Home Plan - [JG3-L1-U2-LC3-13 Cultures – Traditions – The Harvest Birds]

The document discusses the traditional tale of Juan Zanate who dreams of owning land, becomes a successful farmer through hard work and perseverance, and emphasizes themes of dreams, hard work, and perseverance. Despite facing discouragement and mockery, Juan persists in pursuing his dream with the help of his friends, the zanates. He respects nature, listens to their advice, and believes in maintaining harmony on his land, which ultimately leads to a successful harvest. The document then focuses on teaching students how to structure a response paragraph related to the story, providing guidance on creating a response piece with a topic sentence, supporting reasons, and a concluding statement, and emphasizing the use of details from the text to support responses.

Contents

• Pages 1—19: Dreams and perseverance.
• Pages 20—41: Persistence and respect.
• Pages 42—56: Response paragraph structure

The section discusses the traditional tale of Juan Zanate, who dreams of owning land and becomes a successful farmer through hard work and perseverance. Juan borrows land from Grandpa Chon, receives seeds, ignores birds and weeds, and eventually impresses everyone with his harvest. The story emphasizes themes of dreams, hard work, and perseverance. Activities such as recalling details, drawing conclusions, and analyzing characters like Juan and Grandpa Chon are included to enhance comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Juan faced discouragement from others but persisted in pursuing his dream of becoming a farmer. Despite being laughed at and mocked by townspeople, Juan remained determined and prepared his land for planting, with help and advice from his friends, the zanates. He kept working on his tiny patch of land, watched over by the birds, and even shared some of his seeds with them. Juan respected nature by not throwing away weeds and listening to the zanates’ advice. He believed that all plants were like brothers and sisters and maintained harmony on his land. Ultimately, Juan’s dedication and respect for nature led to a successful harvest, and he attributed his success to listening to the voice of nature and learning from the zanates.

This section of the document is focused on teaching students how to structure a response paragraph to answer prompts related to a story called “The Harvest Birds.” It provides guidance on creating a response piece with a topic sentence, supporting reasons, and a concluding statement. The document includes prompts like evaluating Juan’s decision to visit Grandpa Chon and describing the behavior of Juan’s neighbors in the story. It emphasizes using details and examples to support the main idea and provides tips on matching prompts with corresponding topic sentences, completing idea-support maps, and analyzing sample drafts. The students are encouraged to use specific details from the text to support their responses and are guided through the process step by step.