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Venn Diagram/Cutting and Pasting. The students are to use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the main characters of the folktales Tom Thumb and Thumbelina. The students will cut and paste relevant phrases relating to the characters.

Week One: Venn Diagram/Prewriting. The students are to use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast themselves to the main character of the story. After considering the various aspects of the characters life, the students will PreWrite (Rough Draft) about a relevant event relating to that character. They should include any personal thoughts or reflections. Week Two: Expand & Publish

A personal narrative (story) about a time you got a new pet. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.1

Students required to write a persuasive piece. Text Type and Purposes W.3.1, 4.1 Writing: Production and Distribution of Writing W.3.6, 4.6

Students required to write a persuasive piece. Fudge wants to be a dog or a bird. Have students select an animal that they would like to become. Students will describe the animal and then write a persuasive essay that would lead their classmates to agree that this would be the best pet to become. Text Type and Purposes W.3.1, 4.1 Writing: Production and Distribution of Writing W.3.6, 4.6

o Have students write a friendly letter to your class from Peter or Sheila describing what happened in this week’s reading session and how they felt about it. The letter must be written from the story character’s perspective. Have students compare Peter’s first-person account of a story with Sheila’s second-person account.

The student will write a book report on A Tale of Despereaux They will need to include the title, author, setting, their favorite and least favorite parts, as well as summarize the plot and talk about the main characters.

Students are to select one fairy tale and rewrite the tale from the viewpoint of a different character or object within the tale (i.e., a "twisted tale").

Rubric to evaluate 4th & 5th Grade reading reflection journals Standards: CC.4.W.2, CC.4.W.1., CC.4.W.3, HI.4.W.4.1 CC.5.W.3, CC.5.W.4, HI.5.W.4.1

Fudge loses his front teeth when he falls off the jungle gym and ends up with fangs. Have students investigate and research animals that have fangs and how they use them. Common Core State Standards W.3.6, 4.6; W.3.7, 4.7

Students required to write a persuasive piece. Students will persuade the reader to go or not to go to New York City based on the information from their graphic organizers. Common Core Standard Writing, W.3.7, 4.7 Writing text type and purposes W.3.1, 4.1

Student will write a letter to the author, Judy Blume. Students will reflect and give opinions on the book.

Students will be graded on their abilities to summarize their Venn diagrams of themselves and another.

Students will be graded on their abilities of creating a Venn Diagram that compares and contrasts Peter and Fudge. The criteria that the students will be graded are; proper construction of the Venn Diagram, correct grammar and spelling, the number of compare and contrast details provided, and the accuracy of the details in the Venn Diagram. The columns show up to how many points students can be awarded depending if they meet the criteria.