E-raamat: Encounters With Archetypes: Integrated ELA Lessons for Gifted and Advanced Learners in Grades 4-5

This book contains 12 lessons developed by Vanderbilt U.'s Programs for Talented Youth and aligned with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. The lessons integrate the study of archetypes with the concept of encounters, and gifted students in grades four and five read and analyze fictional and informational texts, speeches, and visual media to learn about character, situational, and symbolic archetypes and discuss how encounters and stories are similar and different from encounters in their own lives. Lessons include a key question, objectives, information on standards, a list of materials, introductory activities, in-class activities to deepen learning, choice-based differentiated products, opportunities for talent development, social-emotional connections, English language arts tasks, concept connections, assessment, handouts, time allotment, evidence support, and differentiation. They include texts by Sandra Cisneros, Louis Untermeyer, Rudyard Kipling, Emily Dickinson, and Maya Angelou; biographies of Oprah Winfrey, Mother Teresa, Jackie Robinson, Sally Ride, and Lin-Manuel Miranda; a speech from Ronald Reagan; a novel study featuring Wonder by R.J. Palacio and Counting 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan; and art from Pieter Bruegel. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Encounters With Archetypes integrates the study of archetypes with the concept of encounters. This unit, developed by Vanderbilt University's Programs for Talented Youth, is aligned to the Common Core State Standards and features accelerated content, creative products, differentiated tasks, engaging activities, and the use of in-depth analysis models to develop sophisticated skills in the language arts. Through the lens of encounter, students will examine the patterns, symbols, and motifs associated with common archetypes by analyzing fictional and informational texts, speeches, and visual media. Students will follow various archetype encounters with conflicts and challenges to explore questions such as "How do archetypes reflect the human experience?" and "How do archetypes reveal human strengths and weaknesses?"