and prepositional phrases;

4.11(D)(vii) pronouns, including reflexive;

4.11(D)(viii) coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects, predicates, and sentences;

4.11(E) publish written work for appropriate audiences

Ongoing TEKS

4.6(A) establish a purpose for reading assigned and self selected texts

4.6(B) generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information

4.6(C) make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures

4.6(D) create mental images to deepen understanding

4.6(E) make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society

4.6(F) make inferences and use evidence to support understanding

4.11(B)(i) organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, and a conclusion; and

4.11(B)(ii) developing an engaging idea with relevant details;

4.11(D)(iii) singular, plural, common, and proper nouns;

4.11(D)(iv) adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms:

4.11(D)(ix) capitalization of historical periods, events, and documents; titles of books; stories and essays; and languages, races, and nationalities;

4.11(D)(x) punctuation marks, including apostrophes in possessives, commas in compound sentences, and quotation marks in dialogue; and

4.11(D)(xi) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and

Learning Targets:

Essential Questions:

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: Texas Journeys, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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