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Unit 4: Stories for the Future: Preserving Memory & Culture
Unit 4: Stories for the Future: Preserving Memory & Culture
California CCSS: Focus Standards
RI.8.2
RL.8.2
RI.8.3
RI.8.1
L.8.4.a
L.8.4.c
L.8.4.d
RL.8.3
RL.8.4
SL.8.1.c
L.8.4.b
L.8.5.b
W.8.4
RL.8.6
SL.8.1.a
SL.8.6
W.8.3.a
L. 8.1.c
L.8.3.a
RL.8.1
SL.8.1.b
SL.8.1.d
L.8.2.c
L.8.5.a
L.8.5.c
RL.8.5
RL.8.9
W.8.3.b
W.8.5
W.8.3.c
L.8.2.a
L.8.2.b
W.8.9.a
L.8.6
W.8.3.d
W.8.3.e
L.8.1.a
L.8.1.b
L.8.1.d
SL.8.4.a
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ELD Standards
ELD.PI.8.1
ELD.PI.8.6
ELD.PI.8.7
ELD.PII.8.4
ELD.PI.8.12
ELD.PI.8.5
ELD.PII.8.6
ELD.PI.8.9
ELD.PII.8.1
ELD.PI.8.10
ELD.PI.8.6a.Em
ELD.PI.8.6a.Ex
ELD.PI.8.6a.Br
ELD.PI.8.11
ELD.PII.8.3
ELD.PI.8.11a.Em
ELD.PI.8.11a.Ex
ELD.PI.8.11a.Br
ELD.PI.8.2
ELD.PI.8.4
ELD.PI.8.3
ELD.PI.8.6c.Em
ELD.PI.8.6c.Ex
ELD.PI.8.6c.Br
ELD.PII.8.7
ELD.PI.8.10a.Em
ELD.PI.8.10a.Ex
ELD.PI.8.10a.Br
ELD.PI.8.12a.Em
ELD.PI.8.12a.Ex
ELD.PI.8.12a.Br
ELD.PI.8.6b.Em
ELD.PI.8.6b.Ex
ELD.PI.8.6b.Br
ELD.PI.8.8
ELD.PII.8.5
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Lessons
Overview
Lessons
Assessments
Additional Resources
All Lessons
(45 total)
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Lesson 1: The Stories That Preserve Our History and Culture
Spark
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 2: “10 Things: Going Interstellar” and “These Sci-Fi Visions for Interstellar Travel Just Might Work”
Spark
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 3: “Your Brain Forms Memories Differently Based on How Stories Are Told”
Spark
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 4: The Last Cuentista, Chapters 1–3
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 5: The Last Cuentista, Chapters 4–6
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 6: The Last Cuentista, Chapters 7–9
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 7: Narrative Writing: Orienting to Point of View and Context
Writing
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 8: The Last Cuentista, Chapters 1–9, Socratic Seminar
Academic discussion
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 9: The Last Cuentista, Chapters 10–11
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 10: The Last Cuentista, Chapters 12–13
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 11: The Last Cuentista and “The Fox and the Crow”
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 12: The Last Cuentista, Chapters 14–15
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 13: The Last Cuentista, Chapter 16
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 14: The Last Cuentista and “Blancaflor”
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 15: The Last Cuentista, Narrative Techniques: Dialogue and Pacing
Writing
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 16: The Last Cuentista, Narrative Techniques: Description and Reflection
Writing
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 17: The Last Cuentista, Chapters 17–18
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 18: The Last Cuentista, Chapters 19–20
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 19: The Last Cuentista and “El Conejo en la Luna: The Rabbit in the Moon”
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 20: Narrative Writing: Shifting Time, Shifting Place
Writing
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 21
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Lesson 22
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Lesson 23
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Lesson 24
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Lesson 25: The Last Cuentista, Chapters 21–22
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 26: The Last Cuentista, Chapters 23–24
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 27: The Last Cuentista, Chapters 25–26
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 28: The Last Cuentista, Chapter 27
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 29: The Last Cuentista, Chapters 28–29
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 30: The Last Cuentista, Chapter 30
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 31: “The Comet”
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 32: “The Comet” and The Last Cuentista
Reading
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 33: Comparing the Structure of “The Comet” and The Last Cuentista
Academic discussion
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 34: Narrative Writing: Descriptive Details and Sensory Language
Writing
Duration:
50 min
Unit 4: Stories for the Future: Preserving Memory and Culture
Writing
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 36
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Lesson 37
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Lesson 38: Planning Your Narrative
Writing
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 39: Orienting Readers to Your Narrative
Writing
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 40: Using Narrative Techniques to Develop Experiences, Events, and Characters
Writing
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 41: Moving Through Time: Linking Events in Your Story
Writing
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 42
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Lesson 43: Ending With What Matters
Writing
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 44: Revise and Polish Your Story
Writing
Duration:
50 min
Lesson 45: Presenting Your Narrative
Presentation
Duration:
50 min