FeaturesofaPourquoiTaleApourquoitaleisatypeoffolktale.Inapourquoitale,thewritertellsastorythatexplainshowananimalcametoappearthewayitdoes.PourquoimeanswhyinFrench.■Apourquoitaledescribesafeatureorcharacteristicofananimalandtellshowtheanimalgotthatfeatureorcharacteristic.■Ittellsaboutanaturalevent,butmanyofthedetailsarefantasyandcouldnothappeninreallife.■Thetale’sanimalcharacterscantalkanddootherthingsthatrealanimalscannotdo.WriteaWriteaFolkTaleFolkTaleWhytheCoquíSingsbyKeishaF.Onceuponatime,alittlefroglivedinatreeandsangalldaylong.Thechildrenlovedthefrog’ssongsomuchthatthebirdsintheforestbecamejealous.Theysanglouderandloudereveryday,sonoonecouldhearthefrogsing.Thenoneevening,whenthebirdsbecamequietforthenight,thechildrenheard“ko-kee,ko-kee,ko-kee.”Thefroghadreturnedtosingthechildrentosleep.Ifanyofthechildrenawokeduringthenight,thelittlefrog’ssingingwouldletthemknowthatitwasnottimeforthemtowakefromtheirsleep.Thesongofthelittlefrogbecameanighttimelullaby.Thatiswhycoquísingsfromsunsettosunrise.Writer’sCraftTransitionWordsTransitionwordsareusedtoconnectoneideatoanother.Thishelpskeepwritersfromjumpingfromoneideatoanother.FCATFCATItoldmystorymakingsurethatallmyideasareconnected.Iusedtransitionwordstoconnectallofmyideas.302302Unit3Week1WritingTransitions:CauseandEffectREADTHESTUDENTMODELReadthebookmark.Explainthattransitionshelpreadersseetheconnectionsbetweenawriter’sideas.Transitionsmayshowcauseandeffect.Havestudentsturntothetopofpage283.Identifyanddiscussthetransitionwordsoinline4.ThenhavetheclassreadKeishaF.’sfolktaleandthecallouts.Tellstudentsthattheywillwriteataleaboutananimalandhowitcametobethewayitis.Theywillalsolearnhowtoincludeeffectivetransitions.LA.4.5.1Engageinwritingprocess;LA.4.4.1.2Writeexpressiveforms,employingdialogueWRITING•Narrative•Writer’sCraft:Transitions:CauseandEffectWORDSTUDY•WordsinContext•Thesaurus•Phonics:Wordswith/ûr/•VocabularyBuildingSPELLING•Wordswith/ûr/GRAMMAR•ActionVerbsSMALLGROUPOPTIONS•DifferentiatedInstructi...
