Day 7

Title: Indian Education and Colons

Week 2/3

Day: 7/15

Standard

I can statement

Checking for Understanding

W.11-12.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

W.11-12.5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grades 11–12.)

I can develop and organize clear and straightforward writing which is appropriate for a specific task, purpose, and audience.

I can develop and strengthen my writing by planning, revising, editing, and rewriting.

I can address what is most significant for a specific purpose or audience.

Free Write: How would you describe your education? Break down your education from preschool to this grade. If you don’t remember, make it up! Make sure to label each year like Sherman Alexie did in his essay.

Revision: Include colons to your writing. Highlight it so I know where to find it.

Lesson

Silent Reading

Students will read a book that they checked out at the media center for 20 minutes.

Mini-Conference

I will meet with students to go over their goal that they made in their Google Form survey, and to follow up on the book they chose in the media center. I want to know if they like it, what’s happening in their book, and what challenges or successes they’ve had with reading or writing in class.

Mentor Text

We will read Indian Education by Sherman Alexie as a class. After reading, students will discuss their thoughts on the piece.

Free Write

Students will answer the following question in their journal entries: How would you describe your education? Break down your education from preschool to this grade. If you don’t remember, make it up! Make sure to label each year like Sherman Alexie did in his essay.

Tea Party

Students will see how colons are used by participating in a tea party activity. Students will get a strip of paper that shows different ways in which authors used colons. They will take their mentor text strips of papers and walk around the room sharing their paper with a peer. Students will take turns sharing how the author used the colons. Then they will trade slips of papers and continue sharing with peers.

Revision

Students will be instructed to include colons to their writing. After revising, students will share their revisions with a peer, and I will ask for one or two volunteers to share with the class by writing their before and after sentences on the board. If the colon is used incorrectly, we will revise it together.