Reading Cathedral will help students make preliminary determinations Formative assessment: about Macaulay’s style which will help to complete the literary analysis The teacher assesses students’ reading answers and participation in essay of Macaulay’s style as evident in in the Curriculum Cathedral the graded oral discussion. Embedded Performance Assessment. Analyzing an Author’s Style Cathedral: David Macaulay’s Close Reading Guide for Teachers Directions: For each of the following questions, answer in your own words and then find textual evidence to support your answer. Be sure to include the page number. Be prepared to share your answers in class. Lesson 4, Questions 1-4 Standards Questions Example of an Answer Textual Evidence CCSS. What is the setting of the The story is set in France during the 1200s-1300s in "In the thirteenth century God was good to the ELA-Literacy. story? Why is this setting a fictional town called Chutreaux. The setting is people of France and especially to the people of RI.7.1 important? What ideas important because it was a peaceful and Chutreaux….For these blessings and to help CCSS. were important to the prosperous period, after a time of war (the insure that he would continue to favor them, the ELA-Literacy. people? Crusades). Virtually everyone in France and the city of Chutreaux wished to thank God." (p.5) RI.7.3 rest of Europe believed in Christianity. Because the people had a common religion, they also had a common purpose to build a church to thank and glorify God. CCSS. Provide at least One two reason was to thank God for their good "They had no wars to fight and the plague was ELA-Literacy. reasons ideas fortune. or events - gone. The weather was good ...there was plenty – RI.7.1 that influenced the people of food to eat and business was good..." ( 5) CCSS.
Formative assessment: The teacher assesses students’ reading answers and participation in the graded oral discussion. Reading Cathedral will help students make preliminary determinations about Macaulay’s style which will help to complete the literary analysis essay of Macaulay’s style as evident in Cathedral in the Curriculum Embedded Performance Assessment. Analyzing an Author’s Style David Macaulay’s Cathedral: Close Reading Guide for Teachers Directions: For each of the following questions, answer in your own words and then find textual evidence to support your answer. Be sure to include the page number. Be prepared to share your answers in class. Lesson 4, Questions 1-4 Standards Questions Example of an Answer Textual Evidence CCSS. ELA-Literacy. RI.7.1 CCSS. ELA-Literacy. RI.7.3 What is the setting of the story? Why is this setting important? What ideas were important to the people? The story is set in France during the 1200s-1300s in a fictional town called Chutreaux. The setting is important because it was a peaceful and prosperous period, after a time of war (the Crusades). Virtually everyone in France and the rest of Europe believed in Christianity. Because the people had a common religion, they also had a common purpose to build a church to thank and glorify God. "In the thirteenth century God was good to the people of France and especially to the people of Chutreaux….For these blessings and to help insure that he would continue to favor them, the city of Chutreaux wished to thank God." (p.5) CCSS. ELA-Literacy. RI.7.1 CCSS. Provide at least two reasons – ideas or events - that influenced the people One reason was to thank God for their good fortune. "They had no wars to fight and the plague was gone. The weather was good ...there was plenty of food to eat and business was good..." ( 5)
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