Unit
Fiction--King Midas and the Golden Touch--Myths/Folk Tales/Legends
Local Objective
At the end of this unit, students will be able to...
a. Analyze irony.
b. Use prior knowledge.
c. Identify the literary devices (such as irony) that define a writer's style.
**Link to "King Midas and the Golden Touch"
a. Summarize an article.
b. Determine whether a summary is an accurate reflection of an orignial text.
Objective used to evaluate students
Yes
Assessment Activity
1. The students will be assessed by participating in classroom discussions (guiding questions located throughout teacher textbook and listed at end of EATonline printout) and completing independent activities on the objectives of analyzing irony, using prior knowledge, identifying the literary devices, summarizing an article, and determining whether a summary is an accurate reflection of an original text. (handouts 26,283,284; textbook 686)
2. At the end of the selection, students will complete a selection test to evaluate the mastery of analyzing irony (questions 6,13), using prior knowledge (question 15), identifying the literary devices (questions 11,12), summarizing an article (questions 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,14), and determining whether a summary is an accurate reflection of an original text (questions 7,10).
Level of Expectation
80%
List of concepts and Evaluation Types
Concept | Evaluation Type |
Wall Chart of Story Elements | PE |
Article Summary | PE |
Selection Test | PE |
"Response and Analysis" Questions | CR |
Cause and Effect Chart | CR |
Learning Activity
The students will:
1. Write a short essay about Greed. Explain how greed disrupts friendships, sparks wars, and topples empires.
2. Read the fiction, myths/folk tales/legends story entitled "King Midas and the Golden Touch" by Pamela Oldfield. Participate in discussions during reading. Analyze irony and the literary devices used to create irony during the reading.
3. Complete a "Response and Analysis" set of questions. (p. 686) Retell the story events during this process.
4. Complete a handout of ordering events of the story. (handout)
5. Complete a cause and effect chart.
6. Complete a plot chart. (general handout)
7. Complete a study guide. (handout)
8. Take a selection test of the fiction, myths/folk tales/legends entitled "King Midas and the Golden Touch".
9. As a group, students will complete a wall chart of story elements.
10. Read an article and summarize the article.
Instructional Method
The teacher will:
1. Guide students as they discuss the term greed. Discuss and model for students to write a short essay about greed.
2. Guide students during the reading of the fiction, myths/folk tales/legends story entitled "King Midas and the Golden Touch" by Pamela Oldfield. Guide discussion throughout the reading. Help students identify irony and the devices used to create the irony.
3. Discuss and model the "Response and Analysis" questions. Guide students in the retelling of the story events.
4. Discuss and model how to complete the worksheet covering story events in order. (handout)
5. Discuss and model how to complete a cause and effect chart.
6. Discuss and model of to complete a plot chart. (general handout)
7. Discuss the study guide for the selection test. (handout)
8. Discuss and model how to summarize an article looking for the key terms.
9. Review selection test and complete wall chart covering all story elements.
Content Standards
CA 2, CA 3, CA 4
Process Standards
1.8, 1.6, 2.1, 4.8, 2.6, 1.5
Resources
Holt Elements of Literature
Marker Board
Correction Exercise
Enrichment Exercise
Independent Reading
Special Needs
Peer Coaching
Tutoring
Modified Assignments
GLEs v1.0
GLE Code | Discipline | Strand | Big Idea | Concept | Grade Level/Course | GLE |
CA/1/1/C/07/a | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | Phonics | Grade 7 | Apply decoding strategies to problem-solve unknown words when reading |
CA/1/1/E/07/a | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | Vocabulary | Grade 7 | Develop vocabulary through text, using
- roots and affixes
- context clues
- glossary, dictionary and thesaurus
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CA/1/1/F/07/a | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | Pre-Reading | Grade 7 | Apply pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension
- access prior knowledge
- preview
- predict
- set a purpose and rate for reading |
CA/2/3/D/07/a | Communication Arts | Writing | Write effectively in various forms and types of writing | Summary Writing | Grade 7 | Write a multi-paragraph summary of a newspaper/ magazine article, editorial or news program that includes supporting evidence from text
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GLEs v2.0 and CLEs
GLE Code | Discipline | Strand | Big Idea | Concept | Grade Level/Course | GLE |
CA/R/1/C/7/a. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | Phonics | 7th Grade | Apply decoding strategies to "problem-solve" unknown words when reading when needed |
CA/R/1/E/7/a. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | Vocabulary | 7th Grade | Develop vocabulary through text, using roots and affixes |
CA/R/1/E/7/b. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | Vocabulary | 7th Grade | Develop vocabulary through text, using context clues |
CA/R/1/E/7/c. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | Vocabulary | 7th Grade | Develop vocabulary through text, using glossary, dictionary and thesaurus |
CA/R/1/F/7/a. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | Pre-Reading | 7th Grade | Apply pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension: access prior knowledge |
CA/R/1/F/7/b. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | Pre-Reading | 7th Grade | Apply pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension: preview |
CA/R/1/F/7/c. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | Pre-Reading | 7th Grade | Apply pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension: predict with evidence |
CA/R/1/F/7/d. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | Pre-Reading | 7th Grade | Apply pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension: set a purpose and rate for reading |
CA/W/3/A/7/b. | Communication Arts | Writing | Write effectively in various forms and types of writing | Forms/Types/Modes of Writing | 7th Grade | Compose a variety of texts, including a summary |
CA/W/3/A/7/c. | Communication Arts | Writing | Write effectively in various forms and types of writing | Forms/Types/Modes of Writing | 7th Grade | Compose a variety of texts, responding to literature |
Objective Notes/Essential Questions
Date | Note/Question |
7/6/2010 8:40:06 AM | Guiding Questions to be asked during reading:
1. Does King Midas sound like a bad person? Why or why not?
2. Recalling that Midas has been described as greedy, what do you think he will wish for?
3. In what ways has the king's new power had effects that are far different from those he expected?
4. Do you think it is possible that the god Dionysus planned Midas's ordeal in order to teach him a lesson? Why or why not?
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