English/Language Arts 7 - In Development

Topic outline

• General
  

  General

  • EngageNY Curriculum URL
• READING CLOSELY FOR TEXTUAL DETAILS
  

  READING CLOSELY FOR TEXTUAL DETAILS

  • Consider using: http://n60.co/resourcesActivities.html to allow students to work on a project for the other side of the world with a little less teacher guidance?

  • EDIT: Unit Plan - Reading Closely for Textual Details Page
  • Part 1: Understanding Close Reading - Teacher Notes Page
  • Part 2: QUESTIONING TEXTS - Teacher Notes Page
  • 01 - Introduction to Close Reading Page
  • 02 - Reading Closely for Details: Guiding Questions Page
  • 03 - Reading Closely Checklist Page
  • 04 - Text #1 - Photo Collage Page
  • 05 - Text #1 Assignment
  • 06 - Questioning Texts Page
  • 07 - Pre-Reading Text #2 Page
  • 08 - Text #2 The Last Expedition Page
  • 09 - Re-reading Text #2 Assignment
  • 10 - Text #3 Roald Amundsen South Pole Viking River Cruises Page
  • 11 - Re-viewing Text #3 Assignment
  • 12 - Text #4 Scott’s Hut & the Explorer’s Heritage of Antarctica (Website) Assignment
  • 13 - Approaching a New Text Assignment
  • 14 - Text #5: To Build a Fire (Short Story) Page
  • 15 - Analyzing Details Handout Page
  • 16 - Analyzing Details for Text #5 Assignment
  • 17 - Posing Text-Dependent Questions Assignment
  • 18 - Independent Writing Assignment
  • Part 3: ANALYZING DETAILS - Teacher Notes Page
  • 19 - TEXT #6: The North Pole Robert E Peary Published by Frederick A. Stokes in 1910 Page
  • 20 - Analyzing Textual Detail Assignment
  • 21 - Analyzing Details Across Texts Assignment
  • Part 4: EXPLAINING UNDERSTANDING - Teacher Notes Page
  • 22 - TEXT #7 The South Pole Roald Amundsen,1910-1912 Published by John Murray, London, in 1912 Page
  • 23 - TEXT #8 Scott's Last Expedition Robert Falcon Scott, January 1912 Published by Smith Elder in 1913 Page
  • 24 - TEXT #9 Scott's Last Expedition Robert Falcon Scott, March 1912 Published by Smith Elder in 1913 Page
  • 25 - Activity: Questioning and Analyzing Texts Independently Assignment
  • 26 - Independent Writing Assignment
  • Part 5: DISCUSSING IDEAS - Teacher Notes Page
  • 27 - Text-Centered Discussions Checklist Page
  • 28 - Text-Centered Discussion Reflection Assignment
  • 29 - Identifying and Organizing Ideas Assignment
  • 30 - Section Reflection Assignment
  • EXTENDED READING 01: Letters Robert Falcon Scott, 1912 Published by Smith Elder in 1913 Page
  • EXTENDED READING 02: The Voyages of Captain Scott Charles Thurley Published by Kessinger Publishing in 2004 Page
  • EXTENDED READINGS 03 & 04 Page
• MAKING EVIDENCE-BASED CLAIMS
  

  MAKING EVIDENCE-BASED CLAIMS

  • EDIT: Unit Plan - Making Evidence-Based Claims Page
  • Reading Text for this Unit Page
  • Part 1: UNDERSTANDING EVIDENCE-BASED CLAIMS Page
  • 01 - Introduction to Making Evidence-Based Claims Page
  • 02 - Independent Reading Page
  • 03 - Reading and Discussion Questions Assignment
  • 04 - Forming Evidence-Based Claims Assignment
  • Part 2: MAKING EVIDENCE-BASED CLAIMS Page
  • 05 - Making Evidence-Based Claims Handout Assignment
  • 06 - Independent Reading Text Selection: Commonwealth Club Address Cesar Chavez: Paragraphs 6-19 Page
  • 07 - Reading and Discussion Questions (Paragraphs 6-19) Assignment
  • 08 - Find Supporting Evidence Assignment
• RESEARCHING TO DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING
  

  RESEARCHING TO DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING
• BUILDING EVIDENCE-BASED ARGUMENTS
  

  BUILDING EVIDENCE-BASED ARGUMENTS
• Topic 5
  

  Topic 5
• Topic 6
  

  Topic 6
• Topic 7
  

  Topic 7
• Topic 8
  

  Topic 8
• Topic 9
  

  Topic 9
• Topic 10
  

  Topic 10