- I can analyze how key individuals, events, or ideas are developed throughout a text. (RI.6.3)
- I can use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning in informational texts. (RI.6.4)
Long Term Learning Targets
Supporting Targets
- I can find the gist of the immediate aftermath excerpt of "Comprehending the Calamity."
- I can determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases in the immediate aftermath excerpt of "Comprehending the Calamity."
- I can explain how Emma Burke introduces, illustrates, and elaborates on the immediate aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire in "Comprehending the Calamity."
Ongoing Assessment
- Structured notes
Agenda
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1. Opening A. Engaging the Reader: First Part of Chapter 9 of Dragonwings (7 minutes) B. Unpacking Learning Targets (2 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Finding the Gist and Identifying Vocabulary: Immediate Aftermath Excerpt of "Comprehending the Calamity" (16 minutes) B. Determining the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words and Phrases (10 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Analyzing How Emma Burke Introduces, Illustrates, and Elaborates on the Immediate Aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (10 minutes) 4. Homework A. Read the rest of Chapter 9 (pages 207-222). Use evidence flags to identify three text details from the rest of Chapter 9, then answer the focus question in your structured notes using text evidence.
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Vocabulary
tortuous, domain-specific vocabulary, clasping, cherished, substantial, hastily, inebriated attitudes, obtain, elevated, timbering, unconscious, insurmountable
Materials
- Document camera
- Immediate aftermath excerpt of "Comprehending the Calamity" (one per student and one for display)
- Equity sticks
- Unit 2 word-catcher (from Lesson 1; may need additional copies)
- Introducing, Illustrating, and Elaborating anchor chart (begun in Lesson 2; one for display)
- Introducing, Illustrating, and Elaborating anchor chart for the immediate aftermath excerpt of "Comprehending the Calamity" (answers, for teacher reference)
Opening
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A. Engaging the Reader: First Part of Chapter 9 of Dragonwings (7 minutes)
* "What happens in this part of Chapter 9?"
* "'The Dragon Wakes' is a metaphor for a big event in this chapter. What is the event? How do Moon Shadow's beliefs about dragons help him to understand what is happening?"
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B. Unpacking Learning Targets (2 minutes)
* "I can find the gist of the immediate aftermath excerpt of 'Comprehending the Calamity.'" * "I can determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases in the immediate aftermath excerpt of 'Comprehending the Calamity.'" * "I can explain how Emma Burke introduces, illustrates, and elaborates on the immediate aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire in 'Comprehending the Calamity.'"
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Work Time
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A. Finding the Gist and Identifying Vocabulary: Immediate Aftermath Excerpt of "Comprehending the Calamity" (16 minutes)
* "What is the gist of this paragraph?"
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B. Determining the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words and Phrases (10 minutes)
* "What other word has this root?"
* "So thinking about the meaning of the root and what an earthquake might do to stairs in a building, what do you think 'tortuous' means?"
* "Is this a domain-specific vocabulary word? Is it specific to the topic of earthquakes?"
* "What does 'clasp' mean?"
* "So what do you think clasping means?"
- Invite other students to tell them the meaning. - Invite them to look the words up in the dictionary. - Tell them what the word means.
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Closing & Assessments
Closing | Meeting Students' Needs |
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A. Analyzing How Emma Burke Introduces, Illustrates, and Elaborates on the Immediate Aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (10 minutes)
* "I can explain how Emma Burke introduces, illustrates, and elaborates on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake in 'Comprehending the Calamity.'"
* "How does Emma Burke introduce the immediate aftermath of the earthquake?"
* "How does Emma Burke illustrate the earthquake? How does she explain the earthquake so that we have a clear idea of what happened?"
* "How does Emma Burke elaborate on the earthquake? How does she add more detail to the step-by-step explanation of what happened from the beginning until the end of the earthquake?"
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Homework
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* How does Yep help you, the reader, experience what it was like to live through this big event? |
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