Quarter 3 Pacing Calendar 7th Reading – Roland Unit/s Covered: ● Unit 4: A Long Walk to Water (LWW) Key Dates:
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1/18 – Vocab Quiz, Mini Discussion 2/1 – Vocab Quiz, Mini Discussion 2/8 – Compare/Contrast Writing Task 2/15 – Vocab Quiz, Mini Discussion 3/1 – Vocab Quiz, Mini Discussion 3/7 – Unit Exam 3/8 – Socratic Seminar
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7.RL.KID.3 Analyze how specific elements of a story or drama interact with and affect each other. 7.RI.KID.3 Analyze the relationships and interactions among individuals, events, and/or ideas in a text. 7.RL.CS.5 Analyze the form or structure of a story, poem, or drama, considering how text form or structure contributes to its theme and meaning. 7.RL.CS.6 Analyze how an author establishes, conveys, and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. 7.RI.IKI.7 Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of a text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject. 7.RL.IKI.9 Compare and contrast an historical account with a fictional portrayal of the same time, place, or character.
January 2019 Week 1 7
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*PD Day* No Students
R4.00 – Start LWW • Unit 3 Binder Cleanout • Distribute New Vocab Packets • Gallery Walk: Habits & Mindsets –Vocab: First two words HW: KWL Chart + juxtapose ET: None
9 R4.01 – NewsELA Article: “ Refugee Children Making Dangerous Trip to Safety in Europe Without Parents ” • RI.7.3 – SWBAT analyze the relationships between events and individuals’ actions. • RI.7.1 – SWBAT identify relevant evidence to support their claims.
10 R4.02 – LWW Map + “L ife and Death in Darfur ” • RI.7.3 – SWBAT analyze the impact of the Sudanese Civil war on the Lost Boys of Sudan. • RI.7.2 – SWBAT identify the central idea of a text. –Vocab: Last two words
11 R4.03 – Nat Geo Video: “ From Sundan to U.S. ” • RI.7.7 – SWBAT compare and contrast a text to a video, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject. –Vocab: Image analysis HW: Flashcards
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–Vocab: Second two words HW: None ET: What is the author’s purpose for including a description of the Syrian conflicts? Grade: R4.01 CW, R4.00 HW (completion only)
HW: Comparing map and IT excerpt + empathy ET: How have the conflicts in South Sudan affected the Lost Boys? Grade: R4.02 ET
ET: None Grade: R4.02 HW, Q5 AM
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R4.04 – Ch. 1, pp. 1‐9 Guiding Q: How does Park use language to reveal aspects of Nya and Salva’s culture? • RL.7.5 – SWBAT analyze the structure of the story and analyze how text form or structure contributes to its theme and meaning. • RL.7.6 – SWBAT gather evidence about Nya and Salva’s lives and unique perspectives. –Vocab: Fill in blank HW: Re‐read Ch. 1 + persistent ET: Why did Park choose to structure A Long Walk to Water this way? Grade: R4.04 ET, Flashcards HW
R4.05 – Ch. 2, pp. 8‐13 Guiding Q: What does Salva’s response to conflict reveal about his character? • RL.7.5 – SWBAT analyze the structure of the story and analyze how text form or structure contributes to its theme and meaning. • RL.7.6 – SWBAT gather evidence about Nya and Salva’s lives and unique perspectives. –Vocab: Multiple Choice/Synonyms HW: Ch. 2 Reading Comp. + refugee ET: None, CW Q4 Grade: R4.04 HW, R4.05 Q5 CW
R4.06 – Ch. 3, pp. 14‐19 • RL.7.5 – SWBAT analyze the structure of the story and analyze how text form or structure contributes to its theme and meaning. • RL.7.2 – SWBAT identify a theme of the text. –Vocab: Three words writing HW: Re‐read Ch. 3 + impulsive ET: How does Park’s structure of A Long Walk to Water develop a theme? Grade: R4.06 ET, R4.05 HW
R4.07 – Inf Text: “A History of Conflict in Sudan”/Time Trip: Sudan’s Civil War Guiding Q: How does the article “Time Trip: Sudan’s Civil War” deepen our understanding of Salva’s story? • RI.7.3 – SWBAT identify how different groups of people influenced events in Sudan and vice versa (analyze cause/effect relationships). • RI.7.9 – SWBAT compare and contrast an historical account with a fictional portrayal of the same time, place, or character. –Vocab: Three words writing HW: None ET: Answer Guiding/Essential
18 R4.08 – VQ7 + Mini Discussion –Vocab: Test HW: Read Chs. 4‐5, pp. 20‐32 ET: None Grade: VQ7, Mini Discussion
Question (Make this a classwork question: How is the fictional treatment of X similar to and different from the nonfiction treatment?) Grade: R4.07 ET, R4.06 HW Week 3 21
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*MLK Day* No School
R4.09 – Parallel Storyline with Chs. 4‐5 • RL.7.6 – SWBAT analyze how the author develops characters’ points of view. • RL.7.1 – SWBAT use relevant evidence to support their claims. –Vocab: New packet, First two words HW: Parallel Structure Practice + solemn ET: None; last question on resource Grade: R4.09 CW, R4.08 HW
R4.10 – Ch. 6, pp. 33‐38 Guiding Q: To what extent have Salva’s circumstances developed or changed his character? • RL.7.3 – SWBAT analyze how the setting (time, place, and culture) affects both Nya and Salva. • RL.7.6 – SWBAT analyze how the characters’ settings impact their POVs. –Vocab: Next two words HW: Ch. 6 + emerge ET: None Grade: R4.09 HW
R4.11 – Ch. 7, pp. 39‐44 Guiding Q: How does this new information about Nya deepen our understanding of the conflict between the Dinka and the Nuer? • RL.7.3 – SWBAT analyze hose the setting (time, place, and culture) affects both Nya and Salva.a • RL.7.6 – SWBAT analyze how the characters’ settings impact their POVs. –Vocab: Last two words HW: Ch. 8 + relentless ET: Essential Question Grade: R4.11 ET, R4.10 HW
R4.12 – Ch. 7‐8 Writing Task • RL.7.3 – SWBAT analyze hose the setting (time, place, and culture) affects both Nya and Salva. • RL.7.6 – SWBAT analyze how the characters’ settings impact their POVs. –Vocab: Multiple choice HW: Flashcards ET: Writing task ‐‐ Consider how the place and time influences their lives and experiences. What challenges do they face that result directly from where/when they live, and how do they respond? Grade: R4.12 writing task, R4.11 HW
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R4.13 – Inf. Text: “Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War” Guiding Q: What are some similar and different perspectives of people in the Nuer and Dinka tribes? • RI.7.6 – SWBAT identify characteristics of the Dinka and Nuer tribes. • RI.7.3 – SWBAT analyze the relationships and interactions between the Dinka and Nuer tribes. –Vocab: Change form of word HW: Re‐read Excerpt 1 + apprehensive ET: None Grade: Flashcards
R4.14 – Inf. Text: “Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War” Guiding Q: How and why did the relationship between the Dinka and the Nuer tribes change after 1991? What are the lasting consequences of these changes? • RI.7.6 – SWBAT analyze how the points of view of the Dinka and Nuer tribes have changed over time. • RI.7.3 – SWBAT analyze how and why the relationship between these tribes became more tense and violent. –Vocab: Image analysis HW: Re‐read Excerpt 2 + disparity ET: Written response (RI3) Grade: R4.14 ET, R4.13 HW
R4.15 – Theme Statement Intro EQ: How does Linda Sue Park develop a theme about survival? • RL.7.2 – SWBAT analyze how the author develops a theme of the text. • RL.7.3 – SWBAT analyze how specific elements of a story or drama interact with and affect each other. —Vocab: Writing HW: Pre‐read Ch. 9 + rivalry ET: 7.2 Grade: R4.15 ET, R4.14 HW
R4.16 – VQ8 + Theme Analysis • RL.7.2 – SWBAT analyze how the author develops a theme of the text. • RL.7.3 – SWBAT analyze how specific elements of a story or drama interact with and affect each other. –Vocab Test HW: Ch. 9‐10, pp. 51‐63 (Packet due Monday) ET: None, CW grade for Theme Analysis Grade: R4.16 CW, Vocab Test #8, R4.15 HW
*OUT – BOSTON* *No Reading Class*
February 2019 Week 5 4 R4.17 – Ch. 11, pp. 64‐69 Guiding Qs: Look at Salva in
5 R4.18 – Ch. 12, pp. 70‐75 Guiding Q: How does Park
6 R4.19 – Inf. Text: “Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle”
7 R4.20 – Ch. 13, pp. 76‐82 Guiding Q: What factors
8 R4.21 – Ch. 13 Compare/ Contrast Writing Task
Chapter 11. To what extent has his character changed since the beginning of the novel. Are Salva and Nya’s challenges more similar or different from one another? • RL.7.2 – SWBAT analyze how the author develops a theme of the text. • RL.7.3 – SWBAT analyze how specific elements of a story or drama interact with and affect each other. –Vocab: New packet, First two words HW: None ET: RL.7.2/7.3 Grade: R4.16 HW Packet, R4.17 ET
juxtapose Salva and Nya’s point of view? • RL.7.2 – SWBAT analyze how the author develops a theme of the text. • RL.7.3 – SWBAT analyze how specific elements of a story or drama interact with and affect each other. –Vocab: Next two words HW: Pre‐read informational text (first read) + dispute ET: None Grade: R4.18 CW
• RI.7.1 – SWBAT gather relevant evidence of an informational text. • RI.7.6 – SWBAT analyze the perspective of the Dinka tribe. • RI.7.9 – SWBAT compare the historical importance of cattle to the fictional treatment of cattle in LWW. –Vocab: Last two words HW: None ET: None Grade: R4.19 CW, R4.18 HW
contribute to Nya’s survival? To Salva’s? • RL.7.2 – SWBAT analyze how the author develops a theme of the text. • RL.7.3 – SWBAT analyze how specific elements of a story or drama interact with and affect each other. –Vocab: Commonly confused words HW: Re‐read Ch. 13 + earnest, reverent ET: RL.7.2/7.3 (to inform Friday writing task) Grade: R4.21 ET
• RL.7.2 – SWBAT analyze the theme of leadership and surviving in challenge environments in LWW. • RL.7.6 – SWBAT compare and contrast the POVs of Salva and the leader in Nya’s village and how their POVs impact theme. –Vocab: Commonly confused words HW: Flashcards ET: None Grade: R4.22 Writing Task, R4.20 HW
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R4.22 – Zlatko’s Story • RL.7.9 – SWBAT compare and contrast the experiences between Salva and Zlatko. • RI.7.6 – SWBAT analyze Zlatko’s perspective and how his experiences have shaped his POV. –Vocab: Synonym MC
R4.23 – Ch. 14, pp. 83‐89 • RL.7.2 – SWBAT analyze how the author develops the themes in LWW. • RL.7.3 – Analyze how specific elements of a story or drama interact with and affect each other. –Vocab: Fill in blank
R4.24 – Ch. 15, pp. 90‐96 • RL.7.2 – SWBAT analyze how the author develops the themes in LWW. • RL.7.3 – Analyze how specific elements of a story or drama interact with and affect each other. –Vocab: Writing
R4.25 – Comparing Historical and Fictional Accounts Guiding Q: How does Park use and adapt history in her depiction of the people of Sudan? • RL.7.9 – SWBAT compare and contrast Ch. 14‐15 of LWW to the historical events in “Life and Death in Darfur.”
R4.26 – VQ9 + Mini Discussion –Vocab: Test HW: Managing Impulsivity HW ET: None Grade: Vocab Test 9, Mini Discussion, R4.25 HW
HW: Finish Creative Writing CW ET: None ‐ CW Grade, Q#3 Grade: Flashcards HW, Creative Writing Assignment
HW: Re‐Read Ch. 14 + resolve, cynical ET: 7.2/7.3 Grade: R4.23 ET
HW: Re‐read Ch. 15 + commendable ET: 7.2 Grade: R4.25 ET, R4.23 HW
• RL/RI.7.1 – SWBAT use relevant evidence from multiple texts to support their claims. –Vocab: Multiple choice HW: Pre‐read mini discussion text + Commonly confused words ET: None – CW Grade, Q#3 Grade: R4.26 CW, R4.24 HW
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R4.27 – Ch. 16, pp. 97‐102 Guiding Q: How does the comparison and contrast between Nya and Salva’s point of view help convey ideas about how people in Sudan survive? • RL.7.2 – SWBAT analyze how the author develops the themes in LWW. • RL.7.3 – Analyze how specific elements of a story or drama interact with and affect each other. –Vocab: New packet, First two words HW: Re‐read Ch. 16 + abundant ET: None
R4.28 – Ch. 17, 103‐110 • RL.7.2 – SWBAT analyze how the author develops the themes in LWW. • RL.7.3 – Analyze how specific elements of a story or drama interact with and affect each other. –Vocab: Next two words HW: Re‐read Ch. 17 + comprehend ET: None ‐ CW Grade Grade: R4.28 CW, R4.27 HW
R4.29 – Ch. 18, 111‐115 • RL.7.5 – SWBAT analyze the structure of the final chapter of LWW, considering how text form or structure contributes to its theme and meaning. • RL.7.3 – SWBAT analyze how the resolution of the story’s conflicts reveals theme. *RL.7.2 spiraled here. –Vocab: Last two words HW: None ET: None Grade: R4.28 HW
R4.30 – Linda Sue Park TED Talk • RL.7.7 – SWBAT analyze a video and compare Linda Sue Park’s verbal motivations to the actual text. • RL.7.6 – SWBAT debate whether the author successfully established the POVs in the novel she set out to do. –Vocab: Adverse vs. Averse HW: None – Possibly finish paragraph ET: Argumentative Paragraph Grade: R4.30 argumentative paragraph
22 R4.31 – Salva TED Talk + Persistence/Introduce Speaker Even –Vocab: Whose vs. Who’s HW: Flashcards ET: None Grade: None
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*Fundraiser Begins* R4.32 – Introduce Salva Organization/Water for South Sudan and Fundraiser, “Just Add Water” documentary + Action Plan Fundraiser + Set Goals RI.7.1/2 – I can determine the central idea of the documentary “Just Add Water” and use evidence from the video to answer questions about Salva’s organization. –Vocab: Image Analysis HW: They poured fire on pp. 63‐65 + cease, bewilder ET: Basics about WFSS Grade: Flashcards, ET
R4.33 – They Poured Fire On Us, pp. 75‐76 (similar and different perspective) • RI.7.6 – SWBAT analyze how the authors establish, convey, and develop POV. • RI.9 – SWBAT compare experiences and analyze how related ideas are conveyed across genres. –Vocab: Multiple Choice HW: None ET: None – CW/Part. grade Grade: R4.32 HW, R4.33 CW
R4.34 – They Poured Fire On Us, pp. 170‐172 (new perspective) • RI.7.6 – SWBAT analyze how the authors establish, convey, and develop POV. • RI.9 – SWBAT compare experiences and analyze how related ideas are conveyed across genres. –Vocab: Fill‐in‐blank HW: apparent + adverse/averse ET: CW grade Grade: CW Grade
28 Guest Speakers HW: Who’s vs. whose + Pre‐read They Poured Fire On Us “River Gilo” chapter ET: None Grade: R4.34 HW
March 1 *Parent‐Teacher Conferences*
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R4.35 – Comparing Personal Accounts to Fiction • RI.7.6 – SWBAT analyze how the authors establish, convey, and develop POV. • RI.9 – SWBAT compare experiences and analyze how related ideas are conveyed across genres. –Vocab: Writing HW: None ET: 7.9 Written Response Grade: R4.34B HW
R4.36 – Vocab Test #10 + Finish KWL Charts + Finish Paragraph • L.7.4 – SWBAT determine the meaning of unknown words. • L.7.6 – SWBAT accurately use vocabulary words. –Vocab: Test HW: None ET: None Grade: Vocab Test, R4.35 Writing Task
R4.37 – LWW Review + Start SS Prep • RL/RI.7.3,5,6,9 –Vocab: None HW: SS Prep ET: None Grade: None
R4.38 – LWW Unit Exam • RL/RI.7.3,5,6,9 –Vocab: None HW: SS Prep ET: None Grade: Unit Exam
*Fundraiser Ends* R4.39 – LWW Socratic Seminar • SL.7.1 – SWBAT participate in effective discussion. • SL.7.2 – SWBAT evaluate various speakers’ points of view and reasoning. • SL.7.4 – SWBAT present their information, claims, and supporting evidence. –Vocab: None HW: None ET: None Grade: Socratic Seminar