Teacher

:Ms.Bennett

School
:Polaris
GradeLevel:
7thand8th
ContentArea:
English

Title:UnitIntroduction

Lesson#:1of11

ContentStandard(s)addressedbythislesson:
CCSS.ELALITERACY.W.7.7

Conductshortresearchprojectstoansweraquestion,drawingonseveralsourcesand
generatingadditionalrelated,focusedquestionsforfurtherresearchandinvestigation.
CCSS.ELALITERACY.W.7.8

Gatherrelevantinformationfrommultipleprintanddigitalsources,usingsearchterms
effectivelyassessthecredibilityandaccuracyofeachsourceandquoteorparaphrasethe
dataandconclusionsofotherswhileavoidingplagiarismandfollowingastandardformatfor
citation.
CCSS.ELALITERACY.W.7.9

Drawevidencefromliteraryorinformationaltextstosupportanalysis,reflection,and
research.

Understandings:

(BigIdeas)
Studentswillbeintroducedtothefirstpartofthefinalprojectsoverarchinginquiry
question
Whatkepttheslavesfromgivinguphope?

Studentswillbegintothinkofquestionsthatdrivetheirinterestandadaptthe
overarchingquestiontomeettheirneeds

EvidenceOutcomes:

(LearningTargets)

Everystudentwillbegintounderstandthefinalprojectandstartcompilingquestionsthatare
relatedtoslaveryandinterestingtothem.

Studentswillbeabletorecallpreviousknowledgeaboutslaverytounderstandwhattheystill
needtolearntoprogressonthefinalassignment

ListofAssessments:
KWL

PlannedLessonActivities
NameandPurposeofLesson

UnitIntroduction:SlaveNarrativePoem

Approx.TimeandMaterials
Howlongdoyouexpecttheactivity
tolastandwhatmaterialswillyou
need?

Time:1hour9minutes
Materials:
DryEraseboard
Markers
Paper
Picture
Studentsinteractivenotebook(IN)

AnticipatorySet
Thehooktograbstudents
attention.Theseareactionsand
statementsbytheteachertorelate
theexperiencesofthestudentstothe
objectivesofthelesson,Toput
studentsintoareceptiveframeof
mind.

Tofocusstudentattentionon
thelesson.

Tocreateanorganizing
frameworkfortheideas,principles,
orinformationthatistofollow
(advancedorganizers)

Hook:Showstudentspictureandaskthemto
writedown3inferences,3connections,and3
questionsintheirIN.(10minutes)

(http://images.radiotimes.com/namedimage/Rippe
r_Street_creator_developing_BBC_period_drama

Ananticipatorysetisusedanytime
adifferentactivityornewconceptis
tobeintroduced.

_about_the_British_slave_trade.jpg?quality=85&
mode=crop&width=620&height=374&404=tv&u
rl=/uploads/images/original/66818.jpg)

Procedures
(Includeaplaybyplayaccountof
whatstudentsandteacherwilldo
fromtheminutetheyarrivetothe
minutetheyleaveyourclassroom.
Indicatethelengthofeachsegment
ofthelesson.Listactualminutes.)
Indicatewhethereachis:
teacherinput
modeling
questioningstrategies
guided/unguided:

wholeclasspractice

grouppractice

individualpractice
checkforunderstanding
other

*SSR(bookofstudentchoice)
15minutes

*Hook(Thinkaboutphotoandwritedown3
inferences,3connections,and3questions)
10
minutes

*IntroducefinalassessmentPassoutpaperand
letstudentshaveafewminutestoreadoversheet.
Readoversheettogether.Answerquestions.
15
minutes

*Showstudentexamplesofpastprojectsfrom
website:
http://modelsofexcellence.eleducation.org/project
s/kurare
http://bit.ly/hcffanta

5minutes

*KWLStudentswillfoldapieceofpaperinto
threeandwritedown:Know,WanttoKnow,and
Learnedastheheadingforeach.Thendirect
studentstowritedownwhattheyalreadyknow
abouttheslavetradeinAfricatoNorthAmerica.
Nextstudentswillwritedownwhattheywantto
know.Finally,tellstudentsthatwewillreturnto
theLearnedpartattheendoftheunit.
10minutes

*PairandshareStudentswillpairupandshare
somethingthattheyalreadyknowandsomething
thattheystillwanttolearn
5minutes

*Askstudentstothinkofwhattheirinterestsare
forthisunitandwritedownalistofideas.They
mustcomewithatleast3fornexttime.Ifwe

haveafewextraminutes,theycanstartitinclass.
**Tonightshomeworkis
5minutes
Closure
Thoseactionsorstatementsbya
teacherthataredesignedtobringa
lessonpresentationtoan
appropriateconclusion.Usedtohelp
studentsbringthingstogetherin
theirownminds,tomakesenseout
ofwhathasjustbeentaught.Any
Questions?No.OK,letsmoveon
isnotclosure.Closureisused:

Tocuestudentstothefactthat
theyhavearrivedatanimportant
pointinthelessonortheendofa
lesson.

Tohelporganizestudent
learning
Tohelpformacoherentpictureand
toconsolidate.

*Askstudentstothinkofwhattheirinterestsare
forthisunitandwritedownalistofideas.They
mustcomewithatleast3fornexttime.Ifwe
haveafewextraminutes,theycanstartitinclass.
**Tonightshomeworkis
5minutes

Teacher
:Ms.Bennett

School
:Polaris
GradeLevel:
7thand8th
ContentArea:
English

Title:ProjectProposal

Lesson#:3of11

ContentStandard(s)addressedbythislesson:
CCSS.ELALITERACY.W.7.7

Conductshortresearchprojectstoansweraquestion,drawingonseveralsourcesand
generatingadditionalrelated,focusedquestionsforfurtherresearchandinvestigation.
CCSS.ELALITERACY.W.7.8

Gatherrelevantinformationfrommultipleprintanddigitalsources,usingsearchterms
effectivelyassessthecredibilityandaccuracyofeachsourceandquoteorparaphrasethe
dataandconclusionsofotherswhileavoidingplagiarismandfollowingastandardformatfor
citation.
CCSS.ELALITERACY.W.7.9

Drawevidencefromliteraryorinformationaltextstosupportanalysis,reflection,and
research.

Understandings:

(BigIdeas)
Studentswillformulateaprojectproposalfortheirfinalpoem

EvidenceOutcomes:

(LearningTargets)

Everystudentwillbegintounderstandwhattheyneedtoresearchtoanswertheirfinalproject

ListofAssessments:
Projectproposal

PlannedLessonActivities
NameandPurposeofLesson

ProjectProposal

Approx.TimeandMaterials
Howlongdoyouexpecttheactivity
tolastandwhatmaterialswillyou
need?

Time:54minutes
Materials:
Projectproposalworksheetfrom
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1055
69866/PBL%20PreAssessment%20and%
20Plan.pdf
Computers

AnticipatorySet
Thehooktograbstudents
attention.Theseareactionsand
statementsbytheteachertorelate
theexperiencesofthestudentstothe
objectivesofthelesson,Toput
studentsintoareceptiveframeof
mind.

Tofocusstudentattentionon
thelesson.

Tocreateanorganizing
frameworkfortheideas,principles,
orinformationthatistofollow
(advancedorganizers)
Ananticipatorysetisusedanytime
adifferentactivityornewconceptis
tobeintroduced.

Hook:ReviewtheHW.Answeranyquestions.
WhatcanIdotohelpyou?(10minutes)

Procedures
(Includeaplaybyplayaccountof
whatstudentsandteacherwilldo
fromtheminutetheyarrivetothe
minutetheyleaveyourclassroom.

*SSR(bookofstudentchoice)
15minutes

*HookReviewHW
10minutes

Indicatethelengthofeachsegment
ofthelesson.Listactualminutes.)
Indicatewhethereachis:
teacherinput
modeling
questioningstrategies
guided/unguided:

wholeclasspractice

grouppractice

individualpractice
checkforunderstanding
other

*Givestudentsfreetimetoresearchpotential
topicsfromtheirHW.Oncestudentshavesettled
onatopic,theycanbeginfillingouttheirproject
proposal
15minutes

*Oncestudentshavefilledouttheirproject
proposal,theywillgetitcheckedoffbyme.
Whentheirsheetischecked,theycanbegintodo
theirresearch
10minutes

*Tomorrowyouwillneedtohaveacompleted
projectproposalifyoudidntfinishitinclass.If
youfinishedthat,youdonthaveanyhomework!
4minutes

Closure
Thoseactionsorstatementsbya
teacherthataredesignedtobringa
lessonpresentationtoan
appropriateconclusion.Usedtohelp
studentsbringthingstogetherin
theirownminds,tomakesenseout
ofwhathasjustbeentaught.Any
Questions?No.OK,letsmoveon
isnotclosure.Closureisused:

Tocuestudentstothefactthat
theyhavearrivedatanimportant
pointinthelessonortheendofa
lesson.

Tohelporganizestudent
learning
Tohelpformacoherentpictureand
toconsolidate.

*Tomorrowyouwillneedtohaveacompleted
projectproposalifyoudidntfinishitinclass.If
youfinishedthat,youdonthaveanyhomework!
4minutes

Teacher
:Ms.Bennett

School
:Polaris
GradeLevel:
7thand8th
ContentArea:
English

Title:Lettheresearchbegin!

Lesson#:4of11

ContentStandard(s)addressedbythislesson:
CCSS.ELALITERACY.W.7.7

Conductshortresearchprojectstoansweraquestion,drawingonseveralsourcesand
generatingadditionalrelated,focusedquestionsforfurtherresearchandinvestigation.
CCSS.ELALITERACY.W.7.8

Gatherrelevantinformationfrommultipleprintanddigitalsources,usingsearchterms
effectivelyassessthecredibilityandaccuracyofeachsourceandquoteorparaphrasethe
dataandconclusionsofotherswhileavoidingplagiarismandfollowingastandardformatfor
citation.
CCSS.ELALITERACY.W.7.9

Drawevidencefromliteraryorinformationaltextstosupportanalysis,reflection,and
research.

Understandings:

(BigIdeas)
Studentswillbeintroducedtothecornellnotesmethod

Studentswillbegintocompileresearchfortheirfinalwriting

EvidenceOutcomes:

(LearningTargets)

Everystudentwillbeabletousecornellnotestotakenotes.
Studentswillbegintoresearchtheirtopics

ListofAssessments:
Stickynoteexitslipofoneinterestingthingthestudentshavelearnedthatday

PlannedLessonActivities
NameandPurposeofLesson

Lettheresearchbegin!

Approx.TimeandMaterials
Howlongdoyouexpecttheactivity
tolastandwhatmaterialswillyou
need?

Time:1hour9minutes
Materials:
Computer
Whiteboardandmarkers
Paper&pencil
Overhead
Website:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p277.
html

AnticipatorySet
Thehooktograbstudents
attention.Theseareactionsand
statementsbytheteachertorelate
theexperiencesofthestudentstothe
objectivesofthelesson,Toput
studentsintoareceptiveframeof
mind.

Tofocusstudentattentionon
thelesson.

Tocreateanorganizing
frameworkfortheideas,principles,
orinformationthatistofollow
(advancedorganizers)
Ananticipatorysetisusedanytime
adifferentactivityornewconceptis
tobeintroduced.

Hook:Circleupandsharedifferentproject
proposalswiththeclass(5minutes)

Procedures
(Includeaplaybyplayaccountof
whatstudentsandteacherwilldo
fromtheminutetheyarrivetothe

*SSR(bookofstudentchoice)
15minutes

*HookHavestudentscircleupandsharetheir
projectproposalswiththeclass
5minutes

minutetheyleaveyourclassroom.
Indicatethelengthofeachsegment
ofthelesson.Listactualminutes.)
Indicatewhethereachis:
teacherinput
modeling
questioningstrategies
guided/unguided:

wholeclasspractice

grouppractice

individualpractice
checkforunderstanding
other

*Walkstudentsthroughhowtotakecornellnotes
using
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p277.html
ontheboard
20minutes

*Givestudentstherestofclasstobegintheir
research
25minutes

*Todaywecoveredcornellnotesandyouhad
sometimetoresearch.Inthelastfiveminutes,
writedownoneinterestingfactonapostitnote
5
minutes

Closure
Thoseactionsorstatementsbya
teacherthataredesignedtobringa
lessonpresentationtoan
appropriateconclusion.Usedtohelp
studentsbringthingstogetherin
theirownminds,tomakesenseout
ofwhathasjustbeentaught.Any
Questions?No.OK,letsmoveon
isnotclosure.Closureisused:

Tocuestudentstothefactthat
theyhavearrivedatanimportant
pointinthelessonortheendofa
lesson.

Tohelporganizestudent
learning
Tohelpformacoherentpictureand
toconsolidate.

*Todaywecoveredcornellnotesandyouhad
sometimetoresearch.Inthelastfiveminutes,
writedownoneinterestingfactonapostitnote
5
minutes

Teacher
:Ms.Bennett

School
:Polaris
GradeLevel:
7thand8th
ContentArea:
English

Title:Lettheresearchcontinue!

Lesson#:5of11

ContentStandard(s)addressedbythislesson:
CCSS.ELALITERACY.W.7.7

Conductshortresearchprojectstoansweraquestion,drawingonseveralsourcesand
generatingadditionalrelated,focusedquestionsforfurtherresearchandinvestigation.
CCSS.ELALITERACY.W.7.8

Gatherrelevantinformationfrommultipleprintanddigitalsources,usingsearchterms
effectivelyassessthecredibilityandaccuracyofeachsourceandquoteorparaphrasethe
dataandconclusionsofotherswhileavoidingplagiarismandfollowingastandardformatfor
citation.
CCSS.ELALITERACY.W.7.9

Drawevidencefromliteraryorinformationaltextstosupportanalysis,reflection,and
research.

Understandings:

(BigIdeas)
Studentswillcontinueresearchingtheirprojects

EvidenceOutcomes:

(LearningTargets)

Everystudentwillcontinuetheirresearch,answeringthequestionthattheydecidedtoexplore

ListofAssessments:
Takeavotetoseehowmuchmoretimestudentsneedtoresearchandplan


PlannedLessonActivities
NameandPurposeofLesson

Lettheresearchcontinue!

Approx.TimeandMaterials
Howlongdoyouexpecttheactivity
tolastandwhatmaterialswillyou
need?

Time:1hour9minutes
Materials:
Computers

AnticipatorySet
Thehooktograbstudents
attention.Theseareactionsand
statementsbytheteachertorelate
theexperiencesofthestudentstothe
objectivesofthelesson,Toput
studentsintoareceptiveframeof
mind.

Tofocusstudentattentionon
thelesson.

Tocreateanorganizing
frameworkfortheideas,principles,
orinformationthatistofollow
(advancedorganizers)
Ananticipatorysetisusedanytime
adifferentactivityornewconceptis
tobeintroduced.

Hook:Overviewofday
Todaywewillcontinueresearchingour
projects.Ifyouhaveanyquestions,Illbe
walkingaround.

Procedures
(Includeaplaybyplayaccountof
whatstudentsandteacherwilldo
fromtheminutetheyarrivetothe
minutetheyleaveyourclassroom.
Indicatethelengthofeachsegment
ofthelesson.Listactualminutes.)
Indicatewhethereachis:
teacherinput
modeling
questioningstrategies

*SSR(bookofstudentchoice)
15minutes

*HookOverviewofdayandanswerquestions
5
minutes

*Letstudentshavefreetimetocontinuetheir
research
50minutes

*Todaywedidresearch,ifyourecompleteraise
yourhand.(Notehowmanystudentsraisedtheir

guided/unguided:

wholeclasspractice

grouppractice

individualpractice
checkforunderstanding
other

hand)Ifyoudidnotraiseyourhand,howmuch
moretimedoyouneed?
5minutes

Closure
Thoseactionsorstatementsbya
teacherthataredesignedtobringa
lessonpresentationtoan
appropriateconclusion.Usedtohelp
studentsbringthingstogetherin
theirownminds,tomakesenseout
ofwhathasjustbeentaught.Any
Questions?No.OK,letsmoveon
isnotclosure.Closureisused:

Tocuestudentstothefactthat
theyhavearrivedatanimportant
pointinthelessonortheendofa
lesson.

Tohelporganizestudent
learning
Tohelpformacoherentpictureand
toconsolidate.

*Todaywedidresearch,ifyourecompleteraise
yourhand.(Notehowmanystudentsraisedtheir
hand)Ifyoudidnotraiseyourhand,howmuch
moretimedoyouneed?
5minutes