Focusing Question Arc Study

Module 1 FQ 4
Module Title: A Season of Change

Essential Question of Module: How Does Change impact people and nature?

Focusing Question of the Arc: How does the chameleon change?

*Please refer to Lesson Preparation Wit and Wisdom Handout if you need
additional instructions for completing the table.

Look over Prepare and Analyze section for each lesson and identify the skills
students will know and be taught to ensure their learning towards the Essential
Question

Content Framing
Question, Lesson
Number,
Prepare Analyze Skills for Prepare Skills for Analyze
Standards
Identified

15 Students listen to Students complete Identify story Correctly identify

A Color of His new read elements of change character, setting,
What do I notice Own read aloud assessment in A Color of His problem and plot
and wonder about for the first time Own
A Color of His and complete N &
Own? W chart Classify questions Accurately record
of ACOHO that relevant info in
RL.2.1 Students relate to prior appropriate
RL.2.2 independently read knowledge column of chart
R;.2.3 and complete new (beginning, middle
RL.2.4 read assessment and end)
RL.2.5
R1.2.7 Students share out Identify moment
W.2.2 notice and of change in text
W.2.8 wonders and
W.10 answer questions
SL.2.1 that relate to
SL.2.2 previous
SL.2.6 knowledge
 Students recount Orally recount
16 ACOHO using Students orally story Recount with
‘story stones’ recount vs retell accuracy and
What happens in A the story fidelity
Color of His Own? Students review
new read Identifies correct
RL.2.1 assessments to problem and
RL.2.2 gather evidence for resolution
W.2.2 a class change
SL.2.1 chart
SL.2.6

17 Students revisit Students select Compare Identifies, selects

how problem and evidence in chameleon’s and records
What does a resolution connect support of their attempt to solve evidence that
deeper exploration to beginning and explanation of problem in demonstrates
of the problem and ending ways chameleon beginning and end recognition of the
resolution reveal in changes of story moment of change
ACOHO
Choose evidence
RL.2.1. that supports
RL.2.3 explanation of how
RL.2.5 chameleon
W.2.2 changes
W.2.8
W.10
SL.2.1
SL.2.2
SL.2.6

18 - FQT Students craft Students Write informative Students

responses to FQT demonstrate paragraph about sequenced
What is the central using evidence understanding of how the evidence
message of chosen and story components chameleon accurately
ACOHO rehearsed in and sequencing, changes including
previous lesson identifying point in topic statement
RL.2.2. story where and evidence
RL.2.3 Students discuss change occurs
W.2.2 and write central
W.10 message of
SL.2.1 ACOHO,
SL.2.6 supported by TDQ
L.2.1.e about story
L.2.1.f elements
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How does ACOHO Students Students

build my Students participate in Describe demonstrate
knowledge of participate in Socratic Seminar knowledge and knowledge of how
change Socratic seminar to discuss how the skills gained from each character
Leaf and reading ACOHO changes in the text,
RL.2.1 chameleon change using evidence,
RL.2.3 in similar and Link comments to module vocabulary
W.2.5 different ways peers in discussion and linked
W.10 comparing Little comments.
SL.2.1 Yellow Leaf to the
SL.2.6 chameleon