Essential Questions Enduring Understandings What provocative questions will foster inquiry, What will students understand about the big ideas? understanding, and transfer of learning? How do learners make meaningful Students will understand that… connections? What do learners need to focus on when Everyone to a new country with a sense making inferences? of wanting to belong. How do learners paraphrase a written text? They belong to a community/world that will What is the purpose for reading different support them throughout their language genres such as novels, short biographies or journey. letters? There are various ways to make meaningful How do learners know what reading connections (text-to-text, text-to-self and strategies to apply and why? text-to -world). How and when do learners use the present Developing reading behaviors from the perfect tense and time clauses? beginning requires practice. Reading strategies help learners read for meaning, further developing reading comprehension skills. Reading strategies serve different functions to help readers make sense of the text Different genres have specific formats and structures. As learners read different genres they will to use strategies to help them navigate the text to locate the information needed. Depending what written text a learner will produce there will be a specific layout to follow. Construct appropriate sentences using the correct tense. Areas of Focus: Proficiencies Examples, Outcomes, Assessments (Cumulative Progress Indicators) Students will: English Language Arts Language Common Core: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Essential Questions What provocative questions will foster inquiry, understanding, and transfer of learning? Enduring Understandings What will students understand about the big ideas? How do learners make meaningful connections? What do learners need to focus on when making inferences? How do learners paraphrase a written text? What is the purpose for reading different genres such as novels, short biographies or letters? How do learners know what reading strategies to apply and why? How and when do learners use the present perfect tense and time clauses? Students will understand that… Everyone to a new country with a sense of wanting to belong. They belong to a community/world that will support them throughout their language journey. There are various ways to make meaningful connections (text-to-text, text-to-self and text-to -world). Developing reading behaviors from the beginning requires practice. Reading strategies help learners read for meaning, further developing reading comprehension skills. Reading strategies serve different functions to help readers make sense of the text Different genres have specific formats and structures. As learners read different genres they will to use strategies to help them navigate the text to locate the information needed. Depending what written text a learner will produce there will be a specific layout to follow. Construct appropriate sentences using the correct tense. Areas of Focus: Proficiencies (Cumulative Progress Indicators) Examples, Outcomes, Assessments Students will: English Language Arts Language Common Core: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.