Apr 01, 2016 - Overview
These English Language Arts/Literacy Units empower students with critical reading and writing skills at the heart of the Common Core: analyzing and writing evidence-based arguments.
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Jan 26, 2016 - This is the second in a series of “talk through” lessons that take place before students are asked to draft their position paper as the Mid-Unit 3 Assessment, in the next lesson. In the previous...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students complete the series of lessons that have helped them prepare their research for both a Fishbowl discussion (in Lessons 14 and 15) and the eventual position paper/essay in...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students are introduced to the Cascading Consequences chart, which provides a way for them to create a visual “map” of the consequences of a particular choice or course of action....
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students view the research they have organized in their Cascading Consequences charts through the lens of stakeholders: the people and places that will be affected by the potential...
Jan 26, 2016 - "In this lesson, students participate in an independent reading check-in using whichever routine you have established with your class. – Students need time to talk with a peer about their book. – You...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students write the draft of their position paper about a screen time recommendation for the AAP. This lesson is written as a timed, on-demand drafting experience not only to keep...
Jan 26, 2016 - Students begin a series of lessons that will help them prepare their research for both a Fishbowl discussion (in Lesson 16) and the eventual position paper/essay in Unit 3, in which they will answer...
Jan 26, 2016 - This lesson continues to help students prepare their research for both a Fishbowl discussion (in Lesson 16) and the eventual position paper/essay in Unit 3, in which they will answer this prompt: “...
Jan 26, 2016 - This lesson centers on comparing the risks and benefits of entertainment screen time, and a large portion is devoted to this cognitive task. In Work Time A, students grapple with the risks and...
Jan 26, 2016 - This lesson is in many ways a culmination and celebration of the reading and research students have done thus far in this unit. It provides an opportunity for each student to share his or her...
Jan 26, 2016 - This lesson serves as the transition between exploring whether or not to raise the AAP’s screen time recommendation to endorsing one side or the other. Today’s lesson allows for some reflection in...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students begin the writing process for the End of Unit 1 Assessment, an argument essay on Lyddie. In the design of this lesson and the lessons that follow, the following criteria were...
Jan 26, 2016 - This lesson continues the series of lessons that prepare students to write for their End of Unit 1 Assessment. Today, students build on the work from Lessons 10–12 where they gathered evidence to...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students analyze the model argument essay in more depth than they did in Lesson 13. Students focus on the model essay in this lesson because, unlike with narrative writing, students...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students start a Writing Improvement Tracker that they will return to after writing the essay in each module for the rest of the year. The purpose of this is to develop students’...
Jan 26, 2016 - This lesson includes peer critique. Critiques simulate the experiences students will have in the workplace and thus help build a culture of achievement, collaboration, and open-mindedness in your...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students finish the draft of their essay about Lyddie signing the petition. In the previous four lessons, students have shaped their arguments, collected evidence, planned their...
