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    This document provides a thematic unit to support English language learners in reading and understanding the historical fiction novel Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. The unit is formatted for a team teaching environment and middle school students. It includes centers focused on reading comprehension, listening skills, writing, speaking, science/social studies, and technology. Activities incorporate WIDA English language development standards and allow students to make predictions, compare characters, research epidemics, perform spoken poetry, and create an interactive virtual tour comparing historical sites.

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    This document provides a thematic unit to support English language learners in reading and understanding the historical fiction novel Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. The unit is formatted for a team teaching environment and middle school students. It includes centers focused on reading comprehension, listening skills, writing, speaking, science/social studies, and technology. Activities incorporate WIDA English language development standards and allow students to make predictions, compare characters, research epidemics, perform spoken poetry, and create an interactive virtual tour comparing historical sites.

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    Fever 1793: Thematic Unit Supporting English Language Learners

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    This document provides a thematic unit to support English language learners in reading and understanding the historical fiction novel Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. The unit is formatted for a team teaching environment and middle school students. It includes centers focused on reading comprehension, listening skills, writing, speaking, science/social studies, and technology. Activities incorporate WIDA English language development standards and allow students to make predictions, compare characters, research epidemics, perform spoken poetry, and create an interactive virtual tour comparing historical sites.

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    Fever1793:ThematicUnitSupportingEnglishLanguageLearners

    CreatedbyHillaryMiles LessonBackground:
    Environment:MiddleschoolgeneraleducationinclusiveclassroomorELLclassroom. Formattedforateamteachingenvironment.Glogistobeusedbefore,during,andafterreading LaurieHalseAndersonsFever1793.Theglogextensionsprovidemeanstoactivatebackground knowledgeandoffersmeaningfulopportunitiesforlanguageandcontentinstruction. WIDACANDOsaretakenfromGradeLevelCluster68forLevel3Developing.

    ReadingComprehensionCenter: WIDACANDO:Developing Answerquestionsaboutexplicitinformation intexts Usecontextclues

    Focus:LanguageArts ListeningCenter: WIDACANDO:Developing Matchmainideasoffamiliartextreadaloud tovisuals Associateorallanguagewithdifferenttime frames

    Studentswillbeableto: ReadFever1793insmallliteraturecircle groupsandwholeclassreadingoveran extendedperiodoftimeusingexplicitreading strategiestocompleteacomprehension graphicorganizer. UsecontextcluestocreateaCharacter Collectionoftraits,actions,andeventsof maincharactersusingagraphicorganizer [attachment]. Makepredictionsaboutthefateofmain charactersinFever1793basedonillustrated supportsoftext. Studentswillbeableto: Listentoapartnerreadinganexcerptfrom BenjaminRushsessaysthroughcooperative learninginpairs[observationsbookicon]. ListentoBenjaminRushStatesmanand Scientistonyoutube[videoicon]. Afterlisteningtotheessay,andthevideo, studentswillcompareandcontrastthe historicalBenjaminRushwiththecharacter Benjaminfrom1793insmallgroups. Studentswillbeableto: Researchepidemicsfromhistorytomodern timesusingtheWorldHealthOrganization website[hazardicon]. Writeapublicserviceannouncement explainingthehistory,cause,symptoms,and possiblesolutionstoanepidemicoftheir choiceinshort,conciseparagraphsand usinggraphicdesignfollowingthemodeled template[PSAgraphic].

    Focus:Science&SocialStudies WritingCenter: WIDACANDO:Developing Produceshortparagraphswithmainideas andsomedetails Explainstepsinproblemsolving

    Focus:Science&SocialStudies

    SpeakingCenter: WIDACANDO:Developing Usedifferentregistersinsideandoutside class Givebrieforalcontentbasedpresentations

    Speaking18thcenturyintheCook Coffeehouse Studentswillbeableto: Participateininformalconversationsusing 18thcenturywordsanddialectswitha partner[18thcenturyspeechbubbleicon]. Createandperformspokenpoemsusing 18thcenturywordsinsmallgroupsusing PhyllisWheatleyasamodel[audioicon]. Recordandpublishspokenpoemsinsmall groupsusingpodcastsoftware.

    Focus:LanguageArts TechnologyExtension: WIDACANDO:Developing Writing: Compare/Contrastinformation,events, characters Giveopinions,preferences,andreactions alongwithreasons Speaking: Expresstimethroughmultipletenses GoogleLitTrip Studentswillbeableto: Createadiarycomparingandcontrasting historicalsitesandfictionalsettingsfrom Fever1793,andrecordopinionsand reactionsusingtheGoogleLitTrip.

    InteractiveFeatures:
    InteractiveFeature HistoricalFiction Fever1793book BenjaminRushVideo Link LibrarylistofotherYAworksofHistorical Fiction Authorswebpage Philadelphia:TheGreatExperiment BenjaminRushStatesmanandScientist video WorldHealthOrganizationHealthTopics Researchdatabase ReadinglistofYAbooksaboutepidemics PDFofTeachermodelofPublicService Announcementassignment

    Hazardicon Bookicon YellowFeverPSA

    YellowFeverbookpage GoogleMap

    ExcerptsofBenjaminRushandotherwrites oftheeraonYellowFever.PrimarySources. LinktoGoogleLitTrip.Canbeaccessedor downloadedfromwebsite.NeedGoogleEarth alreadydownloaded. PaintingsoftheAmericasfromMFAboston. PDF.AGuidetoEighteenthCentury EnglishVocabularyAdictionarytranslationof common18thcenturylingo. AudioofareadingofPhillisWheatleysOn Imagination. Vocablinkstoencyclopediaentriesofeach word.Givesdefinitionandhistory. PSAexample,forwritingcenter Forreadingcomprehension

    DrawingofPhiladelphia Read18thcenturywordsbubble

    Playbutton YellowFever,Revolution,Philadelphia, Epidemic Attachment:YellowFeverPSA Attachment:CharacterCollectionHandout

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