Aligned Novel Choices: Rascal by Sterling North or White Fang by Jack London Collection Description: In this collection, students will explore the beauty, and mystery of nature. Necessary Tasks: Selection/Feature Title Critical Analysis Vocabulary Strategy Language Conventions Selection Performance (Critical Vocabulary) Task anchor TEXT: Analyze Text: Memoir Strategy: Precise Language Writing Activity: memoir LAFS.7.RI.1.3 Figures of Speech LAFS.7.L.2.3a Analysis from Mississippi Solo LAFS.7.L.3.5a LAFS.7.RI.2.4, LAFS.7.W.3.9 by Eddy Harris Analyze the Meanings of Words and Phrases Critical Vocabulary: READER: LAFS.7.RI.2.4 avalanche, insulate, splinter, MEMOIR ethereal from Polar Dream by Thayer soliloquy Determine Meanings None none Speaking Activity: from The Tempest LAFS.7.RL.2.4 Dramatic Reading by William Shakespeare LAFS.7.SL.1.1, LAFS.7.SL.2.6 Analyze Form LAFS.7.RL.2.5 short story Determine Theme Strategy: Sentence Structure Writing Activity: with Green” LAFS.7.RL.1.2 a Glossary LAFS.7.L.1.1b “Allied by Shihab Nye LAFS.7.L.3.4c LAFS.7.W.1.1, LAFS.7.W.2.4, Determine the Meanings of LAFS.7.4.10 Words and Phrases Critical Vocabulary: LAFS.7.RL.2.4 addiction, median, arboretum, obituary EXPOSITORY Analyze Structure: Essay Strategy: Prepositional Phrases Speaking Activity: Rocks’ Balancing Acts” LAFS.7.RI.1.2, LAFS.7.RI.1.3, Latin Roots LAFS.7.L.1.1a Oral Report “Big by Douglas Fox LAFS.7.RI.2.5 LAFS.7.L.3.4b, LAFS.7.L.3.6 LAFS.7.W.3.7, LAFS.7.SL.2.4 READER: Critical Vocabulary: INFORMATIONAL TEXT gully, bedrock, gradual, Hidden Southwest: The coincidence, precarious “The Arch Hunters” by James Vlahos COMPARE ANCHOR TEXTS
Aligned Novel Choices: Rascal by Sterling North or White Fang by Jack London Collection Description: In this collection, students will explore the beauty, and mystery of nature. Necessary Tasks: Selection/Feature Title Critical Analysis Vocabulary Strategy (Critical Vocabulary) Language Conventions Selection Performance Task anchor TEXT: memoir from Mississippi Solo by Eddy Harris READER: MEMOIR from Polar Dream by Thayer Analyze Text: Memoir LAFS.7.RI.1.3 Analyze the Meanings of Words and Phrases LAFS.7.RI.2.4 Strategy: Figures of Speech LAFS.7.L.3.5a Critical Vocabulary: avalanche, insulate, splinter, ethereal Precise Language LAFS.7.L.2.3a Writing Activity: Analysis LAFS.7.RI.2.4, LAFS.7.W.3.9 soliloquy from The Tempest by William Shakespeare Determine Meanings LAFS.7.RL.2.4 Analyze Form LAFS.7.RL.2.5 None none Speaking Activity: Dramatic Reading LAFS.7.SL.1.1, LAFS.7.SL.2.6 short story “Allied with Green” by Shihab Nye Determine Theme LAFS.7.RL.1.2 Determine the Meanings of Words and Phrases LAFS.7.RL.2.4 Strategy: a Glossary LAFS.7.L.3.4c Critical Vocabulary: addiction, median, arboretum, obituary Sentence Structure LAFS.7.L.1.1b Writing Activity: LAFS.7.W.1.1, LAFS.7.W.2.4, LAFS.7.4.10 EXPOSITORY “Big Rocks’ Balancing Acts” by Douglas Fox READER: INFORMATIONAL TEXT “The Hidden Southwest: The Arch Hunters” by James Vlahos Analyze Structure: Essay LAFS.7.RI.1.2, LAFS.7.RI.1.3, LAFS.7.RI.2.5 Strategy: Latin Roots LAFS.7.L.3.4b, LAFS.7.L.3.6 Critical Vocabulary: gully, bedrock, gradual, coincidence, precarious Prepositional Phrases LAFS.7.L.1.1a Speaking Activity: Oral Report LAFS.7.W.3.7, LAFS.7.SL.2.4 COMPARE ANCHOR TEXTS
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