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CHALLENGED BY CHOICES
Unit
Overview
CHALLENGED BY CHOICES
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7th grade |
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four lessons |
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The lessons focus on reading
and writing fiction and nonfiction while investigating the
concept of being challenged by choices. |
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In materials that range from
myths to real-life experiences, students investigate format,
plot, subplot, theme, types of conflict, point of view,
summarizing, predictions, inference (infer), cause/effect,
foreshadowing, mood, sequence of events, and ways to evaluate
for accuracy of information. |
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Handouts including graphic
organizers |
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Formative and
Summative
Assessment |
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Glossary
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Unit
Plan: Lessons
Students
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identify and analyze literary concepts |
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HTML (with links to
documents) |
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review steps in the writing process
and explore a poem |
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HTML (with links to
documents) |
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evaluate problem-solving in the context of
culture and time-frame |
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HTML (with links to
documents) |
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evaluate the main characters'
problem-solving processes |
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HTML (with links to
documents) |
Essential
Questions:
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How can we identify and use elements of fiction and nonfiction
to increase our comprehension of texts? |
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How can we read and write nonfiction to develop an
understanding of being challenged by choices? |
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How can we evaluate the effectiveness of our personal
problem-solving processes when making choices? |
Summative Assessment and
Scoring Guides:
Students complete selected response, constructed response, and performance
event portions of the assessment in one to two class periods.
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PREVIOUS LEARNING
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TARGETED LEARNING |
FUTURE LEARNING |
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Students
apply appropriate speaking techniques to give organized
presentations |
L2A In discussions and
presentations, use
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designated time
constraints
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media
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organized notes
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Students
will effectively discuss and present information in
post-secondary education and the workplace |
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Students
apply skills and strategies to the reading process |
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Students
will effectively compare, contrast, analyze and evaluate
fiction and nonfiction work with personal experiences and
the world around them
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Students
apply skills and strategies to analyze fiction, poetry,
drama to identify various text elements
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R2C
Using details from text
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identify
plot, sub-plot, and various types of conflict
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identify
theme
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analyze
cause and effect
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analyze
character traits
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identify and
explain point of view
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identify and
explain mood
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determine how
an incident foreshadows a future event
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identify and
evaluate the problem-solving processes of characters and
the effectiveness of solutions
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Students
will effectively apply skills and strategies to comprehend,
analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry and drama
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Students
apply skills and strategies to analyze fiction, poetry,
drama to identify various text elements in nonfiction
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R3C Using details from text
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summarize
author’s ideas
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make
predictions
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make inferences
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evaluate
the accuracy of the information
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analyze
propaganda techniques
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analyze
two or more nonfiction texts
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sequence events
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compare
and contrast previously read texts
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identify and
explain cause and effect
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compare
author’s viewpoint and provide support
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identify
problem solving processes and explain the effectiveness of
solutions
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Students
will effectively apply skills and strategies to comprehend,
analyze and evaluate nonfiction
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Students
follow a writing process to organize information and write
various types of writing |
W1A
Follow a writing process to
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create
appropriate graphic organizers to provide a structure
for information
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apply writing
processes to write effectively in various forms and
types of writing
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Students will independently follow a writing process to
write effectively |
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Students write expository and persuasive paragraphs |
W3C Write expository (exposition/expository
writing) and persuasive (persuasive writing/argument)
paragraphs (including compare/ contrast and cause/
effect)
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with a strong
controlling idea
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with supporting
and concluding sentences
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with
appropriate logical sequence
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with effective
writing techniques (e.g. imagery, humor, point of
view, and voice)
Write multi-paragraph
essays drawing from a variety of sources
Write responses to literature
that show an understanding of theme and characters,
using details/examples from the text as support
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Students will effectively read and write persuasive essays
in post-secondary education and the workplace |
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