DAY 16 DAY 17 DAY 18 DAY 19 DAY 20 PERFORMANCE TASK: PERFORMANCE TASK: PERFORMANCE TASK: OVERVIEW SELECTION WRITING WRITING FOCUS WRITING FOCUS Small-Group Learning You, M’am Write an Explanatory Essay an Explanatory Essay Write an Explanatory Essay Langston Hughes SE pp 304-306 SE p 307 SE pp 308-309 SE pp 310-313 SE pp 314-319 PERFORMANCE TASK LANGUAGE PERFORMANCE TASK Essential Question MAKING MEANING DEVELOPMENT Write an Explanatory Revising What can cause a sudden Concept Vocabulary Cause-and-Effect Essay Conventions: Revise Students evaluate and revise change in someone’s life? permit; release; contact Students write an essay Sentences to Heighten draft utilizing peer reviews. First Read responding to the question: Interest Small-Group Learning Students Notice, Annotate, How does Scrooge’s Students use a variety of Editing and Proofreading Strategies Connect, Respond as they character transform over the sentence structures to Students edit for conventions Prepare read the selection the first course of the play? heighten reader’ interest. and proofread for accuracies. Participate Fully time. Support Others PreWriting/Planning STANDARDS Publishing and Presenting Clarify First-Read Guide: Nonfiction Students develop ideas and W.7.1.d; L.7.1.b; L.7.3.a Students create a version Small-Group Learning connect across texts. of their essay and share in Strategies Read the Selection small groups. Selection Audio Drafting of Contents Preview You, M’am : Accessible Students organize and write a Reflecting Preview the selections in the Leveled Text first draft. Students reflect on their unit and discuss how they essays. relate to the EQ and unit Comprehension Check STANDARDS topic. Students complete W.7.2.a-c; W.7.10 STANDARDS comprehension questions. W.7.1.d-f; W.7.5; W.7.6 Working as a Team Take a position Thank You, M’am: First Read List your rules Extension Questions Apply the rules Name your group Research to Clarify Create a communication Students research a topic that plan will help them better understand the text. Making a Schedule Students make a schedule STANDARDS with group for completing Rl.7.10; L.7.4.a tasks. Working on Group Projects Students choose specific roles for each member. myPerspectives ELL Support
DAY 16 DAY 17 DAY 18 DAY 19 DAY 20 PERFORMANCE TASK: WRITING Write an Explanatory Essay SE pp 304-306 PERFORMANCE TASK: WRITING FOCUS an Explanatory Essay SE p 307 PERFORMANCE TASK: WRITING FOCUS Write an Explanatory Essay SE pp 308-309 OVERVIEW Small-Group Learning SE pp 310-313 SELECTION You, M’am Langston Hughes SE pp 314-319 PERFORMANCE TASK Write an Explanatory Cause-and-Effect Essay Students write an essay responding to the question: How does Scrooge’s character transform over the course of the play? PreWriting/Planning Students develop ideas and connect across texts. Drafting Students organize and write a first draft. STANDARDS W.7.2.a-c; W.7.10 LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Conventions: Revise Sentences to Heighten Interest Students use a variety of sentence structures to heighten reader’ interest. STANDARDS W.7.1.d; L.7.1.b; L.7.3.a PERFORMANCE TASK Revising Students evaluate and revise draft utilizing peer reviews. Editing and Proofreading Students edit for conventions and proofread for accuracies. Publishing and Presenting Students create a version of their essay and share in small groups. Reflecting Students reflect on their essays. STANDARDS W.7.1.d-f; W.7.5; W.7.6 Essential Question What can cause a sudden change in someone’s life? Small-Group Learning Strategies Prepare Participate Fully Support Others Clarify Small-Group Learning Strategies of Contents Preview Preview the selections in the unit and discuss how they relate to the EQ and unit topic. Working as a Team Take a position List your rules Apply the rules Name your group Create a communication plan Making a Schedule Students make a schedule with group for completing tasks. Working on Group Projects Students choose specific roles for each member. MAKING MEANING Concept Vocabulary permit; release; contact First Read Students Notice, Annotate, Connect, Respond as they read the selection the first time. First-Read Guide: Nonfiction Read the Selection Selection Audio You, M’am : Accessible Leveled Text Comprehension Check Students complete comprehension questions. Thank You, M’am: First Read Extension Questions Research to Clarify Students research a topic that will help them better understand the text. STANDARDS Rl.7.10; L.7.4.a myPerspectives ELL Support
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