Home Plan - [JG3-L2-U1-LC4-18 Community – Raising Money – The Power of W.O.W.]

The document delves into fundraising for a cause through the story “The Power of W.O.W.!” and explores essential skills like theme, elements of drama, and allusion. It progresses to characters organizing a car wash at a bakery, facing early setbacks but gaining community support following a news coverage highlight, leading to substantial donations that save the W.O.W. program. Tips are provided on reviewing story characteristics and map, focusing on understanding the narrative’s beginning, middle, and end, and traits like “Events Unfolding Naturally” and “Resolution.” The document also illustrates how to identify problems and resolutions in story plots, emphasizing reflection, writing tasks, and students’ engagement with the material through creating story maps and previewing upcoming lessons.

Contents

• Pages 1—18: Analyzing text for fundraising.
• Pages 19—33: Bakery car wash
• Pages 34—48: Reviewing story characteristics.
• Pages 49—56: Story map use.

This section of the document discusses the topic of raising money for a cause. It includes a summary of the text “The Power of W.O.W.!” and poses questions related to the characters, plot events, and outcomes. The section also delves into essential skills such as theme, elements of drama, and allusion. It further includes activities where students analyze the text to understand the elements of drama, the characters’ actions, and the decision-making process within the story. Additionally, there are explanations provided on the theme of the play and how playwrights convey messages to the audience. Finally, it touches upon the use of allusions in storytelling to enhance descriptions and characters’ actions. There are also exercises for students to identify and understand the elements within the text, such as the setting and characters’ interactions.

In this section of the document, characters Ileana, Shane, and Jason approach Mr. Diaz at his bakery, seeking a location for a car wash. Mr. Diaz agrees to allow them to use his parking lot and even mentions the success of a hummingbird cake recipe. After distributing flyers and organizing, the children begin the car wash at the bakery parking lot. Despite early disappointments due to limited earnings, excitement ensues when a news van from Channel 7 arrives, initiating a turning point in the story. Maria Kopanas, a reporter, interviews the children, and the event gains momentum. Ultimately, the community’s support results in significant donations that ensure the continuation of W.O.W. program, leading to the successful saving of W.O.W. The section also includes a writing task where the students are introduced to planning a fictional narrative.

This section of the document provides tips on reviewing the characteristics and story map of a fictional narrative. It outlines steps for reviewing and filling in blanks related to a story map with the help of a guide (“T”). It emphasizes understanding the beginning, middle, and ending of a narrative, focusing on elements like settings, characters, events, climax, and resolution. The document also includes examples of sequencing events in a story map, such as characters deciding to have a car wash and discovering a mysterious disappearance of lettuce. It concludes by addressing the focus traits of “Events Unfolding Naturally” and “Resolution” in storytelling.

The document discusses utilizing a story map to identify the problem and resolution in a plot. It provides two different story plots with their beginnings, middles, and endings, focusing on characters, settings, problems, and resolutions. One plot is about Joan wanting to adopt an orange kitten, and the resolution is that her family takes the kitten home happily. The other plot is about Juliet being told to be quiet at home by her mother, as she loved to dance and sing. The resolution to this problem is her mother learning to accept her passion for dance and song after Juliet meets a neighbor, leading to a new friendship where they sing and dance together. The document also includes tips for students on writing tasks and reflection on lesson content. The student is directed to complete a story map after class and upload it, and to remember to review and preview upcoming lessons.