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RF.3.3, RF.3.4; W.3.3, W.3.6; SL.3.1; L.3.1, L.3.2, L.3.4\nTeacher Instructions\nRefer to the Introduction for further details.\nBefore Teaching\nRead the Big Ideas and Key Understandings and the Synopsis.  Please do not read this to the students.  This is a description for teachers, about the big ideas and key understanding that students should take away after completing this task.\nBig Ideas and Key Understandings\nEverything is stronger than something else. All things have their strengths and weaknesses no matter what size they are.\nSynopsis\nThis is a Zuni play about an ant in the search to find out who is strongest of all.  The ant talks with numerous characters such as: snow, sun, wind, house, mouse, cat, stick and fire to find out who is the strongest.  At the end, he learns the lesson that everything is stronger than something else.\nRead entire main selection text, keeping in mind the Big Ideas and Key Understandings.\nRe-read the main selection text while noting the stopping points for the Text Dependent Questions and teaching Vocabulary.\nDuring Teaching\nStudents read the entire main selection text independently.\nTeacher reads the main selection text aloud with students following along.\n(Depending on how complex the text is and the amount of support needed by students, the teacher may choose to reverse the order of steps 1 and 2.)\nStudents and teacher re-read the text while stopping to respond to and discuss the questions and returning to the text.  A variety of methods can be used to structure the reading and discussion (i.e.:  whole class discussion, think-pair-share, independent written response, group work, etc.)\nText Dependent Questions\nText Dependent Questions\nAnswers\nWhat does the author tell us about who the Zunis are? Pg. 157\nThe Zunis are people of the U.S. Southwest, who dwell in pueblos and developed means of growing their crops in very dry lands.\nWhat does he tell us about why the Zuni people are famous? Pg. 157\nThey are famous for their ceremonies, which are designed to give thanks and support to all living things, from the largest to the smallest. They are also well-known jewelers.\nWhat is the name of the dwelling that the Zunis live in? Describe this type of dwelling.  Pg. 157\nThe dwelling the Zunis live in is called a pueblo.\nPueblos are compact villages made up of multistoried buildings of adobe brick and beams.\nLook over page 157 again. How are the Zunis connected to this play?\nThe title page says that this is a Zuni play, so we can infer that they created this play.\nIn this play, what does Little Red Ant want to find out? Pg. 160\nLittle Red Ant wants to find out who in the world is the strongest one of all.\nWhat evidence does the author provide to show that the Little Red Ant is curious by nature? Pgs. 160-161\nThe author writes that the Little Red Ant often wondered about the world outside, he wanted to find out who was the strongest, he was willing to go outside from under the rock in order to get his question answered, and he asked questions when he encountered the other characters in the story.\nWhat is the setting in Scene 2 and how do you know?\nPg. 161\nThe title tells me the setting in Scene 2 is the mesa.\nHow does Little Red Ant try to find the answer to his question, “Who is the strongest of all?” Pg. 161-163\nLittle Red Ant tries to find the answer by asking other characters he meets, “Are you the strongest of all?”\nWhy does Snow hurry offstage when it sees Sun?\nPg. 161\nSnow hurries offstage when it sees Sun, because Snow knows Sun can melt Snow.\nPersonification is when the author describes an animal or object as if it were a person. How does the author use personification in order to make Little Red Ant and the other characters seem more like humans?\nThe characters wear clothing, they talk, they show emotions like being scared and curi","cbCaiaZOj9xMoDeg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaZOj9xMoDeg","docx",49416,11,"English","# Unit 2/Week 1\n## Big Ideas and Key Understandings\n## Synopsis\n## Teacher Instructions\n## Text Dependent Questions\n## Vocabulary\n## Culminating Task\n## Additional Tasks\n## Supports for English Language Learners (ELLs)","[{\"question\":\"What is the main lesson of “The Strongest One”?\",\"answer\":\"Little Red Ant learns that everything is stronger than something else.\"},{\"question\":\"Who are the characters Little Red Ant talks to in the search for the strongest?\",\"answer\":\"He speaks with characters such as snow, sun, wind, house, mouse, cat, stick, and fire.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the play support students’ understanding through classroom activities?\",\"answer\":\"Students read independently and with the teacher, discuss text-dependent questions, learn key vocabulary, and complete a culminating task to illustrate characters and summarize strengths and weaknesses.\"}]","The Strongest One - Teacher Instructions | DOCX",1792132372,17]