Module 4
Module 4
Water Around the World
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Guiding Questions:
Why are the world’s freshwater sources threatened?
How do people persuade others to take action to contribute to a better world?
UNIT 1: Building Background Knowledge: Water Around the World
Water Dance
by Thomas Locker
One Well: The Story of Water on Earth
by Rochelle Strauss
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Lesson 1: Students are introduced to the topic, the performance task, and the module guiding questions.
Lesson 2: Students are introduced to the module text One Well and hear a read-aloud of pages 4–5. They determine the main idea(s) and supporting details of the text. Independent reading is launched in this lesson.
Lesson 3: Students answer text-dependent questions about pages 4–5 of One Well and participate in a Language Dive about the function of nouns.
Lesson 4: Students hear a read-aloud of pages 6–7 of One Well. They determine the main idea(s) and supporting details of the text and answer text-dependent questions. They also participate in a Language Dive about pronouns.
Lesson 5: For the mid-unit assessment, students hear a read-aloud of pages 8–9 of One Well and answer text-dependent questions about the text, including the function of nouns and pronouns.
Lesson 6: Students read pages 16–19 of One Well and determine the main ideas and supporting details. They participate in a Language Dive about the function of verbs.
Lesson 7: Students read pages 20–21 of One Well and determine the main ideas and supporting details. They participate in a Language Dive about the function of adjectives.
Lesson 8: Students closely read a new informational text, “Access to Water.” They determine the main ideas and supporting details and compare and contrast them with those from pages 20–21 of One Well.
Lesson 9: Students read pages 22–23 of One Well and determine the main ideas and supporting details. They participate in a Language Dive about the function of adverbs.
Lesson 10: Students closely read a new informational text, “Population Growth.” They determine the main ideas and supporting details and compare and contrast them to those from pages 22–23 of One Well.
Lesson 11: Students read pages 24–25 of One Well and determine the main ideas and supporting details.
Lesson 12: For the End of Unit 1 Assessment, students closely read a new informational text, “Water Pollution.” They determine the main ideas and supporting details and compare and contrast them to those from pages 24–25 of One Well.
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