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Grade 4 | C7 | Module 2
People Carry More Than Things
The Writing Academy
Good Morning,
Writers!
Day 1
Gather + Reveal
Today we will gather evidence about what travels in both poems and reveal that people make routes meaningful.
YESTERDAY WE LEARNED
Taught a partner about connection and legacy across poem and narrative.
TODAY'S PASSAGE(S)
"The Roads Between Us" / "What We Carry Forward"
GET READY
Passage, pencil, highlighter
QUICK THINK
How do people make a route meaningful through their actions?
Foundational
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TRACKS
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Day 2
Attempt
Today we will build supported route-and-legacy chains and rehearse how a person carries goods, stories, or traditions.
YESTERDAY WE LEARNED
Gathered evidence about what travels and how people make routes meaningful.
TODAY'S PASSAGE(S)
"The Roads Between Us" / "What We Carry Forward"
GET READY
Passage, pencil, colored pencils
QUICK THINK
What is the difference between carrying a tradition and carrying an object?
Emergent
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Day 3
Discuss + Use
Today we will discuss how people make connections possible, then independently write a perspective narrative and two voice stanzas.
YESTERDAY WE LEARNED
Built route-and-legacy chains linking people to what they carry.
TODAY'S PASSAGE(S)
"The Roads Between Us" / "What We Carry Forward"
GET READY
Passage, pencil, workbook
QUICK THINK
How does a narrator's perspective change the way we understand a story?
Visible
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Thesis (central idea)
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Day 4
Award + Target
Today we will recognize clear relationships and specific voices, then revise one narrative sentence and one stanza.
YESTERDAY WE LEARNED
Wrote an independent perspective narrative and two voice stanzas.
TODAY'S PASSAGE(S)
"The Roads Between Us" / "What We Carry Forward"
GET READY
Pencil, workbook
QUICK THINK
What change made the narrator's perspective more visible in your writing?
Independent
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TREES
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Good Morning,
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Day 5
Educate + Explain
Today we will teach a partner why a narrator matters, explain how voice changes understanding, and transfer one experience into a final voice poem.
YESTERDAY WE LEARNED
Revised a narrative sentence and a stanza to strengthen perspective.
TODAY'S PASSAGE(S)
Transfer passage
GET READY
Pencil, workbook, exit ticket
QUICK THINK
How does voice change the way a reader experiences a poem?
Reflective
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Every Great Essay
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