LANGUAGE LANGUAGE EFFECTIVE EXPRESSION EFFECTIVE EXPRESSION MAKING MEANING DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT Writing to Sources: Speaking and Listening: Concept Vocabulary enable; foresight; prescient; Concept Vocabulary Conventions: Subject Critical Review Class Discussion Students complete activities Complements Students write a critical Students will discuss how the myopic; naiveté; seminal related to the Concept Students identify predicate review supporting your episode involving Uncle Vocabulary words: nouns, pronouns, or understanding of the Marcos and his mechanical First Read decipher; contraption; adjectives in sentences. character of Uncle Marcos. bird draws on themes from Students Notice, Annotate, ingenuity; invincible; Conventions: Subject Writing to Sources: Critical the Greek myth of Icarus. Connect, Respond as they newfangled; improvisations Complements Review Speaking and Listening: read the selection the Conventions: Subject Writing to Sources: Critical Class Discussion time. Word Latin Suffix: Complements (RP) Review (RP) Speaking and Listening: First-Read Guide: Nonfiction -ity Class Discussion (RP) Concept Vocabulary and STANDARDS STANDARDS Read the Selection Word Study L.8.1 W.6.1.b; W.6.1.c Evidence Log Selection Word Study: Latin Suffix: -ity Students add notes and To Fly: Accessible Leveled (RP) evidence that will be used to Text inform the Word Network Assessment. Comprehension Check Students add new words to Students complete their Word Network as they SELECTION TEST comprehension questions. read texts in the unit. Selection Test: Uncle Marcos To Fly: First Read Extension Questions STANDARDS STANDARDS L.8.4.b RL.8.9; SL.6.1.a; SL.6.1.b Research to Clarify Students research one unfamiliar detail from the text. Research to Explore Students choose something that interests them from the text and formulate a research question. STANDARDS RI.6.10 myPerspectives ELL Support Word Study: Latin Suffix: -ity Conventions: Subject Writing to Sources: Critical Speaking and Listening: Audio Summary (RP) Complements (RP) Review (RP) Class Discussion (RP) To Fly: Accessible Leveled (TE p 460) (TE p 461) (TE p 462) (TE p 463) Text Personalize for Learning Personalize for Learning English Language Support:
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Concept Vocabulary Students complete activities related to the Concept Vocabulary words: decipher; contraption; ingenuity; invincible; newfangled; improvisations Word Latin Suffix: -ity Concept Vocabulary and Word Study Word Study: Latin Suffix: -ity (RP) Word Network Students add new words to their Word Network as they read texts in the unit. STANDARDS L.8.4.b LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Conventions: Subject Complements Students identify predicate nouns, pronouns, or adjectives in sentences. Conventions: Subject Complements Conventions: Subject Complements (RP) STANDARDS L.8.1 EFFECTIVE EXPRESSION Writing to Sources: Critical Review Students write a critical review supporting your understanding of the character of Uncle Marcos. Writing to Sources: Critical Review Writing to Sources: Critical Review (RP) STANDARDS W.6.1.b; W.6.1.c EFFECTIVE EXPRESSION Speaking and Listening: Class Discussion Students will discuss how the episode involving Uncle Marcos and his mechanical bird draws on themes from the Greek myth of Icarus. Speaking and Listening: Class Discussion Speaking and Listening: Class Discussion (RP) Evidence Log Students add notes and evidence that will be used to inform the Assessment. SELECTION TEST Selection Test: Uncle Marcos STANDARDS RL.8.9; SL.6.1.a; SL.6.1.b MAKING MEANING Concept Vocabulary enable; foresight; prescient; myopic; naiveté; seminal First Read Students Notice, Annotate, Connect, Respond as they read the selection the time. First-Read Guide: Nonfiction Read the Selection Selection To Fly: Accessible Leveled Text Comprehension Check Students complete comprehension questions. To Fly: First Read Extension Questions Research to Clarify Students research one unfamiliar detail from the text. Research to Explore Students choose something that interests them from the text and formulate a research question. STANDARDS RI.6.10 myPerspectives ELL Support Word Study: Latin Suffix: -ity (RP) (TE p 460) Conventions: Subject Complements (RP) (TE p 461) Personalize for Learning English Language Support: Writing to Sources: Critical Review (RP) (TE p 462) Speaking and Listening: Class Discussion (RP) (TE p 463) Audio Summary To Fly: Accessible Leveled Text Personalize for Learning
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