Given the independent requirements of this task, the teacher can provide students who need extra support with teacher-selected passages to analyze for their journals, and/or sentence frames for completing the analysis of each passage. DOK Level: 2 & 3 Lesson 18: and Reading Finish section four of novels, and Stargirl Wringer Literature Circle (Literature Circle Journals/Word complete reading journals. Composing to Plan Reading Journals focus texts) Walls Students who complete their journals and Composing to Section 4 (Finish and reading early will complete a (RL. 6.1, 6.2, Novels) Practice 6.3, 6.10, L self-analysis of their reading journals, using the rubric provided. As they 6.6) Student Groupings: review the rubric, they will make Independent changes and additions as needed. Lesson 19: and DOK Level: 2, 3, & 4 Final Word Content: Before beginning final literature Stargirl Wringer Wall Selected Word Final Literature (Literature Circle circle discussions students will meet Circle Socratic focus texts) Composing to Wall with their literature circle groups to Composing to Seminar Final create their Word Wall” and “Final Transfer Discussion Author Word Choice Analysis based Rubric on the individual word walls they Student Groupings: have collected. They will choose 10 Small Group and Socratic words that best exemplify the Whole Group Seminar Note author’s style and word choice, and Catchers will write a paragraph explaining how these words demonstrate the (SL 6.1, 6.4) author’s style and tone. The final Literature Circle Discussions will take the form of a whole-class Socratic Seminar. In this, students will discuss the five essential questions, using evidence from their novels, as well as the other texts we have read. This will allow students to hear from other novel
Given the independent requirements of this task, the teacher can provide students who need extra support with teacher-selected passages to analyze for their journals, and/or sentence frames for completing the analysis of each passage. Lesson 18: Literature Circle Reading Journals Section 4 (Finish Novels) Stargirl and Wringer (Literature Circle focus texts) DOK Level: 2 & 3 Composing to Plan and Composing to Practice Student Groupings: Independent Reading Journals/Word Walls (RL. 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.10, L 6.6) Finish section four of novels, and complete reading journals. Students who complete their journals and reading early will complete a self-analysis of their reading journals, using the rubric provided. As they review the rubric, they will make changes and additions as needed. Lesson 19: Final Literature Circle Socratic Seminar Stargirl and Wringer (Literature Circle focus texts) DOK Level: 2, 3, & 4 Composing to Composing to Transfer Student Groupings: Small Group and Whole Group Final Word Wall Final Discussion Rubric Socratic Seminar Note Catchers (SL 6.1, 6.4) Content: Selected Word Wall Before beginning final literature circle discussions students will meet with their literature circle groups to create their “Final Word Wall” and Author Word Choice Analysis based on the individual word walls they have collected. They will choose 10 words that best exemplify the author’s style and word choice, and will write a paragraph explaining how these words demonstrate the author’s style and tone. The final Literature Circle Discussions will take the form of a whole-class Socratic Seminar. In this, students will discuss the five essential questions, using evidence from their novels, as well as the other texts we have read. This will allow students to hear from other novel
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