Unit Rationale

Unit Title: How bad is B.B. Wolf?

Course: Grade 3 ELA
Length of Unit: 27 Days (17 active days of the unit)

Overview:
During this unit, students will engage in various activities and lessons to help them come to a reasoned
conclusion about how bad the Big Bad Wolf really is. We will focus on looking at perspective, and how your
perspective changes the way you view a situation or story; this will work towards the ability to actually answer
our essential question, in which students will use persuasive/opinion writing to support their opinion.
Students will gain an appreciation for different perspectives both in text and in the classroom by exploring the
character of B.B. Wolf and connecting his behaviors/misunderstandings/etc. to the classroom and beyond.
Students will understand that they have the autonomy to form their own opinions, but when forming opinions,
they must be able to give reasons to support the opinion.
We will also work on compare/contrast activities, and students will understand that this format helps to gain a
deeper understanding of characters and stories, students will see that there are multiple perspectives to consider
in every situation.

Essential Questions:
Thematic Question: Thematic question: How bad is the Big Bad Wolf?
Sub-Questions:
o What is an opinion?
o What is point of view/ perspective?
o How do you write about opinion?
o What does it mean to compare/contrast?

Focused Outcomes:
2.1.5- Use Comprehension Strategies: Identify the main ideas or topic and supporting details in simple
narrative and expository passages.
I ca ide if he i i , ic a d de ai i a i e about the Big Bad Wolf, as well other
texts.
2.2.5- Construct Meaning from Texts: Connect portrayals of characters or situations in oral, print and other
media texts to personal and classroom experiences.
I ca a e c ec i be ee e e ie ce and characters in various texts.
2.2.8- Construct Meaning from Texts: Ma e i fe e ce ab a cha ac e ac i fee i g .
I ca a e dge e he cha ac e f he Big Bad W f, ba ed e a e ide ce.
2.2.9- Construct Meaning from Texts: Express preferences for one character over another.
I ca ch e hich e i f he Big Bad W f i fa i e, a e a e e i i
other texts.
2.3.4- Understand Techniques and Elements: Describe the main characters in terms of who they are, their
actions in the story and their relations with other characters.
I ca de c ibe he Big Bad W f ba ed hi ac i a d e a i hi i a i ie , i c di g
The Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood.

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3.1.2- Focus Attention: Identify facts and opinions, main ideas and details in oral, print and other media texts.
I ca fi d he i a i f ai i e i i .
3.3.2- Organize Information: Draft ideas and information into short paragraphs, with topic and supporting
sentences.
I ca c ea e a iece f i i g ba ed he OREO ga i e , hich i c de ic a d i g
sentences.

Language Arts:
Reading Writing Speaking Listening Viewing Representing

**Bold strands are focuses and italic & bold strands are of particular emphasis in this unit**

Demonstrations of Learning: Please see Unit Assessment Plan

Meta-Concepts:
Perspective/ Point of View
Compare/Contrast
Inference
Opinion Writing (persuasion)