Decision One: Topic: Unit 2: Do You Know What I Mean? 4 Content Map of Unit Key Learning(s): Unit Essential Question(s): Optional Instructional The goal of reading is to In what ways do the characters express make meaning from the text. themselves? (theme) What strategies should I use to help comprehend stories? (reading) Story: Story: Content: Content: Jose! Born to Spelling/Grammar Writing Fluency Dance Lesson Essential Lesson Essential Lesson Essential Questions: Lesson Essential Questions: Questions: Questions: What is the author’s What strategies can I use to learn how to How can I a quality How can I achieve purpose in writing spell words correctly? (spelling) piece that conveys a understanding by the text? (author’s What is an affix and how does it change clear message to my reading with purpose) the meaning of the word root? (suffixes, audience? (response to appropriate How does analyzing Greek and Latin roots) lit, writing process) expression? (stress, the text help to What strategies should I use to identify How does a writer intonation and identify the author’s and interpret the meanings of figurative effectively and expression) purpose? language? (idioms) creatively respond to a How can I achieve (analyze/evaluate) How do I determine if a higher level specific prompt? understanding by synonym/antonym is appropriate to use? (Opinion reading with (antonym, analogies) paragraph/voice) appropriate How do I identify sound phrasing? (phrasing) Vocabulary: and structure in poetry? How can I achieve Debut Towered (poetry) understanding if a Stubborn Triumph text by Permission Discouraged and Hauling Toured Mournful Border (accuracy) STUDENT LEARNING MAP
Decision One: Content Map of Unit Topic: Unit 2: Do You Know What I Mean? 4 Key Learning(s): Unit Essential Question(s): Optional Instructional The goal of reading is to make meaning from the text. In what ways do the characters express themselves? (theme) What strategies should I use to help comprehend stories? (reading) Story: Story: Content: Content: Jose! Born to Dance Spelling/Grammar Writing Fluency Lesson Essential Questions: Lesson Essential Questions: Lesson Essential Questions: Lesson Essential Questions: What is the author’s purpose in writing the text? (author’s purpose) How does analyzing the text help to identify the author’s purpose? (analyze/evaluate) Vocabulary: Debut Towered Stubborn Triumph Permission Discouraged Hauling Toured Mournful Border What strategies can I use to learn how to spell words correctly? (spelling) What is an affix and how does it change the meaning of the word root? (suffixes, Greek and Latin roots) What strategies should I use to identify and interpret the meanings of figurative language? (idioms) How do I determine if a higher level synonym/antonym is appropriate to use? (antonym, analogies) How can I a quality piece that conveys a clear message to my audience? (response to lit, writing process) How does a writer effectively and creatively respond to a specific prompt? (Opinion paragraph/voice) How do I identify sound and structure in poetry? (poetry) How can I achieve understanding by reading with appropriate expression? (stress, intonation and expression) How can I achieve understanding by reading with appropriate phrasing? (phrasing) How can I achieve understanding if a text by and (accuracy) STUDENT LEARNING MAP
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