English Language Arts Curriculum
3rd Grade
Course Purpose: |
Students will apply common figurative language devices and other specific skills to comprehend unfamiliar text. Students will incorporate text evidence to support answers and write multi-paragraph papers in the three genre types. |
Outcomes and Components:
LA.3.6 |
Students will create, publish, and present a five paragraph real or imaginary narrative piece. |
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Pacing Instruct/ Assess |
Component Code |
Component |
Standard(s) |
LA.3.6.1 |
Write and publish a narrative piece which includes a narrator, character responses with dialogue, and use of temporal words to indicate an introduction, middle, and conclusion. |
3.W.3a 3.W.3b 3.W.3c 3.W.3d 3.W.6 |
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LA.3.6.2 |
Develop and strengthen writing by editing with support from an adult or peers, with a focus on simple, compound, and complex sentences. |
3.W.5 3.L.1i |
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LA.3.6.3 |
Tell a story or recount an experience using facts and relevant descriptive details. Speak clearly at an understandable rate. |
3.SL.4 |
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LA.3.6.4 |
Determine the central message/theme, lesson, or moral, and explain how the author’s point of view affects the story. |
3.RL.2 3.RL.9 |
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LA.3.6.5 |
Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions and ensure subject-verb agreement. |
3.L.1d 3.L.1e 3.L.1f |
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