Unit Title: Issues Facing the Local Community 5.7 Week:# 2

Unit Title: Issues Facing the Local Community 5.7 Week:# 2

Teacher: Subject: Grade: 5th Date:From ______to______20____

Desired Result
The student will leave the class able to apply his/her knowledge:
-to identify and analyze features of a non-fiction text in order to build comprehension
-gather relevant information, to organize and present findings (orally and/or in writing) for a particular purpose (to inform, persuade, etc.)
-construct written work that incorporates complete sentences to accurately express his/her ideas
Assessment Evidence
Learning Plan
Suggested Learning Activities:
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
Standards / Writing / Writing / Writing / Writing / Writing
Expectations / 5.R.6I, 5.R.2I / 5.L.1d, 5.LA.6 / 5.R.5.I, 5.R.2I, 5.W.1 / 5.W.1, 5.W.2, 5.W.7 / 5.W.1, 5.W.2, 5.W.7
Academic Strategy
Instructional Strategy and Phase
Objective /
After reading an expository text, the student will identify cause and effect by completing the chain of events chart. / After studying different newspaper articles, the student will fill the newspaper format using the newspaper article given by the teacher. / After discussing the story of Goldilocks and the three bears, the student will transform it into a nonfiction article by peer work. / After studying a previously read story, the student will write a nonfiction article about it. / After studying newspaper articles, the student will gather information in order to write an article of his own following the writing process.
Depth of Knowledge (DOK) / ___ Recall / Memory
___ Skill / Concept
___ Strategic Thinking
___ Extended Thinking / ___ Recall / Memory
___ Skill / Concept
___ Strategic Thinking
___ Extended Thinking / ___ Recall / Memory
___ Skill / Concept
___ Strategic Thinking
___ Extended Thinking / ___ Recall / Memory
___ Skill / Concept
___ Strategic Thinking
___ Extended Thinking / ___ Recall / Memory
___ Skill / Concept
___ Strategic Thinking
___ Extended Thinking
InitialActivities / Brief explanation of expository text. / Brief review of what is a newspaper article. / Explanation of the concepts of fiction and nonfiction. / Review previous class / Explain how to research information.
Development Activities / Read and discuss orally the expository text / Show examples of newspaper articles.
Present and explain the newspaper format, / Read the story of Goldilocks and the three bears.
Oral discussion of the attachment of Story to article / Present an example of a story previously read in class to be transform into a nonfiction article. Clarifies doubts. / Through oral discussion explain how to write an newspaper article, how to look for information and how to write it.
Closing Activities / Complete the chain of events chart / Fill the newspaper format using an article given by the teacher. / Through peer work the student transforms the story into a nonfiction article by using the Story to article attachment. / Write a nonfiction article based on a previously read story in class. / Write a newspaper article using the writing process(prewriting)
Formative Assessment – Other evidence / Attachment - Chain of events chart / Attachment – Newspaper format / Attachment – Story to Article / PT – Classroom newspaper
Materials
Homework
Differentiated Instruction Strategies
___ Special Education
___ LSP’
___ Section 504
___ Gifted
Teacher Reflection