Unit of Study
Narrative Writing; Reading various genres
When will the lesson begin and end? September 25th – October 31st
Essential Question of the Unit:
How do important decisions impact a person’s life?
In this unit, readers explore what it is like to be faced with important decisions, and how these decisions affect a person’s life (6 weeks)
Standards for the Unit:
Common Core Learning Standards (College and Career Ready)
RL 7.1-7.10; WL 7.1-7.10, SL 7.1-7.6, L 7.1-7.6
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/common_core_standards/pdfdocs/p12_common_core_learning_standards_ela.pdf
Readings used in this unit
·
Call Me Maria,
Judith Ortiz Cofer ·
The Road Not Taken,
Robert Frost
My Beloved World,
Sonya Sotomayer (If time permits, may or may not include)
Assessments - Grading for this marking period
·
Homework - 10%
Reading log and/or reading checklist
- Any other homework that is assigned
·
End of the unit performance task – 10%
·
Quizzes, tests and projects – 40%
End of Unit Assessment (Scholastic)
Vocabulary Quizzes
Other tests or quizzes
Projects
– I Am poem, Dialog Jacket
·
Class Participation – 40 % - NOTEBOOKS - Close Reading, On Demand Writing, Vocabulary Journals
ON TASK - Daily class work completed
BEHAVIOR, PARTICIPATION, PREPARED (with supplies and hw and classwork)
·Comprehension
strategies (ongoing throughout the year):
1. Identifying the main idea
2. Summarizing
3. Retelling
4. Making connections
5. Predicting
6. Questioning
7. Visualizing
8. Analyzing point of view
Literary Elements - Plot, Character, Setting, Theme...
Literary Devices - figurative language...
Write from sources = Provide evidence from the reading/text to support the answer
Your support
1) Please make sure students do their H.W. every night. One HW that is given every night is –
Students read every night for 30 mins and then respond to their reading. Students may use the bookmark to help
them. Every night one paragraph response, collected on Fridays – 5 paragraphs reading response.
2) If you watch movies or news as a family – discuss them with your child - you may use the questions on this link for discussion
http://www.lanesville.k12.in.us/lcsyellowpages/BKRptRResponseForms/RRQuestions.pdf
If you watch the News together
– use Who, when, where, why, what and how questions
-
Movies or serials – Predict what will happen next, why do you think the character took
these actions, was it right or wrong, provide clear evidence from the serial to
justify your answer… the website below has additional questions
-
http://www.dps109.org/walden/websites/jfischer/Resources/Reading%20Response%20Questions.pdf
3) Do check Skedula every weekend – for comments about behavior, homework, and grades
when posted.
Narrative Writing; Reading various genres
When will the lesson begin and end? September 25th – October 31st
Essential Question of the Unit:
How do important decisions impact a person’s life?
In this unit, readers explore what it is like to be faced with important decisions, and how these decisions affect a person’s life (6 weeks)
Standards for the Unit:
Common Core Learning Standards (College and Career Ready)
RL 7.1-7.10; WL 7.1-7.10, SL 7.1-7.6, L 7.1-7.6
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/common_core_standards/pdfdocs/p12_common_core_learning_standards_ela.pdf
Readings used in this unit
·
Call Me Maria,
Judith Ortiz Cofer ·
The Road Not Taken,
Robert Frost
My Beloved World,
Sonya Sotomayer (If time permits, may or may not include)
Assessments - Grading for this marking period
·
Homework - 10%
Reading log and/or reading checklist
- Any other homework that is assigned
·
End of the unit performance task – 10%
·
Quizzes, tests and projects – 40%
End of Unit Assessment (Scholastic)
Vocabulary Quizzes
Other tests or quizzes
Projects
– I Am poem, Dialog Jacket
·
Class Participation – 40 % - NOTEBOOKS - Close Reading, On Demand Writing, Vocabulary Journals
ON TASK - Daily class work completed
BEHAVIOR, PARTICIPATION, PREPARED (with supplies and hw and classwork)
·Comprehension
strategies (ongoing throughout the year):
1. Identifying the main idea
2. Summarizing
3. Retelling
4. Making connections
5. Predicting
6. Questioning
7. Visualizing
8. Analyzing point of view
Literary Elements - Plot, Character, Setting, Theme...
Literary Devices - figurative language...
Write from sources = Provide evidence from the reading/text to support the answer
Your support
1) Please make sure students do their H.W. every night. One HW that is given every night is –
Students read every night for 30 mins and then respond to their reading. Students may use the bookmark to help
them. Every night one paragraph response, collected on Fridays – 5 paragraphs reading response.
2) If you watch movies or news as a family – discuss them with your child - you may use the questions on this link for discussion
http://www.lanesville.k12.in.us/lcsyellowpages/BKRptRResponseForms/RRQuestions.pdf
If you watch the News together
– use Who, when, where, why, what and how questions
-
Movies or serials – Predict what will happen next, why do you think the character took
these actions, was it right or wrong, provide clear evidence from the serial to
justify your answer… the website below has additional questions
-
http://www.dps109.org/walden/websites/jfischer/Resources/Reading%20Response%20Questions.pdf
3) Do check Skedula every weekend – for comments about behavior, homework, and grades
when posted.