Module 12: Night Animals-Language Arts 3 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

n this module, learners will explore the fascinating world of "Night Animals" while building their reading and writing skills. We will focus on how to write a great summary and use tools like dictionaries and graphic organizers to organize our thoughts. Learners will also dive into poetry, identifying different styles, rhyme schemes, and figurative language. In our writing time, learners will work through the steps of creating a compare-and-contrast essay, from drafting and revising to publishing a final copy. Additionally, we will practice important grammar skills, specifically how to correctly connect pronouns to the words they replace, and continue to build our cursive handwriting for the letters n and m.

Module Materials:

Lesson # Lesson Title Material(s)
1 12.1 Night Animals timer
Language Arts Notebook
highlighters (assorted colors)
paper
2 12.2 Night Animals Language Arts Notebook;
3 12.3 Night Animals timer
Language Arts Notebook
4 12.4 Night Animals Language Arts Notebook;
5 12.5 Night Animals Language Arts Notebook;

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 12.1 Night Animals
  1. Use context clues to find the definitions of vocabulary words.
  2. Define a summary.
  3. Use a graphic organizer to plan a compare-and-contrast essay.
  4. Classify poems by characteristics.
2 12.2 Night Animals
  1. Identify summary components in a text.
  2. Construct a rough draft of compare-and-contrast essay.
  3. Demonstrate proper letter formation of lowercase cursive letters n and m.
  4. Label the rhyme scheme of a poem.
3 12.3 Night Animals
  1. Use a dictionary to find information about words.
  2. Apply knowledge of antecedents to correct pronouns reference errors in sentences.
  3. Revise a compare-and-contrast essay.
  4. Identify figurative language and sound devices within short poems.
4 12.4 Night Animals
  1. Evaluate pronoun and antecedent clarity in short passages.
  2. Analyze and justify editing choices to improve a compare-and-contrast essay.
  3. Demonstrate proper letter formation of lowercase cursive letters n and m.
  4. Demonstrate fluency with grade-level text.
5 12.5 Night Animals
  1. Summarize a story by describing the main events and identifying the theme.
  2. Analyze sentences to select the pronoun that correctly agrees with its antecedent.
  3. Create a published version of your compare-and-contrast essay.
  4. Analyze a poem for the theme.

Module Key Words:

Key Words Vocabulary Words
context clue
fluency
graphic organizer
summary
antecedent
compare-and-contrast essay
figurative language
sound devices
rhyme
rough draft
dictionary
antecedents
rhyme pattern
line
stanza
revise
edit
sound device
publish
 gloom
nook
dismal
dispute
roam
morsel

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 12.1 Night Animals Students will write a compare-and-contrast essay this week. Help your learner practice comparing by showing them two objects, such a lemon and an orange, or a t-shirt and a jacket, and having them find the similarities and differences. Guide your learner to draw a simple Venn diagram, or provide one for your learner to use to record the observations so they can become comfortable using Venn diagrams to organize details. An example of a Venn diagram is in the module’s Lesson 1 graphic organizer, Comparing Night Animals.
2 12.2 Night Animals Students will continue working with poetry today. Encourage your learner to learn more about poetry by writing their own four-line stanza. Guide your learner through the process of choosing the topic and brainstorming rhyming words that fit the pattern they want to create. Allow them to present their poem and talk about the meaning. After they present, have them identify the lines, stanzas, and rhyme pattern. Ask your learner how their poem shows its meaning through its lines and word choice.
3 12.3 Night Animals Students will learn that a story summary includes the setting only when the setting matters to the story. Have your learner think of a few of their favorite stories. Ask them where each story takes place. Then, ask if understanding the setting helped the story make sense. If it did, it would be included in the summary. If it did not, the students would not include it in a summary. Talk to your learner about a story in which the setting could change without affecting the characters and events very much or at all. Point out that such a setting does not need to be part of the story’s summary.
4 12.4 Night Animals <p>Reinforce the idea of matching pronouns and antecedents by creating flashcards with your learner. Provide an antecedent, such as <em>teacher, mice, </em>or <em>homework, </em>for them to write on the front of the card. Then, ask them to write the pronoun that matches it on the back. Use antecedents that are people, things, and animals. Include singular and plural antecedents. To extend the activity, have your learner create and share with you a sentence using the antecedent and pronoun on the card (e.g., "The <em>mice </em>threw a cheese party, and <em>they </em>all brought crackers.")</p>
5 12.5 Night Animals Students will practice the skills learned this week. As your learner looks for errors in pronoun-antecedent agreement, provide assistance as needed by having them determine the antecedent for each pronoun in each sentence. Your learner will find the theme in poems. Remind them that the theme in a poem is the same as the theme in a story. It’s the main message or big idea the poet hopes to convey. If the poem tells a story, they can look at what the characters learn to help them determine the theme or the message.

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
12.1 Night Animals
  1. What does it mean to summarize a story?
12.2 Night Animals
  1. What do you include in a written summary?
12.3 Night Animals
  1. How is a dictionary helpful?
12.4 Night Animals
  1. What is a synonym?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level
1 Where Are the Night Animals? Mary Ann Fraser
2 Nocturnal Animals Ashley Anne Clark
3 Stellaluna Janell Cannon

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing