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 |
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.
PREVIOUS LEARNING |
TARGETED LEARNING |
FUTURE LEARNING |
Students apply appropriate speaking techniques to give organized presentations |
L2A In discussions and presentations, use
§ designated time constraints
§ media
§ organized notes
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Students will effectively discuss and present information in post-secondary education and the workplace |
Students apply skills and strategies to the reading process |
R1l Compare, contrast, analyze, and evaluate connections between
§ information and relationships in various genre (fiction and nonfiction works)
§ text ideas and personal experiences
§ text ideas and the world by identifying and explaining how literature reflects a culture and historic time-frame
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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
§ identify plot, sub-plot, and various types of conflict
§ identify theme
§ analyze cause and effect
§ analyze character traits
§ identify and explain point of view
§ identify and explain mood
§ determine how an incident foreshadows a future event
§ 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
§ summarize author’s ideas
§ make predictions
§ make inferences
§ evaluate the accuracy of the information
§ analyze propaganda techniques
§ analyze two or more nonfiction texts
§ sequence events
§ compare and contrast previously read texts
§ identify and explain cause and effect
§ compare author’s viewpoint and provide support
§ 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
§ create appropriate graphic organizers to provide a structure for information
§ 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 |
Students write expository and persuasive paragraphs |
W3C Write expository (exposition/expository writing) and persuasive (persuasive writing/argument) paragraphs (including compare/ contrast and cause/ effect)
§ with a strong controlling idea
§ with supporting and concluding sentences
§ with appropriate logical sequence
§ 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 |
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