Jan 26, 2016 - In this unit students will use their research on simple machines to form an opinion and write an editorial. This editorial will state the student’s opinion on which simple machine he or she believes...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this unit, students apply the research they have completed (in Unit 2) about their expert animal and its defense mechanisms in order to write a narrative about their animal. Students will write a...
Jan 26, 2016 - In the third unit, students apply what they have learned about the American Revolution and perspectives in order to complete their performance task, a broadside convincing someone to be a Patriot.
Jan 26, 2016 - In this unit, students read the play Divided Loyalties, by Gare Thompson, to dig deeper into the perspectives of Patriots and Loyalists.
Jan 26, 2016 - In this unit, students write and illustrate a narrative about a problem faced by real wolves, based on problems they identified in Unit 2 in the informational text Face to Face with Wolves. Students...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this unit, students will be introduced to their performance task for this module, a Public Service Announcement (PSA) about the importance of voting. This unit connects students’ study of the...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this unit, students continue their study of the wolf, this time by reading the informational text Face to Face with Wolves. Students use this text to research facts about real wolves for writing...
Jan 26, 2016 - In Unit 2, students read The Hope Chest by Karen Schwabach. This novel is a piece of historical fiction set in 1920 during the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women in the United States the...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this second unit, students research their expert group animal and its defense mechanisms. Close reading of informational texts about their expert group animal will prepare students for the mid-...
Jan 26, 2016 - For this unit, students will build their knowledge of the challenges of access, pollution, and demands on water. Students first will research each challenge as a class, finding the key information...
Jul 21, 2015 - In Unit 2 students read the extended science text Simple Machines: Forces in Action by Buffy Silverman (870L) to learn about simple machines while also examining the structure and text features of...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this unit, students will apply their careful reading of Peter Pan to write about the book. Students first will practice summary writing and write a brief summary of the Classic Starts edition of...
Jan 26, 2016 - In Unit 2, students continue to develop their skills through careful reading of both literary and informational texts. Class members extend their expertise of learning about culture beyond Japan and...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this final unit, students continue to explore the question: “How do authors learn and share their knowledge on a topic?” Students also expand their expertise as writers by crafting a research-...
Jan 26, 2016 - In Unit 2, students will look at Peter Pan through the lens of a writer. They will examine the author’s craft, specifically the use of dialogue and how the author uses vivid language to describe...
Jan 26, 2016 - In the final unit for this module, students bring their knowledge of the challenges of water to a focus on the solutions. Students develop an opinion about the “one thing” that should be done to...
Jan 26, 2016 - Unit 2: Writing to Learn about Poetry
In this unit, students apply what they have learned in Unit 1 to further explore poetry through writing. Students begin the unit with a shared writing experience...
May 30, 2014 - CULMINATING PROJECT: FREAKY FROG TRADING CARDS
In this final unit, students will continue to explore the question: “How do we build expertise about a topic?” as they share their growing expertise...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this unit, students will explore colonial perspectives on the Revolutionary War. Students will read and analyze short informational texts and primary source documents to build background knowledge...
Jan 26, 2016 - In Unit 1, students begin to build background knowledge about the women’s suffrage movement and the role that Susan B. Anthony played in it. Students will read a variety of informational texts as...
Jun 02, 2014 - CULMINATING PROJECT: RESEARCH-BASED NARRATIVE ABOUT AN EVENT IN COLONIAL AMERICA
In Unit 3, students continue building their research skills as they deepen their knowledge about colonial life,...
Jan 26, 2016 - Unit 3: Researching a Selected Poet and Writing a Biographical Essay
In this unit, students are introduced to biographies with the text A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, by Jen...
Jan 26, 2016 - This module is designed to address English Language Arts standards as students read informational texts about animal defense mechanisms. However, the module intentionally incorporates science...
Jul 21, 2015 - In Unit 1, students are asked to infer the topic of their research for this module by sorting various pictures of simple machines and their everyday use. Students start by sorting these “Mystery...
