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Literary Reflections Teacher Guide + 1 Year License

Author(s): COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY

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For grades 4-5, this unit explores that change affects people and their relationships as well as the world around them. The literature selections of the unit illustrate this theme for students. Unit activities engage students in discussion and writing about what they have read and in independent and group learning opportunities that promote skill development in vocabulary, grammar, persuasive writing, literary analysis, oral communication, and thinking. Students also engage in research on current issues and report findings in written and oral form.

Included is a printed Teacher Guide and a 1-Year License to access to the Teacher eBook, Student eBook, and digital materials through our online platform, Flourish. 

  • Acknowledgments
  • The William & Mary Center for Gifted Education Units
  • Section 1: Unit Introduction and Curriculum Framework
  • Section 2: Teaching Tips for Implementing This Unit
  • Section 3: Lesson Plans
  • Lessons
    • Lesson 1: Introduction and Preassessment
    • Lesson 2: The Concept of Change
    • Lesson 3: Introduction to the Unit Novels
    • Lesson 4: Introduction to the Study of Grammar and Vocabulary
    • Lesson 5: Persuasive Writing
    • Lesson 6: Concepts and Graphic Organizers
    • Lesson 7: Reflections on Hispanic American Poetry and Art
    • Lesson 8: Reasoning in Language Arts
    • Lesson 9: Reflections on African American Poetry
    • Lesson 10: Introduction to Research
    • Lesson 11: Persuasive Messages
    • Lesson 12: Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy Checkpoint
    • Lesson 13: A Japanese Folktale
    • Lesson 14: Persuasive Speaking
    • Lesson 15: A Chinese Folktale
    • Lesson 16: Reflections on Change in Poetry
    • Lesson 17: Reflections on Poetry
    • Lesson 18: Focus on the Unit Research Project
    • Lesson 19: Unit Novel Summary
    • Lesson 20: Presentation of Research
    • Lesson 21: Closure on Grammar and Vocabulary
    • Lesson 22: Closing Discussion of the Concept of Change
    • Lesson 23: Postassessment of Literary Interpretation and Persuasive Writing
  • Section 4: Grammar Study
  • Section 5: Bibliographies
  • Section 6: Appendices

COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY

The Center for Gifted Education (CFGE) at William & Mary University (College of William & Mary), is a research and development center providing services to educators, policy makers, graduate students, researchers, and parents in support of the needs of gifted and talented individuals. 

Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, the CFGE has established an international reputation for excellence in research, curriculum development, and service. Several major grants, including funding from the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act, have provided significant support for the work of the Center. In 2012, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation awarded CFGE the funds needed for a summer residential camp for low income, high-ability children, for four consecutive years. In 2015, William & Mary alumni, Mike and Nancy Petters, through the Petters Family Foundation, provided additional financial support to the program. In 2016, the Petters Family Foundation has committed to fully fund the program for the next four years. Camp Launch is only the beginning of the Center for Gifted Education’s goal to bring educational equality to all gifted students.