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What is an adventure if you are missing vital parts of the story? "Reading gives us a place to go, when we have to stay where we are." "The Birchbark House" and "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" will be very essential tools to my student's reading and writing growth this year. They will be used daily by every student that I teach. During our lesson, you would see students actively engage in discussing the book that we are reading together. By reading "The Birchbark House" students will be digging deeper in the text to gain information about how Native Americans and global explorers laid the foundation for the United States. My students will understand and express their understanding of how we learn about our past and how that impacts who are are today by writing about character and theme development and discussing how point of view is important for constructing meaning. By reading "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" students will read literary texts to understand that even in the most fantastical settings, literature can teach us real lessons about life. Students will have an opportunity to explore the opposition of good vs. evil, the value in courage, adventure, forgiveness, and honesty. They'll begin to consider how authors convince readers to believe the impossible and discuss the history and use of special effects in movies to begin to see how imagination and creativity can inspire story-telling. Students can express their understanding of narrative point of view and the features of the fantasy genre by considering the stories from another perspective.

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What is an adventure if you are missing vital parts of the story? "Reading gives us a place to go, when we have to stay where we are." "The Birchbark House" and "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" will be very essential tools to my student's reading and writing growth this year. They will be used daily by every student that I teach. During our lesson, you would see students actively engage in discussing the book that we are reading together. By reading "The Birchbark House" students will be digging deeper in the text to gain information about how Native Americans and global explorers laid the foundation for the United States. My students will understand and express their understanding of how we learn about our past and how that impacts who are are today by writing about character and theme development and discussing how point of view is important for constructing meaning. By reading "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" students will read literary texts to understand that even in the most fantastical settings, literature can teach us real lessons about life. Students will have an opportunity to explore the opposition of good vs. evil, the value in courage, adventure, forgiveness, and honesty. They'll begin to consider how authors convince readers to believe the impossible and discuss the history and use of special effects in movies to begin to see how imagination and creativity can inspire story-telling. Students can express their understanding of narrative point of view and the features of the fantasy genre by considering the stories from another perspective.

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