Language Arts 4 Introduction
Completion requirements
Unit 1
What is
Courage?
Introduction
Unit 1: What is
Courage?
Learning Goals for Unit 1:
You will:
read, listen to, and talk about real-life stories about
courage
use predicting and inferring to help you understand what you read
make connections to your own life and to other stories
analyze who is included in media stories about courage
write and tell “recounts” (a list of events) about real-life happenings
use
word
structure to discover meaning of new words
use effective word choice to improve your writing
In this unit, you will be reading and learning about how
people display many different kinds of courage.
What is courage?
- What does courage mean to you?
- Have you ever had to do something that made you nervous?
- Do you think you are brave?
Open your Literacy in Action 4A textbook to pages 2 & 3.
Climbing a mountain takes courage!
Look at the picture of the ice climber to the right here, and the mountain climber on page 3 of your textbook.
The ideas in the orange text-box on page 3 describe different aspects of courage, other than what you might need to climb a mountain.
The ideas in the orange text-box on page 3 describe different aspects of courage, other than what you might need to climb a mountain.
What are three words that could help describe the courage that a mountain climber would have?
Click to the next page to begin preparing for your first assignment.
Click to the next page to begin preparing for your first assignment.
View the picture of the man climbing the mountain.
Does this picture make you think of courage?
You would have to be very brave to climb a steep, slippery, snow-covered mountain.