Teacher: Kelly Rozelle Subject: ELA Grade: 7 Dates: 4/17/17 -- 4/21/17

MONDAY / Lesson Title: “Through the Tunnel” / Standards: L.7.2, W.7.3, SL.7.1
Objectives:
  • Make predictions about a story.
Procedures:
  • Project Must-Read Books (student-created Google Slides presentation). Working whole-class, view and peer critique six students’ slides.
  • Sacred Reading Time (SRT)/Also during this time, any students who received recommendations on slides, may use this time to make revisions.
  • Writer’s Workshop (WW)—Sentence of the Week (SoW)—
  • Review/Discuss most frequently missed items on “Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement” quiz.
  • What do I notice?
Skill Taught / Mentor Sentences / Points to Emphasize
Italics / •I read a review of What I Saw and How I Lied in The New York Times.
•I like Gary Soto’s poem, “Baseball in April,” which is found in Living Up the Street.
•You should not do that! / •Italicize titles of long works, ships, books, newspapers, periodicals, movies, and television shows. Shorter works, or works found within other works, should be placed in quotation marks.
•Italicize when you want to really emphasize a word or words.
  • View introduction to “Through the Tunnel” slideshow and record predictions.
  • Share whole-class.

Resources & Materials: Chromebooks / Assessments: Participation and Predictions
Comments:
TUESDAY / Lesson Title: “Through the Tunnel” / Standards: L.7.2, L.7.6, W.7.4
Objectives:
  • Recognize the use of symbolism in a story and explain its meaning.
  • Define and identify theme in a story.
Procedures:
  • Project Must-Read Books (student-created Google Slides presentation). Working whole-class, view and peer critique six students’ slides.
  • Sacred Reading Time (SRT)/Also during this time, any students who received recommendations on slides, may use this time to make revisions.
  • Writer’s Workshop (WW)—Sentence of the Week (SoW) continued…What do I notice?
Skill Taught / Mentor Sentences / Points to Emphasize
Italics / •My favorite magazine is National Geographic.
•Leighton’s favorite television show is The Bachelorette. / •Italicize titles of long works, ships, books, newspapers, periodicals, movies, and television shows. Shorter works, or works found within other works, should be placed in quotation marks.
•Italicize when you want to really emphasize a word or words.
  • Students view and take notes on “Through the Tunnel” Learning Focus (Symbolism and Theme) Slideshow.
  • Quickwrite: Think of a time when you felt you needed to prove yourself by achieving something that was difficult and challenging. What did you have to go through to reach your goal? Did you get or do what you wanted? How did you feel in the end?(100 Words Minimum)
  • Invite volunteers to share responses.

Resources & Materials: / Assessments: Participationand Quickwrite
Comments:
WEDNESDAY / Lesson Title: “Through the Tunnel” / Standards: L.7.2, RL.7.10, RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3
Objectives:
  • Recognize the use of symbolism in a story and explain its meaning.
  • Define and identify theme in a story.
Procedures:
  • Project Must-Read Books (student-created Google Slides presentation). Working whole-class, view and peer critique six students’ slides.
  • Sacred Reading Time (SRT)/Also during this time, any students who received recommendations on slides, may use this time to make revisions.
  • WW/SoW—Imitate
Students write three different sentences that demonstrate correct use of italics/underlining.
  • Read aloud Doris Lessing’s short story “Through the Tunnel.”
  • Make text-to-text connections among “Through the Tunnel,” “Extreme Teens,” and “Into the Death Zone.”

Resources & Materials: / Assessments: Participation
Comments:
THURSDAY / Lesson Title: “Through the Tunnel” / Standards: RL.7.10, RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3
Objectives:
  • Recognize the use of symbolism in a story and explain its meaning.
  • Define and identify theme in a story.
Procedures:
  • Project Must-Read Books (student-created Google Slides presentation). Working whole-class, view and peer critique six students’ slides.
  • Sacred Reading Time (SRT)/Also during this time, any students who received recommendations on slides, may use this time to make revisions.
  • Students work in small groups to reread selected excerpts from “Through the Tunnel” and answer close-reading questions.
  • Reconvene and discuss whole-class.

Resources & Materials: / Assessments: Participation and Responses to Close Reading Questions
Comments:
FRIDAY / Lesson Title: “Through the Tunnel” / Standards: RL.7.10, RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3
Objectives:
  • Recognize the use of symbolism in a story and explain its meaning.
  • Define and identify theme in a story.
Procedures:
  • SRT—Independent Reading/400 Pages Due
  • Students work with clock partners to reread selected excerpts from “Through the Tunnel” and answer close-reading questions.
  • Reconvene and discuss whole-class.

Resources & Materials: / Assessments: Participation, Responses to Close Reading Questions, Independent Reading/400 pg
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