English Language Arts Houghton Mifflin Harcourt JOURNEYS COMMON CORE

Grade: Unit: Lesson: 2 4 20Essential Question: Anchor Text:

What makes someone a hero? Dex: The Heart of a HeroFantasy

Heroes Then and NowInformational Text (Biography)

Writing: Reading Literature & Informational Text: Foundational Skills:Narrative Writing: Fictional Narrative

Comprehension Skills and StrategiesTARGET SKILL

Compare and Contrast Figurative Language

TARGET STRATEGY Monitor/Clarify

PhonicsWords with or, oreFluencyIntonation

Language:Target Vocabulary: depended, sore, sprang, studied, gazing, hero, exercise, overlookedSpelling: Words with or, ore: horn, story, fork, score, store, corn, morning, shore, short, born, tore, forgetVocabulary Strategies: Prefix over-Grammar: Commas in Series

Planning for English Language Development:Begin with High-Utility Words Tier 1 Words *=Spanish cognatesHigh-Utility Words busy, courage, save, strong, training, bird, cape, cloud

Language Support Card 20 Building Background Videos Teacher’s Edition p. E42 Chant, ELL.20.5

Move on to Developing Vocabulary Tier 2 &3 Words *=Spanish cognatesTarget Vocabulary depended*, sore, sprang, studied*, gazing, hero*, exercise*, overlooked

Vocabulary in Context CardsReading/Language Arts Terms vowel*, fantasy*, compare*, contrast*, monitor, clarify*, prefix*, base word*, connect*, informational text*, comma*, fictional narrative*, story*Teacher’s Edition pp. E42, E44, E46, E48, E50Scaffolding ComprehensionBuilding Background

Language Support Card 20 Building Background Videos Selection Blackline Master ELL20.6

Comprehension Teacher’s Edition pp. E43, E44, E48, E50

Compare and Contrast Teacher’s Edition pp. E45, E47

Scaffolding WritingNarrative WritingFictional Story pp. T476-T477

Teacher’s Edition p. E51 Common Core Writing Handbook: Fictional Story

Scaffolding GrammarGrammar: Commas in a Series pp. T474-T475

Teacher’s Edition p. E49 Language Support Card 20: Conjunctions; Adverbs anymore

Whole GroupReading 60 Minutes

__:__-__:__ Language Arts Oral/Vocab60 Minutes

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Foundational Skills:Phonics Words with or, oreII-R-2: HI-5: blending syllables to form multi-syllable words, using r-controlled vowel sounds, digraphs, and diphthongs.FluencyIntonationII-R-3: HI-1: reading aloud (including high frequency/sight words) with fluency demonstrating automaticity.

Grammar60 Minutes

__:__-__:__ Writing60 Minutes

__:__-__:__ Target Vocabulary: depended, sore, sprang, studied, gazing, hero, exercise, overlookedSpelling: Words with or, ore- horn, story, fork, score, store, corn, morning, shore, short, born, tore, forgetVocabulary Strategies: Prefix over-II- LS-1: E-7: responding to academic discussions using key words and phrases with instructional support.II-L-2 (Vocabulary): HI-4: using grade specific academic vocabulary and symbols within context.II-L-2 (Vocabulary): HI-5: applying knowledge of grade-level vocabulary (including content area words) in text.II-L-2: HI-8: constructing meaning by applying knowledge of prefixes.

Children learn about commas in a series through reading and writing sentences that relate to heroes.II-R-1: HI-3: identifying features of a sentence (capitalization, commas, quotation marks, and ending punctuation)II-W-2: HI-7: using periods, question marks, exclamation points, commas for items in a series (e.g., eggs, milk, bread, bananas etc.), and apostrophes (possessives, contractions).

Children write a fictional story using Dex: The Heart of a Hero as a model for adding details to make their writing more interesting.II-R-4: HI-5: sequencing a story or event with a beginning, middle and end with transition words/ phrases in complete sentences.II-W-2: HI-3: writing a student generated draft with a main idea and supporting details in a logical sequence.

Dex: The Heart of a HeroFantasyChildren will read Dex: The Heart of a Hero to

Compare and contrast how characters change during a story.

II-R-4: LI-5: asking and responding to academic questions using complete sentences. (i.e., who, what, where, when, why, how, which, whose) (e.g., making comparisons, describing events, agreeing/ disagreeing with others, etc.).II-R-4: HI-6: making connections to text while reading (text-to-text and text-to-self).

Learn figurative language, such as similes.II-L-4: HI-1: classifying words into conceptual categories and providing rationale.

Heroes Then and NowInformational TextChildren will read Heroes Then and Now to

Compare real-life heroes from the past and present.

II-R-4: HI-6: making connections to text while reading (text-to-text and text-to-self). II-R-4: HI-1: identifying the differences between

fiction and nonfiction. Use a chart to learn important information.

II-R-1: HI-15: locating information from a completed graphic organizer.II-R-4: B-8: identifying external text features (e.g., charts, maps, diagrams, illustrations, tables, and timelines) of text. II-W-2: E-3: recording and labeling observations of objects, people or events for a class report (diagrams, pictures, charts) with instructional support.

ELL Whole Group Additional Whole Group ResourcesPoint-of-Use Scaffolded Support

Use Visuals Use Gestures Comprehensible Input Peer-Supported Learning Language Issues Idiomatic Language Use Sentence Frames Expand Language Production

Vocabulary in Context Cards

(front and back)

Decodable Readers A Sporty Game, pp. 65-72 My Story, pp. 73-80

Progress MonitoringAssess and monitor students’ progress to determine who is on track and who needs help. Clear prescriptions identify targeted instruction to address the students’ needs and get them back on track.Respond to Assessment

Vocabulary, p. T478 Phonics, p.T478 Comprehension, p.T479 Language Arts, p. T479 Fluency, p. T479

ELL Small GroupELL Leveled Reader-Superheroes Save the Day

Contains the same content as the On-Level Reader but uses more accessible language

ELL Leveled Reader Lesson Plan ELL Blackline Masters

Small Group PlannerTeacher-LedVocabulary Reader Everyday HeroDifferentiated Instruction, p. T491Differentiate Phonics: Words with or, ore, p. T489Differentiate Comprehension: compare and Contrast; Monitor/Clarify , p. T493Reread A Sporty GameLeveled Reader Superheroes Save the Day, p. T499Differentiate Fluency: Intonation, p. T495Differentiate Vocabulary Strategies: Prefix over-, p. T501Reread My StoryOptions for Reteaching: p. T502-T503Reread A Sporty Game or My StoryWhat are my other children doing?Listen and Read: Listen to or read aloud A Sporty Game-Leveled Practice, ELL20.1Listen: Audio of Dex: The Heart of a Hero, Student Book, pp. 166-189 Partners: Retelling Cards-Leveled Practice, ELL20.2Partners: Use the words on Vocabulary in Context Cards 153-160 to tell about the pictures-Leveled Practice, ELL20.3Listen and Read: Audio of Heroes Then and Now, Leveled Practice, ELL20.4Listen: Follow along with Audio of Dex: The Heart of a Hero in the Student Book, pp. 166-189-Complete and Share Literacy Center Activities

ELL Extra SupportELL Lesson 20 Resources

Daily Lessons to support the core

Language Support Card 20 ELL Blackline Masters ELL Teacher’s Handbook

o Professional Development

Building BackgroundVideo Clip for Lesson 20:Fire Departments

o Peer Conference Formso Cooperative Learning Guidelines

AssessmentWeekly TestsObservation ChecklistsFluency Tests Periodic Assessments

Reading LogVocabulary LogListening LogProofreading ChecklistProofreading MarksWriting Conference FormWriting RubricInstructional RoutinesGraphic Organizer Blackline MastersHandwriting Model

Standards