4th, Unit 7, L15

Lesson 15:
Rip Van Winkle

Grade 4 | Unit 7: American Revolution

Our Learning
Goals

Unit 7, Lesson 15: Rip Van Winkle

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Language

Writing

Reading

Take-Home

Material

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What are our learning goals?

I can spell words related to the lesson.

I can engage in collaborative discussions with peers.

I can provide and receive constructive criticism about cause and
effect essays.

Unit 7, Lesson 15: Rip Van Winkle

What are our learning goals?

I can use feedback to strengthen and develop my writing by
planning, revising, and editing.

I can examine the elements of historical fiction and details of
everyday life for colonists following the Revolutionary War.

Unit 7, Lesson 15: Rip Van Winkle

Reading
About It

Unit 7, Lesson 15: Rip Van Winkle

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Start of Lesson

Language

Writing

Reading

Take-Home

Material

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The Road to Independence

Unit 7, Lesson 15: Rip Van Winkle

Whole-Group Reading,
Chapter 9

“Rip Van Winkle”

Vocabulary

Unit 7, Lesson 15: Rip Van Winkle

provoke

console

peal

ninepins

breeches

melancholy

Vocabulary

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skeptical

revere

henpecked

The Big
Question

Unit 7, Lesson 15: Rip Van Winkle

How does Washington
Irving weave fact and
fiction together in the
telling of “Rip Van
Winkle”?

Word Cloud

Choose one word to describe the type of person Rip Van Winkle is. Type it below.

Multiple Choice

Why does Rip Van Winkle leave home?

• To escape his nagging wife and go hunting in the mountains.
• To join a group of traveling musicians.
• To become a sailor and travel the world.
• To start a new life in a different town.

Multiple Choice

What does Rip Van Winkle encounter at the inn that conveys the passage of time?

• The words beneath the new portrait read "King George III."

• The portrait of King George III is changed.

• There is a French flag hanging at the inn.

• There is a painting of Abraham Lincoln.

Multiple Choice

How do the villagers first react to the new that Rip Van Winkle has been asleep for 20 years?

• The villagers are indifferent and carry on with their daily routines
• The villagers are excited and throw a celebration for Rip Van Winkle
• The villagers are angry and blame Rip Van Winkle for his absence
• The villagers are shocked and amazed, finding it hard to believe and initially skeptical.

Multiple Choice

After 20 years away, how is Rip Van Winkle treated by people in his village?

• Treated with indifference
• Welcomed with hostility
• Kindly and with respect
• Ignored and mistreated

Unit 7, Lesson 15: Rip Van Winkle

Discussing the
Chapter

Open Ended

How did daily life change or remain the same after the Revolutionary War? Go back to the text if you need to.

Unit 7, Lesson 15: Rip Van Winkle

What word are we learning about?

console

Unit 7, Lesson 15: Rip Van Winkle

Discussion Activity

console

Console means to comfort or try to make someone feel better
and less sad.

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Unit 7, Lesson 15: Rip Van Winkle