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Natural Disasters
Unit Overview
NATURAL DISASTERS
| 6th grade |
| 8 lessons |
| Following a theme
of “natural disasters”, this unit requires 6th grade
students to apply decoding strategies, identify and develop
grade level vocabulary, and apply reading strategies during
reading to assist them in reading 6th grade text.
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| Specific
strategies: Note-taking, summarizing |
| This unit consists of eight
lessons. Students record and organize relevant
information using a variety of note-taking strategies to assist
them in writing summaries from magazines, newspapers, and
informational text. Students identify and explain viewpoints
conveyed in various media including videos, pictures, websites,
artwork, plays and/or news programs. |
| Handouts provided |
| Formative and
Summative
Assessment |
| Glossary |
Unit
Plan: Lessons
The unit contains seven to eight
50-minute sessions.
| Decoding Strategies |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
| Vocabulary Development |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
| Strategies Used During Reading |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
| Note-taking and Organizational
Strategies - Part One |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
| Note-taking and Organizational Strategies -
Part Two |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
| Writing Summaries - Part One |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
| Writing Summaries - Part Two |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
| Messages and Viewpoint in Media |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
Essential
Questions:
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What types of damage would a natural
disaster cause in our community? |
| What do good
readers do when they encounter unfamiliar words? |
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What do you need to know and be able to do
to understand natural disasters? |
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During reading, what do good readers do to
comprehend the text? |
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What kinds of natural disasters could occur
in your community? |
| What actions
would you take to survive a natural disaster? |
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What processes can students use to identify
and explain messages and viewpoints conveyed in various media? |
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What do media people do to help you
understand their feelings and point of view about natural
disasters? |
Summative Assessment and
Scoring Guides:
The
unit contains two 50 minute sessions for summative assessment.
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PREVIOUS LEARNING
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TARGETED LEARNING |
FUTURE LEARNING |
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Students
must be able to apply decoding strategies to problem-solve
unknown words.
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Students
must be able to apply decoding strategies to problem-solve
unknown words in order to read 7th grade text. |
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Students
must be able to develop vocabulary through text using roots and
affixes, context clues, and a glossary, dictionary, and
thesaurus when reading 6th grade material. |
R1E Develop vocabulary
through text, using roots, affixes, context clues, glossary,
dictionary, and thesaurus. |
Students
must be able to apply strategies in order to develop vocabulary
through text using: roots and affixes, context clues, and a
glossary, dictionary, and thesaurus in order to read and
comprehend 7th grade text.
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When reading
6th grade level material, students must be able to
apply strategies to self-question and correct, infer, and
visualize; predict and check using cueing systems such as
meaning, structure, and visual
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CA3 During reading, develop
and apply strategies to self-question and correct, infer,
visualize, predict and check. |
Students
must be able to predict and check using cueing systems such as
meaning, structure, and visual in order to read 7th
grade text.
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Students
must be able to use a note-taking system to organize information
from oral presentations and written text, and record relevant
information using a variety of note-taking and organizational
formats.
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W3B Record and organize
relevant information using a variety of note-taking and
organizational strategies from oral presentations and written
text. |
Student
must be able to record and organize relevant information from
oral presentations and written text using a variety of
note-taking methods at the 7th grade level. |
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Students
must be able to write summaries of text from magazines,
newspapers, and/or informational articles. |
W3D Write summaries of text
from magazines, newspapers, and/or informational articles. |
Students
must be able to write a multi-paragraph summary from magazines,
newspapers, and/or informational articles in 7th
grade.
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Students
must be able to identify and explain viewpoints conveyed in
various media (e.g. videos, pictures, websites, artwork, plays
and/or news programs). |
IL2 Identify and explain
viewpoints conveyed in various media. |
Students
must be able to identify and explain messages conveyed in
various media at 7th grade. |
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