Women in Purple

Correlation to State Content Standards

7.1.3.: Describe the establishment by Constantine of the new capital in Constantinople and the development of the Byzantine Empire,…

Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)

Students will be able to:

1. Understand and Identify the imperial traits and motives.

2. Analyze Empress Theodora and the decisions she made.

Literacy Standard

RH 1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

RH 7: Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.

WHST 7: Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.

Anticipatory Set (5 min.)

Journal Quiz

Direct Instruction (10 min.)

SDAIE: Close Read: Empress Theodora: Teacher will cloze read the selection form the book Women in the Purple. After they are done reading it they will annotate and answer an essential question.

Guided Practice (15 min.)

SDAIE: CER: Essential Question: Teacher and students will answer an essential question based on the previous reading. Students will write out a CLAIM, EVIDENCE (CITE), REASON (CEMENT). Students will write their own and then the teacher will demonstrate a proper example.

Independent Practice (30 min.)

SDAIE: Annotate: Empress Theodora: Students will annotate the section by themselves after the teacher has Close Read the selection. Teacher will monitor then go over the important information.

SDAIE: TRQ/TPS: Understanding Empress Theodora: Students will answer 3 Text related questions. Students will cite their secondary source to justify their conclusion.

Homework.

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Closure (4 min.)

1. Clean up.

2. Dismiss Class.