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Weekly Objective: This week, we will be:
- Reading several vignettes from The House on Mango Street and analyze word choice/diction to understand mood and tone (ELA 1.4, Analyze Words and Phrases).
- Completing mini-writing lessons on finding your voice and using descriptive language to tell your story, using mood and tone.
- Writing our own Coming-of-Age vignette - performance task of MULTIPLE WRITING NARRATIVE COMPETENCIES:
- ELA.6.1 Engage and orient the reader in the opening
- ELA 6.2 Develop the story and characters
- ELA.6.3 Use words and phrases, details, and sensory language
- ELA.6.5 Provide a compelling conclusion
- Assign a vignette to present and teach to the class as a group mini-project. This is a performance task of MULTIPLE Next Gen COMPETENCIES
- NGE.3.1 Interact and participate effectively with others
- NGE.3.2 Complete my part of the work
- NGE.3.3 Manage and resolve conflicts
- NGE.3.4 Reflect on our product and process
The House On Mango Street Reading Calendar
The House On Mango Street Reading Calendar
Monday, December 2 (part two) and Tuesday, December 3
Monday, December 2 (part two) and Tuesday, December 3
analyzing word choice: Mood and Tone
analyzing word choice: Mood and Tone
Author's word choice impacts mood and tone, creating meaning in a text.
Author's word choice impacts mood and tone, creating meaning in a text.
Today is a practice task, addressing the following competency skills:
- ELA 1.4 - Analyze Words and Phrases
- ELA 1.2 - Reading Fiction: Identify Central Theme
Agenda:
- Journal prompt: have you ever done somethin g funny and later regretted it?
- Mini-Lesson: Mood, Tone and Word Choice/Diction
- Read and annotate the vignettes
- "Born Bad"
- "Elenita, Cards, Palms and Water"
- "Geraldo, No Last name"
- Practice identifying mood and tone
- Final: Create a slide demonstrating understanding of how the author's word choice impacts mood, tone, and meaning WITH A PARTNER
Wednesday, December 4th
Wednesday, December 4th
Writing OR Drawing Day
Writing OR Drawing Day
Write or draw your own Coming-of-Age Vignette!
Write or draw your own Coming-of-Age Vignette!
Performance task of MULTIPLE WRITING NARRATIVE COMPETENCIES:
- ELA.6.1Engage and orient the reader in the opening
- ELA 6.2 Develop the story and characters
- ELA.6.3 Use words and phrases, details, and sensory language
- ELA.6.5 Provide a compelling conclusion
Agenda:
- Journal warm-up
- Mini writing lesson on finding our voice
- Practicing diction
- Brainstorming an event to write about or draw
- Rough Draft
Option One: Writing Your Vignette
Option One: Writing Your Vignette
Option Two: Illustrate a vignette
Option Two: Illustrate a vignette
We all have memories from our younger days – places we have been, people we have met, things that we have seen. This assignment is about recalling, thinking about, and describing experiences from our past. We will consider the influence of these experiences on our identities and learn to craft a ‘voice’ to write creatively about these memories in our own vignette. We will use Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street as a model for our creative writing.
Thursday, December 5th and Friday, December 6th
Thursday, December 5th and Friday, December 6th
Group Project
Group Project
You are the teacher!
You are the teacher!
Agenda:
- Journal Warm-Up
- Group assignments
- Reading your vignette as a group
- Identifying in discussion:
- Setting
- Characters
- Mood/Tone
- Theme
- Plan presentation
Competencies Addressed (MULTIPLE Next Gen PERFORMANCE TASKS!)
Competencies Addressed (MULTIPLE Next Gen PERFORMANCE TASKS!)
- NGE.3.1 Interact and participate effectively with others
- NGE.3.2 Complete my part of the work
- NGE.3.3 Manage and resolve conflicts
- NGE.3.4 Reflect on our product and process
Checks For Understanding
Checks For Understanding
These checks for understanding may be used throughout each lesson to check for your understanding of a skill, concept, content, or topic:
These checks for understanding may be used throughout each lesson to check for your understanding of a skill, concept, content, or topic:
Turn and talks
Turn and talks
Whole group share-outs
Whole group share-outs
Cold-calling
Cold-calling
Journal entries (bi-weekly journal check)
Journal entries (bi-weekly journal check)
Written responses (ACQC or quick write)
Written responses (ACQC or quick write)
Annotations
Annotations
Socratic seminar discussion
Socratic seminar discussion
Exit ticket
Exit ticket
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