ELA G5:M4:U2

Analyzing Literature about Natural Disasters: Human Impact

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Lesson 1Reading Literature about Natural Disasters: Understanding Human Impact through an Analysis of Eight Days: A Story of Haiti
Agenda	Daily Learning Targets	Ongoing Assessment	Anchor Charts & Protocols
1. Opening A. Reading in Triads: Eight Days: A Story of Haiti (20 minutes) B. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Answering Questions about the Text: Eight Days: A Story of Haiti (15 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Summarizing the Text: Eight Days: A Story of Haiti (20 minutes) 4. Homework A. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt and respond in the front of your independent reading journal.	I can determine a theme from details in Eight Days: A Story of Haiti. (RL.5.1, RL.5.2) I can summarize Eight Days: A Story of Haiti. (RL.5.1, RL.5.2)	Text-Dependent Questions: Eight Days: A Story of Haiti (RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4, L.5.4, L.5.5c) Exit Ticket: Summarizing Eight Days: A Story of Haiti (RL.5.1, RL.5.2)

Lesson 2Reading Literature about Natural Disasters: Analyzing How Visuals Contribute to the Meaning, Tone, and Beauty of Eight Days: A Story of Haiti
Agenda	Daily Learning Targets	Ongoing Assessment	Anchor Charts & Protocols
1. Opening A. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) B. Reading in Triads: Eight Days: A Story of Haiti (20 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Analyzing Visuals: Eight Days: A Story of Haiti (15 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. QuickWrite: Visuals in Eight Days: A Story of Haiti (20 minutes) 4. Homework A. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt and respond in the front of your independent reading journal.	I can provide kind, specific, and helpful feedback to peers about their reading fluency. (RF.5.4) I can analyze how visuals in Eight Days: A Story of Haiti contribute to the meaning, tone, and beauty of the text. (RL.5.1, RL.5.7)	QuickWrite: Visuals in Eight Days: A Story of Haiti (RL.5.1, RL.5.7)

Lesson 3Reading Literature about Natural Disasters: Understanding Human Impact through an Analysis of “In the Water Where the City Ends”
Agenda	Daily Learning Targets	Ongoing Assessment	Anchor Charts & Protocols
1. Opening A. Reading in Triads: "In the Water Where the City Ends" (15 minutes) B. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Answering Questions about the Text: "In the Water Where the City Ends" (20 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Analyzing Visuals: "In the Water Where the City Ends" (20 minutes) 4. Homework A. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt and respond in the front of your independent reading journal	I can refer to the text to answer questions about "In the Water Where the City Ends." (RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4, L.5.4, L.5.5c) I can analyze how visuals in "In the Water Where the City Ends" contribute to the meaning, tone, and beauty of the text. (RL.5.1, RL.5.7)	Text-Dependent Questions: "In the Water Where the City Ends" (RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4, RL.5.7, L.5.4, L.5.5c)

Lesson 4Reading Literature about Natural Disasters: Understanding Human Impact through an Analysis of “O’ Beautiful Storm”
Agenda	Daily Learning Targets	Ongoing Assessment	Anchor Charts & Protocols
1. Opening A. Reading in Triads: Stanza 1 of "O' Beautiful Storm" (15 minutes) B. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Answering Questions about the Text: Stanza 1 of "O' Beautiful Storm" (20 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Analyzing Visuals: "Katrina: Don't Let Her Go" (20 minutes) 4. Homework A. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt and respond in the front of your independent reading journal	I can refer to the text to answer questions about Stanza 1 of "O' Beautiful Storm." (RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4, L.5.4, L.5.5c) I can analyze how visuals in "Katrina: Don't Let Her Go" contribute to the meaning, tone, and beauty of the text "O' Beautiful Storm." (RL.5.1, RL.5.7)	Text-Dependent Questions: Stanza 1 of "O' Beautiful Storm" (RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4, RL.5.7, L.5.4, L.5.5c)

Lesson 5Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: Analyzing the Contribution of the Media
Agenda	Daily Learning Targets	Ongoing Assessment	Anchor Charts & Protocols
1. Opening A. Returning End of Unit 1 Assessments (5 minutes) B. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: Analyzing the Contribution of Multimedia (95 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Tracking Progress (15 minutes) 4. Homework A. A. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt and respond in the front of your independent reading journal	I can refer to the text to answer questions about "Job." (RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4, L.5.4, L.5.5c) I can analyze how visuals in "Job" contribute to the meaning, tone, and beauty of the text. (RL.5.1, RL.5.7)	Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: Analyzing the Contribution of Multimedia (RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4, RL.5.7, RF.5.4, L.5.4a, L.5.5c) Tracking Progress: Reading, Understanding, and Explaining New Text (R.1, R.4, R.10, L.4)

Lesson 6Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: Analyzing the Contribution of the Media
Agenda	Daily Learning Targets	Ongoing Assessment	Anchor Charts & Protocols
1. Opening A. Returning End of Unit 1 Assessments (5 minutes) B. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: Analyzing the Contribution of Multimedia (95 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Tracking Progress (15 minutes) 4. Homework A. A. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt and respond in the front of your independent reading journal	I can refer to the text to answer questions about "Job." (RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4, L.5.4, L.5.5c) I can analyze how visuals in "Job" contribute to the meaning, tone, and beauty of the text. (RL.5.1, RL.5.7)	Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: Analyzing the Contribution of Multimedia (RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4, RL.5.7, RF.5.4, L.5.4a, L.5.5c) Tracking Progress: Reading, Understanding, and Explaining New Text (R.1, R.4, R.10, L.4)

Lesson 7Analyzing Point of View in Eight Days: A Story of Haiti
Agenda	Daily Learning Targets	Ongoing Assessment	Anchor Charts & Protocols
1. Opening A. Reviewing Learning Target (5 minutes) B. Reading in Triads: Eight Days: A Story of Haiti (10 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Whole Group QuickWrite: Point of View in Eight Days: A Story of Haiti (25 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Research Reading Share (20 minutes) 4. Homework A. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt and respond in the front of your independent reading journal.	I can describe how a narrator's point of view in Eight Days: A Story of Haiti influences how events are described. (RL.5.1, RL.5.6)	Whole Group QuickWrite: Point of View in Eight Days: A Story of Haiti (RL.5.1, RL.5.6)

Lesson 8Analyzing Point of View in Stanza 1 of “O’ Beautiful Storm”
Agenda	Daily Learning Targets	Ongoing Assessment	Anchor Charts & Protocols
1. Opening A. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) B. Rereading Stanza 1 of "O' Beautiful Storm" (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Language Dive: Stanza 1 of "O' Beautiful Storm" (20 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. QuickWrite: Point of View in Stanza 1 of "O' Beautiful Storm" (30 minutes) 4. Homework A. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt and respond in the front of your independent reading journal.	I can compare and contrast the varieties of English used in stories and poems. (L.5.3b) I can describe how a speaker's point of view in Stanza 1 of "O' Beautiful Storm" influences how events are described. (RL.5.1, RL.5.6)	QuickWrite: Point of View in Stanza 1 of "O' Beautiful Storm" (RL.5.1, RL.5.6)

Lesson 9End of Unit 2 Assessment: Analyzing Point of View in a Literary Text
Agenda	Daily Learning Targets	Ongoing Assessment	Anchor Charts & Protocols
1. Opening A. Returning Mid-Unit 2 Assessments (5 minutes) B. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. End of Unit 2 Assessment: Analyzing Point of View in a Literary Text (35 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Tracking Progress (15 minutes) 4. Homework A. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt and respond in the front of your independent reading journal.	I can compare and contrast the varieties of English used in stories and poems. (L.5.3b) I can describe how a speaker's point of view in "Job" influences how events are described. (RL.5.1, RL.5.6)	End of Unit 2 Assessment: Analyzing Point of View in a Literary Text (RL.5.1, RL.5.6, L.5.3b) Tracking Progress: Reading, Understanding, and Explaining New Text (R.1, R.4, R.10, L.4)

EL Education Curriculum

ELA G5:M4:U2

Analyzing Literature about Natural Disasters: Human Impact

Lesson 1Reading Literature about Natural Disasters: Understanding Human Impact through an Analysis of Eight Days: A Story of Haiti

Lesson 2Reading Literature about Natural Disasters: Analyzing How Visuals Contribute to the Meaning, Tone, and Beauty of Eight Days: A Story of Haiti

Lesson 3Reading Literature about Natural Disasters: Understanding Human Impact through an Analysis of “In the Water Where the City Ends”

Lesson 4Reading Literature about Natural Disasters: Understanding Human Impact through an Analysis of “O’ Beautiful Storm”

Lesson 5Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: Analyzing the Contribution of the Media

Lesson 6Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: Analyzing the Contribution of the Media

Lesson 7Analyzing Point of View in Eight Days: A Story of Haiti

Lesson 8Analyzing Point of View in Stanza 1 of “O’ Beautiful Storm”

Lesson 9End of Unit 2 Assessment: Analyzing Point of View in a Literary Text

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