- I can determine the central ideas and how they are conveyed in a text about the Space Race. (RI.6.2)
- I can analyze how the sentence fits into the structure of the overall article. (RI.6.5)
Focus Standards: These are the standards the instruction addresses.
- RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.5
Supporting Standards: These are the standards that are incidental—no direct instruction in this lesson, but practice of these standards occurs as a result of addressing the focus standards.
- RI.6.6, RI.6.10, W.6.10, SL.6.1
Daily Learning Targets
Ongoing Assessment
- Opening A: Entrance Ticket: Unit 1, Lesson 6 (RI.6.1, RI.6.6)
- Work Time A: Language Dive: "This Is How the Space Race Changed the Great Power Rivalry Forever" note-catcher (RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.5)
- Work Time B: Annotate Text: The Space Shuttle Decision Excerpt (RI.6.2, RI.6.10)
- Closing and Assessment A: Exit Ticket: Unit 1, Lesson 6 (RI.6.1, RI.6.2, W.6.10)
Agenda
Agenda | Teaching Notes |
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1. Opening A. Engage the Learner - RI.6.6 (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Language Dive: "This Is How the Space Race Changed the Great Power Rivalry Forever" - RI.6.2 (20 minutes) B. Read and Annotate The Space Shuttle Decision Excerpt - RI.6.2 (15 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Exit Ticket - RI.6.2 (5 minutes) 4. Homework None for this lesson |
Alignment to Assessment Standards and Purpose of Lesson
Opportunities to Extend Learning
How It Builds on Previous Work
Support All Students
Assessment Guidance
Down the Road
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In Advance
- Preview the Language Dive materials to see what will be required of students.
- Post the learning targets and applicable anchor charts (see Materials list).
Tech and Multimedia
- Work Time A: Use a brief, age-appropriate video to provide students with more context on the Cold War and the political relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union at that time.
Supporting English Language Learners
Supports guided in part by CA ELD Standards 6.I.B.6, 6.I.B.7, 6.I.B.8, 6.II.A.1, 6.II.A.2, and 6.II.C.6.
Important Points in the Lesson Itself
- To support ELLs, this lesson contains a Language Dive focused on one of the key sentences from "This Is How the Space Race Changed the Great Power Rivalry Forever," which students read in the previous lesson. In this lesson, students also read an excerpt of a text, "The Space Shuttle Decision," which describes the relationship between the Space Race and the Civil Rights Movement; more specifically, it introduces the idea that the funds and attention devoted to the Space Race should have instead been directed at problems on Earth, like poverty, hunger, and injustice. This text is critical in helping students build the background knowledge necessary to understand the end of unit assessment text of Lesson 8.
- ELLs may find it challenging to determine the central idea of the new supplemental text. Remind them that the Annotating Text protocol is intended to help them isolate key parts of the text that support their understanding of the central idea.
Vocabulary
- N/A
Materials from Previous Lessons
Teacher
Student
- Questions We Can Ask During a Language Dive anchor chart (example for teacher reference) (from Module 3, Unit 1, Lesson 9, Work Time B)
- Questions We Can Ask During a Language Dive anchor chart (one for display; from Module 3, Unit 1, Lesson 9, Work Time B)
- Text: "This Is How the Space Race Changed the Great Power Rivalry Forever" (one per student; from Module 4, Unit 1, Lesson 5, Work Time A)
New Materials
Teacher
Student
- Entrance Ticket: Unit 1, Lesson 6 (example for teacher reference)
- Language Dive Guide: "This Is How the Space Race Changed the Great Power Rivalry Forever" (for teacher reference)
- Language Dive: "This Is How the Space Race Changed the Great Power Rivalry Forever" Sentence Chunk Chart (for teacher reference)
- Language Dive: "This Is How the Space Race Changed the Great Power Rivalry Forever" note-catcher (example for teacher reference)
- Exit Ticket: Unit 1, Lesson 6 (example for teacher reference)
- Entrance Ticket: Unit 1, Lesson 6 (one per student)
- Language Dive: "This Is How the Space Race Changed the Great Power Rivalry Forever" note-catcher (one per student and one for display)
- Colored markers or pencils (blue; one per student or pair)
- Language Dive: "This Is How the Space Race Changed the Great Power Rivalry Forever" sentence chunk strips (one per pair of students and one for display)
- Sticky notes
- Text: The Space Shuttle Decision Excerpt (one per student and one for display)
- Exit Ticket: Unit 1, Lesson 6 (one per student)
Assessment
Each unit in the 6-8 Language Arts Curriculum has two standards-based assessments built in, one mid-unit assessment and one end of unit assessment. The module concludes with a performance task at the end of Unit 3 to synthesize students' understanding of what they accomplished through supported, standards-based writing.
Opening
Opening |
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A. Engage the Learner - RI.6.6 (5 minutes)
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Work Time
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A. Language Dive: “This Is How the Space Race Changed the Great Power Rivalry Forever” – RI.6.2 (20 minutes)
“I can determine the central ideas and how they are conveyed in a text about the Space Race.” “I can analyze how the sentence fits into the structure of the overall article.”
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For Lighter Support
For Heavier Support
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B. Read and Annotate "The Space Shuttle Decision" Excerpt - RI.6.2 (15 minutes)
"I can determine the central ideas and how they are conveyed in a text about the Space Race."
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For Lighter Support
For Heavier Support
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Closing & Assessments
Closing |
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A. Exit Ticket - RI.6.2 (5 minutes)
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Homework
Homework |
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