Evidence Unit 1-4

LAL Grade 9
EDLP 6180-60
Vanessa Vitiello

September
September LAL Unit 1: What Students Know
Integrated with All subject areas
All Subject Areas will be orienting students to their new school while assessing
skills and knowledge.
STAGE 1-DESIRED RESULTS
Students will be able to independently use their learning to
Effectively demonstrate and activate prior knowledge through participation in
differentiated orientation and assessment exercises.

October
October LAL Unit 1: Reading Closely for Textual Detail
Integrated with Music and History
Music: Close Reading of Song or Artist Biography
History: Close Reading of Historical Text
STAGE 1-DESIRED RESULTS
Students will be able to independently use their learning to
Effectively use close reading using context clues to determine meaning and
vocabulary.

November-December

January-February

January-February Cont..

January-February Cont

March-April

May
May LAL Unit 4: Making Evidence Based Claims
Integrated with Music
Music: Compare and Contrast different genre, era of music
STAGE 1-DESIRED RESULTS
Students will be able to independently use their learning to
Effectively write essays from all points of view to argue for or against using
evidence to support both sides.

June
June LAL Unit 4: Making Evidence Based Claims Collaborative Project
Integrated with Music and History
Music: Create Music Video that illustrates Mock Government
History: Create Mock Government
STAGE 1-DESIRED RESULTS
Students will be able to collaborate and use their learning to
Effectively research laws and government finding evidence to support their
claim that adoption of law/govt/amendment would be beneficial.
Effectively create and edit a constitution.