WEEK 2 MIDDLE SCHOOL ELA AND SOCIAL STUDIES

Lesson Day 1 Day 2 English Language Day 3 Social Studies Day 4 Day 5

Component Arts

Standard Math E3.5 8.9(C) explain the Sci. Re-teach day

Reading/Comprehension economic, political, and

of Literary Text/Fiction. social problems during

Students understand, Reconstruction and

make inferences and evaluate their impact on

draw conclusions about different groups

the structure and (Resources, 2020)

elements of fiction and

provide evidence from

text to support their

understanding

(Resources, 2020).

Essential How does a writer What is something that

Question develop a science fiction you would change in our

story? country to give people

more equality?

Objective I can infer the elements I can explain the abolition

of a science fiction story. movement of the

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American reconstruction

era.

Exit ticket What parts of How did the abolition

“Consolidating Dad” movement chance

made you know that this America after the Civil

story was a science War?

fiction story? Exemplar answer ​After

Exemplar answer​: (It the Civil war the southern

featured unreal and northern states still

technology like the dream held some resentment but

machine and the the whole country

fingernail presson’s that continued to segregate

light up when Chell gets black Americans from

a message and they have white Americans.

a different device for Although black

calls and messages- any Americans were forced

answers like this or into separate schools and

describing the science other public facilities.

fiction aspects of the Restaurants and whole

story will be correct. ) parts of cities were

segregated. Black men

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What is an Actuarian and and women were no

what is his or her job? longer slaves but they

How does this help you lacked equality as

see that the story takes American citizens.

place in a sci fi setting?

Exemplar answer​: (An

Actuarian is the person

who calculates the risks

of landing on and

colonizing a new planet

for the people of Utopia

II to live on. The

position of the Actuarian

tells the reader that the

story is set in the future

or not on earth because

the people all live in a

spaceship and the job of

the Actuarian is to help

find a new planet for

everyone to live on)

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Highest circumnavigate, Ratification, National

leverage Contemplated, minor, mall, Reconstruction,

vocabulary/ lamented, centuries, suggestions, Depending,

word wall hidebound, sulking, activists

modifications,

Usually,

Required, tiny,

disappointed, mentioning,

Texts for Consolidating dad What Everyone Should

lessons (Newsela 2020). Know About

Reconstruction 150 Years

The Actuarian After The 15th

(Newsela 2020). Amendment’s

Ratification

Digital Newsela, Zoom Virtual tour of the

resource National Constitution

Center

National Museum Of

African American History

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and Culture virtual tour

Key points How time is developed in The changes for black

the story Americans after the Civil

War.

How technology is used

in Sci-Fi stories “The U.S. gained three

constitutional

What makes a story amendments during

science fiction Reconstruction. These

changes to the

The importance of Constitution gave new

reflecting on our dreams rights to the black

Americans who had just

When to stay focused and been freed from slavery”

when to day dream, time (Newsela 2020)

management

Strengthen understanding

Making a text to text of black history and U.S.

connection with ​The History

Giver​ that students read

earlier in the school year. The ending of the Civil

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War did not automatically

Solving problems make life all of the way

better and all of the way

Being a leader free for black Americans.

Student There is no lexicon scale Students might

misconcepti for either of these stories misunderstand that after

ons so the teacher must read the Civil War ended that

the text with students in life for black Americans

choral reading. magically became better.

According to Finley, “​16 Students may wonder

minutes of whole-class about the struggle for

choral reading per week equality that black people

enhanced decoding and in the United States still

fluency” (2014). fight for today. Chunk

Students practicing in the reading and translate

choral reading or for English Language

variations of the method Learners. The provided

will have noticeable text has the option to

improvement in their lower the lexicon level.

reading fluency and The suggested level for

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comprehension. low level readers can be

Modeling the fluency for set to 820L or 620L.

the students will be a key

feature in their reading

growth.

Re-teach/ Partner reading, chunking Help students understand a cause

scaffolded text, vocabulary taught and effect relationship in history.

learning with images and

translated texts are

available in Newsela for

English Language

Learner students.

References

Finley, T. (2014, December 1). 11 Alternatives to Round Robin (and Popcorn) Reading.
Retrieved from
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/alternatives-to-round-robin-reading-todd-finley

Newsela. (2020). Retrieved April 2, 2020, from https://newsela.com/subject/ela/2000002745

Resources. (2020, March 24). Retrieved from https://lead4ward.com/resources/