DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 UNIT INTRODUCTION UNIT INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW SELECTION SELECTION Whole-Class Learning Anchor Text Anchor Text from Brown Girl Dreaming from Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson Jacqueline Woodson SE pp 2-5 SE pp 5-9 SE pp 10-11 SE pp 12-16 SE pp 17-19 Unit Goals Launch Text Essential Question MAKING MEANING MAKING MEANING Students will deepen their Students will read What are some of the “Wagon perspective about the ways Train at Dusk.” They will then challenges and triumphs of Concept Vocabulary First-Read Guide: Poetry that childhood experiences be able to participate in growing up? squish, humming, twirl, can be shared through discussions about childhood. shushes, feathery Read the Selection reading, writing, speaking, Whole-Class Learning Selection Audio listening, and presenting. Word Network Strategies First Read from Brown Girl Dreaming: Unit Goals Video Students add new words to Students Notice, Annotate, Accessible Leveled Text Listen actively their Word Network as they Connect, Respond as they Clarify by asking Academic Vocabulary read texts in the unit. read the selection the first Comprehension Check questions reflect, Word Network time. Students complete Monitor understanding biography/autobiography, comprehension questions. Interact and ideas structure, recognize, memoir Summary Guide: Poetry from Brown Girl Dreaming: Whole-Class Learning Students write a summary of First Read Extension Strategies Home Connection Letter the Launch Text. Read the Selection Questions Spanish Home Connection Selection Audio of Contents Preview Letter Launch Activity from Brown Girl Dreaming: Research to Clarify Preview the selections in the Unit 1 Answer Key Students participate in an Accessible Text Students research one unit and discuss how they activity related to the unit unfamiliar detail from the text. relate to the EQ and unit STANDARDS theme. STANDARDS topic. L.6.6 RI.6.10 STANDARDS QuickWrite RI.6.10 Students write a response to the QuickWrite prompt: What are the most effective tools for establishing and preserving freedom? Evidence Log Students add notes and evidence that will be used to inform the Assessment. Evidence Log Performance-Based Assessment: Refining Your Thinking myPerspectives ELL Support
DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 UNIT INTRODUCTION SE pp 2-5 UNIT INTRODUCTION SE pp 5-9 OVERVIEW Whole-Class Learning SE pp 10-11 SELECTION Anchor Text from Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson SE pp 12-16 SELECTION Anchor Text from Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson SE pp 17-19 Unit Goals Students will deepen their perspective about the ways that childhood experiences can be shared through reading, writing, speaking, listening, and presenting. Unit Goals Video Academic Vocabulary reflect, biography/autobiography, structure, recognize, memoir Home Connection Letter Spanish Home Connection Letter Unit 1 Answer Key STANDARDS L.6.6 Launch Text Students will read “Wagon Train at Dusk.” They will then be able to participate in discussions about childhood. Word Network Students add new words to their Word Network as they read texts in the unit. Word Network Summary Students write a summary of the Launch Text. Launch Activity Students participate in an activity related to the unit theme. QuickWrite Students write a response to the QuickWrite prompt: What are the most effective tools for establishing and preserving freedom? Evidence Log Students add notes and evidence that will be used to inform the Assessment. Evidence Log Performance-Based Assessment: Refining Your Thinking Essential Question What are some of the challenges and triumphs of growing up? Whole-Class Learning Strategies Listen actively Clarify by asking questions Monitor understanding Interact and ideas Whole-Class Learning Strategies of Contents Preview Preview the selections in the unit and discuss how they relate to the EQ and unit topic. MAKING MEANING Concept Vocabulary squish, humming, twirl, shushes, feathery First Read Students Notice, Annotate, Connect, Respond as they read the selection the first time. Guide: Poetry Read the Selection Selection Audio from Brown Girl Dreaming: Accessible Text STANDARDS RI.6.10 MAKING MEANING First-Read Guide: Poetry Read the Selection Selection Audio from Brown Girl Dreaming: Accessible Leveled Text Comprehension Check Students complete comprehension questions. from Brown Girl Dreaming: First Read Extension Questions Research to Clarify Students research one unfamiliar detail from the text. STANDARDS RI.6.10 myPerspectives ELL Support
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