1 A Christmas Carol erview 2 3 Daily Task Summative Unit Ass Daily instruction helps students read and understand text Unit Focus 4 and express that understanding. A culminating writing task Topic: Self-reflection and selflessness 7 contrasting Themes: Explore how points of view/perspectives characters teach life lessons Lesson 1: Stave I of A Christmas Carol (sample tasks) The influences of characters and achieve redemption Lesson 2: “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” (sample tasks) and setting on theme through selflessness and 5 valuing people over material Lesson 3: “History of Christmas,” Stave II and Stave III of A cold-read assessment possessions A Christmas Carol (sample tasks) Text Use: Character point Reading and understanding Lesson 4: Stave IV of A Christmas Carol (sample tasks) of view/perspective and grade- level texts Lesson 5: “Study: Experiences Make Us Happier development, influence of Comparing and contrasting Than Possessions” and “Do Experiences or Material setting and characters on how texts approach similar Goods Make Us Happier?” theme, influence of text on topics Lesson 6: Stave V of A Christmas Carol and “The Gift society Understanding academic of the Magi” Lesson 7: Reader’s Theater Play of A Christmas Carol from vocabulary How authors develop 6 SCOPE Magazine and A Christmas Carol An extension task Lesson 8: “The Eighth Tuesday We Talk About Money” Influence of text on other Lesson 9: Original manuscript of A Christmas Carol with texts, Dickens’s revisions (sample tasks and culminating social traditions, and language writing task) Lesson 10: “Charles Dickens: Six Things He Gave from Tuesdays with Morrie (cold-read assessment) the Modern World” (extension task) All units have a unit focus, summative unit assessments, and daily tasks. The unit focus answers the do I want my students to learn from question: “What texts?” The summative unit assessments answer the question: will I determine if my students can read grade-level texts and meet “How standards?” The culminating writing task ask students to write in response to a text. The cold-read assessment measures ability to read and understand sufficiently complex texts. students’ The extension task incorporates research about related unit topics. The daily tasks answer the question: will I help students read and understand texts and express their “How understanding?”
A Christmas Carol erview 1 Unit Focus Topic: Self-reflection and selflessness 2 3 Summative Unit Ass A culminating writing task 4 7 Daily Task Daily instruction helps students read and understand text and express that understanding. Themes: Explore how characters teach life lessons and achieve redemption through selflessness and valuing people over material possessions Text Use: Character point of view/perspective and development, influence of setting and characters on theme, influence of text on society How authors develop contrasting points of view/perspectives The influences of characters and setting on theme 5 A cold-read assessment Reading and understanding grade- level texts Comparing and contrasting how texts approach similar topics Understanding academic vocabulary Lesson 1: Stave I of A Christmas Carol (sample tasks) Lesson 2: “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” (sample tasks) Lesson 3: “History of Christmas,” Stave II and Stave III of A Christmas Carol (sample tasks) Lesson 4: Stave IV of A Christmas Carol (sample tasks) Lesson 5: “Study: Experiences Make Us Happier Than Possessions” and “Do Experiences or Material Goods Make Us Happier?” Lesson 6: Stave V of A Christmas Carol and “The Gift of the Magi” Lesson 7: Reader’s Theater Play of A Christmas Carol from 6 An extension task SCOPE Magazine and A Christmas Carol Lesson 8: “The Eighth Tuesday We Talk About Money” Influence of text on other texts, social traditions, and language from Tuesdays with Morrie (cold-read assessment) Lesson 9: Original manuscript of A Christmas Carol with Dickens’s revisions (sample tasks and culminating writing task) Lesson 10: “Charles Dickens: Six Things He Gave the Modern World” (extension task) All units have a unit focus, summative unit assessments, and daily tasks. The unit focus answers the question: “What do I want my students to learn from texts?” The summative unit assessments answer the question: “How will I determine if my students can read grade-level texts and meet standards?” The culminating writing task ask students to write in response to a text. The cold-read assessment measures students’ ability to read and understand sufficiently complex texts. The extension task incorporates research about related unit topics. The daily tasks answer the question: “How will I help students read and understand texts and express their understanding?”