- I can present my graphic panels to an audience and highlight important aspects of my upstander's experience. (SL.8.5, SL.8.6)
- I can share major takeaways and progress about my understanding of the module guiding questions. (SL.8.1)
Focus Standards: These are the standards the instruction addresses.
- SL.8.1, SL.8.5, SL.8.6
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.8.1, RI.8.2, W.8.5, W.8.10, SL.8.4
Daily Learning Targets
Ongoing Assessment
- Work Time A: Performance Task: Create and Present a Graphic Panel (SL.8.1, SL.8.5, SL.8.6)
Agenda
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1. Opening A. Engage the Learner - SL.8.1 (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Present Graphic Panels - SL.8.5 (30 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Share Major Takeaways from Module 3 - SL.8.1 (10 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. |
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
- Prepare Performance Task Presentation note-catchers (enough copies for the attendees to have at least three).
- Post student graphic panels for display in Work Time A.
- Ensure clipboards and pencils are available for attendees.
- Post the learning targets and applicable anchor charts (see Materials list).
Tech and Multimedia
- Continue to use the technology tools recommended throughout previous modules to create anchor charts to share with families; to record students as they participate in discussions and protocols to review with students later and to share with families; and for students to listen to and annotate text, record ideas on note-catchers, and word-process writing.
Supporting English Language Learners
Supports guided in part by CA ELD Standards 8.I.A.1, 8.I.A.3, 8.I.B.5, and 8.I.C.9.
Important Points in the Lesson Itself
- To support ELLs, this lesson celebrates the learning that students have done throughout the module. Students are supported to deliver individual presentations on the graphic panels they have created to celebrate Holocaust upstanders as a final performance task.
- ELLs may find it challenging to speak in front of an audience, as this may cause some students to feel self-conscious about their work and their English language proficiency levels. Remind students of habits of character to maintain an atmosphere of support and respect as students share and listen. At the end of the class, congratulate students on their hard work throughout Unit 3 and the entire module, and celebrate everyone's progress and successes.
Vocabulary
- N/A
Materials from Previous Lessons
Teacher
Student
- Performance Task anchor chart (one for display; from Module 3, Unit 1, Lesson 1, Work Time B)
- Work to Contribute to a Better World anchor chart (one for display; from Module 1, Unit 3, Lesson 13, Work Time A)
- Module Guiding Questions anchor chart (one for display; from Module 3, Unit 1, Lesson 1, Work Time B)
- Graphic panels (student-generated; from Module 3, Unit 3, Lesson 12, Closing and Assessment A)
- Performance Task Reflection graphic organizer (one per student; from Module 3, Unit 3, Lesson 14, Work Time A)
- Performance Task prompt cards (student-generated; from Module 3, Unit 3, Lesson 14, Work Time B)
- Independent reading journal (one per student; begun in Module 1, Unit 1, Lesson 6, Work Time B)
New Materials
Teacher
Student
- Clipboards (available for audience members)
- Writing utensils (available for audience members)
- Performance Task Presentation note-catcher (three per audience member)
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 - SL.8.1 (5 minutes)
"What is the purpose of this exhibition?" (To share graphic panels and reflection that highlights a critical moment from a fictional upstander's life. Audience members will learn more about the Holocaust, the moments that propelled people to act, and also about the process of creating a graphic panel.) "What is the purpose of the panels and reflection you've created?" (To help audience members understand the actions and experiences of my upstander.)
"I apply my learning to help our school, the community, and the environment. This means I create products like posters, leaflets, or videos for the school or community or put together presentations for the school or the community or organize an event to benefit the school, the community, or the environment."
"How do you think creating panels and a reflection on a fictional upstander from the Holocaust helps you work on this habit?" (Responses will vary but may include that this sharing can help others learn about the Holocaust and understand what it means to be an upstander.) "What might audience members do with this information to help them in their lives?" (Be more aware of the ways in which they can be upstanders in their own lives or appreciate the upstanding acts of others in their community or lives).
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Work Time
Work Time |
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A. Present Graphic Panels - SL.8.5 (30 minutes)
"I can present my graphic panels to an audience and highlight important aspects of my upstander's experience."
1. Prompt attendees to begin at one student's station and stay with that student for the entirety of the first presentation round. 2. Observation: 2-3 minutes a) Attendees silently observe one student's panel b) Attendees record notices and wonders about the panel in the Performance Task Presentation note-catcher 3. Question and answer period: 3-4 minutes c) Attendees ask questions about the student's panel and process. They use the questions on the bottom of the note-catcher to probe students about their upstander and/or the process of creating a graphic panel. They can ask additional questions as desired. d) Students use their Performance Task Reflection graphic organizer and their Performance Task prompt cards as they answer questions from audience members. 4. Transition: Signal to attendees and students that they should switch rounds. Direct audience members to thank their presenter and share a takeaway before finding a new student panel and starting a new round.
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Closing & Assessments
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A. Share Major Takeaways from Module 3 - SL.8.1 (10 minutes)
"I can share major takeaways and progress about my understanding of the module guiding questions."
"How did this task give you a chance to apply your learning to helping your school or community?" (Attendees were exposed to qualities of upstanders and thought about upstanders in their own life; they learned more about the events of the Holocaust and were exposed to things upstanders did in the face of the horrors and challenges of the Holocaust. Attendees and presenters considered how we might learn from these stories and how we can be upstanders in our own communities.)
1. Pose the first question: "What was the Holocaust, and how did it occur? Why do we remember it?" 2. Give students 30 seconds of think time. 3. Remind students of the sharing sentence frame "I used to think/know . . . Now I think/know . . . ," and direct them to share their learning with a partner. 4. Prompt students to find a new partner, and begin the process again, focusing on the second guiding question: "How did victims and survivors respond and how can we honor their voices?" 5. At the end of this round, complete a final round, focusing on the third guiding question: "How did upstanders respond, and what can we learn from their voices?"
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For Lighter Support
For Heavier Support
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Homework
Homework |
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A. Independent Research Reading
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