ELA-Encounter 1
Friday, Sept. 5th, 2025.
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Topic: Crossing Generations
Goal:
I can read and interpret details in a text and how they connect to interpret author's purpose.
I can summarize main ideas of a text and connect to author's purpose.
Essential questions:
What can one generation learn from another?
How does literature and language expression help us make sense of our world?
Standards:
RL.7.2 – Determine a theme and analyze its development.
W.7.4 – Produce clear and coherent writing.
L.7.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases.
Accessing Prior Knowledge /(Review)
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Classroom Code:
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Unit 1: Crossing generations
Unit 1: Crossing generations
What can one generation learn from another?
New information:
New information:
Read the mentor text toghether, find unknown words and discuss it.
Application:
Application:
Reading
Reading
In the story Grandfather’s Garden, the narrator grows closer to her grandfather while spending time together in his garden. Think about a special memory or experience you’ve had with your grandfather (or another older family member).
What activity did you do together?
How did it make you feel?
How is your experience similar to or different from the narrator’s experience in the story?
In your notebooks write two paragraphs.
Paragraph 1: Summary of the text.
Paragraph 2: Special Memory with your grandfather.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
dialogue
consequence
perspective
notable
contradict
In your notebooks write following for each of the the vocabulary words:
Definition (what it means)
Synonym (a word that means the same)
Antonym (a word that means the opposite)
Sentence (use the word in your own sentence)
Important dates
Important dates
Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025: Summer Reading Presentation
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025: Vocabulary Quiz.
Technology integration:
Technology integration:
Google Docs
Google Docs
Biblical integration
Biblical integration
In Grandfather’s Garden, the narrator and her grandfather build a closer relationship by spending time together in the garden. The Bible reminds us in Proverbs 17:6 that “Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.”
How does this verse show the importance of family relationships?
How can spending time with grandparents or older family members help us honor God’s design for family?
GENERALIZATION:
GENERALIZATION:
What can we learn about the importance of family relationships from both Grandfather’s Garden and the Bible, and how can we apply this lesson to our own lives today?
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