Apr 29, 2015 - Grades 6-8 ELA
Common Core Implementation Review - Zip file
Participants will assess the current CCSS implementation efforts to determine their current areas of strength and challenges.
Participants...
Feb 01, 2016 - Updated Modules and Curricular Resources
The tables below reflect Mathematics and English Language Arts curricular materials and resources that have been updated. As additional materials are updated...
May 30, 2014 - INFERRING ABOUT CHARACTERS BASED ON HOW THEY RESPOND TO CHALLENGES (CHAPTER 3: “LAS PAPAYAS/PAPAYAS”)
This lesson draws directly on the knowledge students built during Unit 1 about human rights....
May 30, 2014 - INFERRING ABOUT CHARACTERS BASED ON HOW THEY RESPOND TO CHALLENGES (CHAPTER 4: “LOS HIGOS/FIGS”)
This lesson builds directly on Lesson 3, and reinforces a pattern of analysis that students will use...
May 30, 2014 - CONTRASTING PERSPECTIVES: SHOULD THE FARMWORKERS IN ESPERANZA RISING GO ON STRIKE? (CHAPTER 12: “LOS ESPÁRRAGOS/ASPARAGUS”)
This lesson repeats the Jigsaw structure students have used several times,...
May 17, 2014 - WRITING, CRITIQUE, AND REVISING: TWO-VOICE POEMS (CHAPTER 14: “LAS UVAS/GRAPES”)
In Advance: Review Chapter 14 assigned for homework the night before in order to lead the oral chapter review.
Review...
May 30, 2014 - PARAGRAPH WRITING, PART I: HOW ESPERANZA RESPONDS ON THE TRAIN (REVISITING CHAPTER 5: “LAS GUAYABAS/GUAVAS”)
In this lesson, students revisit Chapter 5: “Las Guayavas/Guavas.” In advance, reread...
May 17, 2014 - PARAGRAPH WRITING, PART II
For this writing assignment, students are not given a formal rubric. Rather, they work with the teacher to create “criteria for success.” The rationale behind this is to...
May 30, 2014 - END-OF-UNIT 2 ASSESSMENT: ON-DEMAND ANALYTICAL ESSAY ABOUT HOW ESPERANZA CHANGES OVER TIME
Note, because this is an on-demand assessment students will need to complete their essays independently,...
May 17, 2014 - NARRATIVES AS THEATER, PART I: WHAT IS READERS THEATER?
Students spent all of Unit 2 reading Esperanza Rising: First draft reading of all chapters for homework and more careful study of specific...
May 17, 2014 - NARRATIVES AS THEATER: ESPERANZA RISING, FROM NOVEL TO SCRIPT
Students spent all of Unit 2 reading Esperanza Rising: “first draft reading” of all chapters for homework, and more careful study of...
May 30, 2014 - READERS THEATER AND THE UDHR
Students spent all of Unit 2 reading Esperanza Rising, “first draft reading” of all chapters for homework, and more careful study of specific passages from each chapter...
May 17, 2014 - IDENTIFYING THEME: CONNECTING PASSAGES FROM ESPERANZA RISING TO HUMAN RIGHTS
This lesson begins the first series of writing lessons in this module. Emphasize to students that writing is more than...
May 30, 2014 - DRAFTING INDIVIDUAL READERS THEATER SCRIPTS FOR A SPECIFIC SCENE: REPHRASING, NARRATOR INTRODUCTION, AND IDENTIFYING CHARACTERS
In advance: Review Support Materials, samples for purpose of modeling....
May 30, 2014 - END OF UNIT ASSESSMENT: INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS OF READERS THEATER SCRIPT
In advance: Students will need their exit tickets and script drafts from Lesson 8, as well as any notes, handouts, and the I...
May 17, 2014 - OUR GROUP READERS THEATER: MANAGING THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN OUR GROUP SCRIPT
In advance: Students will need their scripts from the end of unit assessment, with written feedback, based on script...
May 30, 2014 - OUR GROUP READERS THEATER: REVISION, CONCLUSION, AND FIRST REHEARSAL
In advance: Review group scripts and provide written feedback about how well students are sequencing events and using clear...
May 17, 2014 - PERFORMANCE TASK: READERS THEATER SECOND REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE
In advance: Have students’ exit tickets from Lesson 10, which tells what character each student will be reading in their group...
May 30, 2014 - Mid-Unit 1 Assessment: Explaining Human Rights
Review Quiz-Quiz-Trade in Vocabulary Strategies (Appendix 1)
Review Write-Pair-Share and Fist to Five protocols (Appendix 1)
If students finish the Mid-...
May 17, 2014 - Summarizing Complex Ideas: Comparing the Original UDHR and the “Plain Language” Version
Review Vocabulary strategies and Write-Pair-Share protocols (see Appendix 1)
Aug 26, 2015 - Myths: Not Just Long Ago
In this module, students are involved in a deep study of mythology, its purposes, and elements. Students will read Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief (780L), a high-interest...
Aug 26, 2015 - Finding Home: Refugees
In this module, students will develop their ability to read and understand complex text as they consider the challenges of fictional and real refugees. In the first unit,...
Apr 04, 2016 - Overview
The Researching to Deepen Understanding units lay out an inquiry process through which students learn how to deepen their understanding of topics. Students pose and refine inquiry questions...
Apr 01, 2016 - Overview
The Researching to Deepen Understanding units lay out an inquiry process through which students learn how to deepen their understanding of topics. Students pose and refine inquiry questions...
