Using collected personal Mini-lesson on Picture anedcotes as a ‘picture Autobiography autobiography’ Two class periods Writing poetry from models Various biography poems. Completed poems Students will use line breaks Mini-lesson on modeling to create a free verse poem poetry from a paragraph. Two class periods Writing a free verse poem Mini-lesson on Found Complete poems using line breaks. Poems: Turning Paragraphs into Free Verse Biography Unit – Poetry Skills Duration of unit in one class Understanding various Minilesson on ‘people Questions about poetry on sessions types of poetry poems’ practice ELA Noticing poets’ use of Any poetry anthologies Correct annotation of poetic devices: simile, containing poems about poetic devices on metaphor, rhyme scheme, ‘people’ poetry onomatopoeia Biography Unit – Word Study Two class periods Understanding word Mini-lesson on word parts Word Map activity structure: roots, prefixes, suffixes Finding the information to fill in a word map Duration of unit; Independently collecting Word collection activity Completion of word explanation in one class vocabulary acquired collection period through reading Vocabulary questions on Using a thesaurus to locate practice ELA synonyms and antonyms Biography Unit – Grammar Skills One class period Recognizing and correcting Mini-lesson on run-on ELA proofreading practice run-on sentences sentences Editing on all final drafts for reading and writing tasks One class period Understanding the spelling Minilesson on Spelling ELA proofreading practice principles for plural words Principles for Plurals Editing on all final drafts for Student practice sheet reading and writing tasks Biography Unit – Listening and Speaking Skills Duration of unit: These are Listening to appreciate, Whole class read-alouds: Student contribution to the activities that will foster understand and relate to a Looking Back class discussions. listening and speaking skills text Zora Neal and the throughout this unit. The Chinaberry Tree Student completion of activities have already been Show Way independent assignments mentioned in other Amelia and Eleanor Go for a related to group
Using collected personal anedcotes as a ‘picture autobiography’ Mini-lesson on Picture Autobiography Two class periods Writing poetry from models Students will use line breaks to create a free verse poem from a paragraph. Various biography poems. Mini-lesson on modeling poetry Completed poems Two class periods Writing a free verse poem using line breaks. Mini-lesson on Found Poems: Turning Paragraphs into Free Verse Complete poems Biography Unit – Poetry Skills Duration of unit in one class sessions Understanding various types of poetry Noticing poets’ use of poetic devices: simile, metaphor, rhyme scheme, onomatopoeia Minilesson on ‘people poems’ Any poetry anthologies containing poems about ‘people’ Questions about poetry on practice ELA Correct annotation of poetic devices on poetry Biography Unit – Word Study Two class periods Understanding word structure: roots, prefixes, suffixes Finding the information to fill in a word map Mini-lesson on word parts Word Map activity Duration of unit; explanation in one class period Independently collecting vocabulary acquired through reading Using a thesaurus to locate synonyms and antonyms Word collection activity Completion of word collection Vocabulary questions on practice ELA Biography Unit – Grammar Skills One class period Recognizing and correcting run-on sentences Mini-lesson on run-on sentences ELA proofreading practice Editing on all final drafts for reading and writing tasks One class period Understanding the spelling principles for plural words Minilesson on Spelling Principles for Plurals Student practice sheet ELA proofreading practice Editing on all final drafts for reading and writing tasks Biography Unit – Listening and Speaking Skills Duration of unit: These are the activities that will foster listening and speaking skills throughout this unit. The activities have already been mentioned in other Listening to appreciate, understand and relate to a text Whole class read-alouds: Looking Back Zora Neal and the Chinaberry Tree Show Way Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Student contribution to class discussions. Student completion of independent assignments related to group
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