A. Engage the Learner – RI.6.2 (5 minutes)

• Repeated routine: Follow the same routine as previous lessons to distribute and review the Entrance Ticket: Unit 1, Lesson 4 or the optional Entrance Ticket: Unit 1, Lesson 4 ▲. Refer to the Entrance Ticket: Unit 1, Lesson 4 (example for teacher reference) for possible responses. Students will need their copies of Captain Pratt speech excerpt and Analyze Point of View: Captain Pratt note-catcher. Refer to Analyze Point of View: Captain Pratt note-catcher (example for teacher reference).

• Repeated routine: Follow the same routine as the previous lessons to review learning targets and the purpose of the lesson, reminding students of any learning targets that are similar to or the same as previous lessons. Invite students to choose a habit of character focus for themselves for this lesson.

MEETING STUDENTS' NEEDS

During Opening A, invite students who need heavier support to use the Entrance Ticket: Unit 1, Lesson 4 ▲. This resource features a sentence frame and a word bank to support students as they write a summary statement of the informational text from the previous lesson.

A. Analyze Point of View: "The Land of Red Apples" - SL.6.1d (15 minutes)

• Remind students that the anchor text is historical fiction. In this lesson and the next, students will continue to read supplemental informative texts to build background on this historical topic to better understand the novel.

• Distribute the Analyze Point of View: "The Land of Red Apples" note-catcher.

• Cold-call students to read the directions, column headings, and questions aloud. Clarify that students will listen to a chapter from Zitkala-Sa's memoir. After the reading, students will record their responses in the middle column.

MEETING STUDENTS' NEEDS

In Work Time A, after students first listen to "The Land of Red Apples" read aloud, invite students to participate in a Mini Language Dive in small groups to analyze the way in which the author uses a compelling comparative structure to illustrate her point of view in the text (RI.6.6, L.6.3a). This Mini Language Dive also gives students the opportunity to examine the connotation of a key verb in the sentence (trembled) (L.6.5c).

• Direct students' attention to the Point of View anchor chart, specifically the notes related to informational texts. Inform students that the text they will be reading is a person's recollection of events that happened to her; therefore, even though the text may read as a narrative, the text is informational.

• Read aloud "The Land of Red Apples" by Zitkala-Sa.

• Direct students to complete the Listen column of the note-catcher.

• Explain that they will complete the Read column later in the lesson.

• Repeated routine: Invite students to reflect on their progress toward the relevant learning target.

B. Close Read: "The Land of Red Apples" - RI.6.6, L.6.5 (20 minutes)

• Focus students on the Close Readers Do These Things anchor chart and remind them that digging into the text deeper can help them understand it better.

• Move students into predetermined pairs. Distribute "The Land of Red Apples" by Zitkala-Sa.

• Use Close Reading Guide: "The Land of Red Apples" to set the purpose of the close read and to guide students through a close read of this excerpt. Refer to the guide for how to integrate the following:

  • Close Read: "The Land of Red Apples" note-catcher

  • Print or online dictionary

• Refer to Close Read: "The Land of Red Apples" note-catcher (example for teacher reference) as necessary.

MEETING STUDENTS' NEEDS

If time allows, use a Jigsaw protocol to acquaint students with the text before beginning the close read in Work Time B. Students can work in small groups to become "experts" on smaller selections of text, and then report findings back to the larger group. By the time students read the text during the close read, they will have already encountered key passages, reducing the cognitive challenge of interpreting entirely new text.

• Repeated routine: Invite students to reflect on their progress toward the relevant learning target.

A. Analyze Point of View: "The Land of Red Apples" - RI.6.6 (5 minutes)

• Refocus students on Analyze Point of View: "The Land of Red Apples" note-catcher. Ask students to complete the Read column of the note-catcher.

• Collect the note-catcher as students leave the class.

• Repeated routine: Invite students to reflect on their habit of character focus for this lesson.

MEETING STUDENTS' NEEDS

A. Analyze Point of View: "The Land of Red Apples" - RI.6.6 (5 minutes)

Refocus students on Analyze Point of View: "The Land of Red Apples" note-catcher. Ask students to complete the Read column of the note-catcher.

Collect the note-catcher as students leave the class.

Repeated routine: Invite students to reflect on their habit of character focus for this lesson.