Exploring Plot Through Animation

This webquest may take about seven days to complete.  Educators may shorten the webquest and/or use only the activities that may help their students specifically with plot- rather it be in reading and/or writing.  The short clips are ideal for minilessons and engagement.  The packet does come with an answer key.  Below, I will list the references for the Pixar Unit.  You may also build this webquest into a longer unit and/or break it up for review and revisiting later in the school year.  It is built with differentiation- from visuals to organizers.  Any suggested picture books have been very successful and again are engaging for the students to follow along and increase their understanding of plot. 

Standards

R.L.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
R.L.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, summarize the text.
R.L.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
R.L 4.7 Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text.
RI.4.5 Describe the overall structure (e.g. chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or a part of a text.
W.4.3 Write Narrative to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
W.4.4 Produce Clear and Coherent writing in which the development and the organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
SL.4.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and text, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
L.4.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
L.4.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Credits

All References:
1. Pixar- Created for Learning - Teachers Pay Teachers.com (download is free). They have a website and social media pages.-- Amazing Resource.
2. You tube.com for the Pixar Short Clips.
3. Plot organizers: (www.pinterest.com) teacherspayteachers.com ...(https://www.pinterest.com/pin/487373990898714395/)-By Caitlin Howald
4. For the Birds Handouts: Elementary School Counseling.org (http://www.elementaryschoolcounseling.org/bullying.html)
5. Presto Quiz: Teacherspayteachers.com - Graphic Organizer PDF- (http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/
Product/Reading-Skills-Posters-for-Grades-K-3)