ELA 2019 G7:M4:U1
Build Background Knowledge: What Is Plastic Pollution?
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1. Opening A. Engage the Learner (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Scavenger Hunt – RI.7.1 (20 minutes) B. Launch the Video: A Plastic Ocean – RI.7.1 (10 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Introduce the Performance Task and Module Guiding Questions – SL.7.1 (10 minutes) 4. Homework A. Read and Reflect: Students complete Homework: Module Guiding Questions anchor chart to read and reflect on the guiding questions for the module and discuss them with their families. They should consider how the guiding questions make them feel. They can sketch or write about their ideas. |
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1. Opening A. Engage the Learner – RI.7.7 (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Watch and Analyze the Video – SL.7.2 (20 minutes) B. Compare Transcript and Video – RI.7.7 (15 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Silent Discussion on Habits of Character (5 minutes) 4. Homework A. Reflect on Film: Students write a brief paragraph to reflect on what they have seen of the documentary A Plastic Ocean so far, including questions they have, to complete Homework: Reflect on Film: Lesson 2. |
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1. Opening A. Engage the Learner – SL.7.2 (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Watch and Analyze the Video – SL.7.2 (15 minutes) B. Compare Transcript and Video – RI.7.7 (15 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Answer Questions – RI.7.7 (10 minutes) 4. Homework A. Reflect on Film and Transcript: Students write a brief paragraph to reflect on what they have seen of the documentary A Plastic Ocean so far, including questions they have, to complete Homework: Reflect on Film and Transcript: Lesson 3. Then they read excerpts of the film transcript they will study in the following lesson and reflect on the text. |
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1. Opening A. Engage the Learner – SL.7.3 (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Watch and Analyze the Video – RI.7.7 (15 minutes) B. Delineate and Evaluate a Speaker’s Argument – SL.7.3 (15 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Answer Questions – RI.7.7 (10 minutes) 4. Homework A. Reflect on Film: Students write a brief paragraph about what they have seen of the documentary A Plastic Ocean so far, including questions they have, to complete Homework: Reflect on Film: Lesson 4. B. Identify Correct and Incorrect Modifiers: Students identify sentences with and without dangling modifiers to complete Homework: Identify Correct and Incorrect Modifiers. |
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1. Opening A. Engage the Learner – SL.7.2 (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Analyze the Video – RI.7.7 (15 minutes) B. Delineate and Evaluate a Speaker’s Argument – SL.7.3 (20 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Answer Questions – RI.7.7 (5 minutes) 4. Homework A. Reflect on Film and Transcript: Students write a brief paragraph reflecting on what they have seen of the documentary A Plastic Ocean so far, including questions they have, to complete Homework: Reflect on Film and Transcript: Lesson 5. Then they read excerpts of the film transcript they will study in the following lesson and reflect on the text. B. Correctly Place Modifiers: Students create sentences without dangling modifiers to complete Homework: Correctly Place Modifiers. |
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1. Opening A. Engage the Learner – SL.7.3 (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Delineate and Evaluate a Speaker’s Argument – RI.7.7, SL.7.3 (25 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Launch Independent Research Reading – RI.7.10 (15 minutes) 4. Homework A. Independent Research Reading: Students read for at least 20 minutes in their independent research reading text. Then they select a prompt and write a response in their independent reading journal. |
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1. Opening A. Engage the Learner (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Mid-Unit 1 Assessment: Analyze Techniques and Argument in a Video (30 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Language Dive: A Plastic Ocean (1:28:26–1:28:36) – SL.7.3 (10 minutes) 4. Homework A. Reflect on Film: To complete Homework: Reflect on Film: Lesson 7, Students write in response to the following questions: How do you feel about what you are learning in the film A Plastic Ocean? What action might you like to take in response to the film? B. Independent Research Reading: Students read for at least 20 minutes in their independent research reading text. Then they select a prompt and write a response in their independent reading journal. |
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1. Opening A. Engage the Learner – RI.7.6 (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Launch Anchor Text: Trash Vortex – RI.7.2 (20 minutes) B. Analyze Author’s Purpose – RI.7.6 (15 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Compare Purpose in Film and Text – RI.7.6 (5 minutes) 4. Homework A. Preread Anchor Text: Students finish reading chapter 1 and preread chapter 2 of Trash Vortex in preparation for studying an excerpt from the chapter in the next lesson. Students choose one of the photos or graphics in chapter 2 and explain in a brief paragraph the author’s purpose for including it. Students also use context and, if necessary, a dictionary to determine the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary in chapter 2 of Trash Vortex. Then they record the words and their definitions in the correct section of their vocabulary log. |
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1. Opening A. Engage the Learner – RI.7.6 (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Read and Analyze Central Ideas – RI.7.2 (15 minutes) B. Analyze Purpose and Point of View – RI.7.6 (15 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Discuss Big Ideas – SL.7.1 (10 minutes) 4. Homework A. Analyze Point of View and Purpose: Students answer selected and constructed response questions about central ideas, author’s purpose, and point of view to complete Homework: Analyze Point of View and Purpose: Trash Vortex, Chapter 2. B. Preread Anchor Text: Students preread chapter 3 of Trash Vortex in preparation for studying an excerpt from the chapter in the next lesson. Students use context and if necessary a dictionary to determine the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary in chapter 3 of Trash Vortex. Then they record the words and their definitions in the correct section of their vocabulary log. |
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1. Opening A. Engage the Learner – RI.7.6 (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Read and Analyze Central Ideas – RI.7.2 (20 minutes) B. Analyze Purpose and Point of View – RI.7.6 (10 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Discuss Big Ideas – SL.7.1 (10 minutes) 4. Homework A. Analyze Point of View and Purpose: Students answer selected and constructed response questions about the central ideas and the author’s purpose and point of view to complete Homework: Analyze Point of View and Purpose: Trash Vortex, Chapter 3. B. Preread Anchor Text: Students preread pages 44–49 of Trash Vortex in preparation for studying an excerpt from the chapter in the next lesson. Students use context and, if necessary, a dictionary to determine the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary in pages 44–49 of Trash Vortex. Then they record the words and their definitions in the correct section of their vocabulary log. |
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1. Opening A. Engage the Learner – SL.7.2 (10 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Read and Analyze Trash Vortex – RI.7.6 (25 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Collaborative Discussion: Author’s Point of View and Purpose – RI.7.6 (10 minutes) 4. Homework A. Analyze Point of View and Purpose: Students complete Homework: Analyze Point of View and Purpose: Trash Vortex, Pages 44–49 by answering questions about the author’s point of view, purpose, and how she distinguishes her position from others in Trash Vortex. B. Independent Research Reading: Students read for at least 20 minutes in their independent research reading text. Then they select a prompt and write a response in their independent reading journal. |
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1. Opening A. Engage the Learner – RI.7.10 (10 minutes) 2. Work Time A. End of Unit 1 Assessment: Analyze Author’s Point of View and Purpose: Trash Vortex (45 minutes) B. Language Dive Trash Vortex, Page 52 – RI.7.6 (10 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Track Progress (10 minutes) B. Share Independent Research Reading – RI.7.10 (15 minutes) 4. Homework A. Independent Research Reading: Students read for at least 20 minutes in their independent research reading text. Then they select a prompt and write a response in their independent reading journal. |
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