about the Slide #1 Bellringer: essential PowerPoint Present essential question to students. question and do people want to make a difference in ‘Why other’s lives?’ share with Ask if any of the words need to be clarified. peers. After the students have been given think time, ask them to predict and discuss what the All students essential question is referring to? should have Students will open their folders and remove their booklets to respond with a prediction the same sentence. access point Allow the students time to write their prediction sentences to be shared orally. to begin the Allow the students to share about someone they personally know or someone they admire unit. that would fit the question. Have the students share why they think the person they mentioned fits the question? Slide #2 Unit Vocabulary: Introduce the three terms that will be used throughout the unit. Students may not know or may have a working knowledge of all these words as they have multiple meanings: difference, character, trait. PowerPoint First, the student looks at the word and tries to identify how well they know the word using the strategy, Fist of Five (each student rates their word knowledge by showing a 1-5 fingers on their hands). If the words need clarification, then the can be used to explore the meanings of the words. If not, the students will enter each word on a Frayer Model in their booklets so that they have 3 pages of vocabulary after their prediction page. Booklet Class discussion: Character Traits
about the essential question and share with peers. All students should have the same access point to begin the unit. PowerPoint PowerPoint Booklet Slide #1 Bellringer: Present essential question to students. ‘Why do people want to make a difference in other’s lives?’ Ask if any of the words need to be clarified. After the students have been given think time, ask them to predict and discuss what the essential question is referring to? Students will open their folders and remove their booklets to respond with a prediction sentence. Allow the students time to write their prediction sentences to be shared orally. Allow the students to share about someone they personally know or someone they admire that would fit the question. Have the students share why they think the person they mentioned fits the question? Slide #2 Unit Vocabulary: Introduce the three terms that will be used throughout the unit. Students may not know or may have a working knowledge of all these words as they have multiple meanings: difference, character, trait. First, the student looks at the word and tries to identify how well they know the word using the strategy, Fist of Five (each student rates their word knowledge by showing a 1-5 fingers on their hands). If the words need clarification, then the can be used to explore the meanings of the words. If not, the students will enter each word on a Frayer Model in their booklets so that they have 3 pages of vocabulary after their prediction page. Class discussion: Character Traits
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