Miss Stephanie Moore Quarter 3 Wiggins Template

Unit 5 – Reading “Between the Lines”

Content Knowledge 
● New vocabulary for Word of The Day: Syntax, Lexis, Orthography, Inquiry, Substantiate, Warrant,
Scrutinize, Reproach, Repudiate, Potent, Condone, Corroborate, Disparage, Imprudent, Abysmal
● Reading strategies: prior knowledge, predicting, connecting, questioning, visualizing, inferring,
summarizing
● How selecting appropriate reading strategies can enhance one’s reading comprehension.
● Utilize all reading strategies simultaneously during the reading process.
● Evaluate varying perspectives on guilt and innocence.
● Begin to comprehend and evaluate contemporary crimes and punishments.

Essential questions: 
● How does language influence the way we think, act, and perceive the world?
● How does experience and personality influence interpretations of the text?
● What are the responsibilities of the individual in regard to issues of social justice?

Unit objectives: 
● SWBAT evaluate how/when to use various reading strategies when reading any given text.
● SWBAT identify strengths, weaknesses, and preferences related to reading.
● SWBAT draw conclusions, make inferences, identify cause and effect relationships, and identify
elements of plot.
● SWBAT formulate a working definition of the word “justice” for application during an upcoming novel.

Alignment
Key Ideas and Details:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.3
Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points
are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the text.

Craft and Structure:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.5
Analyze in detail how an author's ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs,
or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9
Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare
treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).
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Range of Writing:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.10
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames
(a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Evidence of Learning

Performance tasks, projects:

● Reflection journals
● Short story/textual excerpts
● True Life Crime Episode - Kenneka Jenkins and reflection questions
http://www.mtv.com/episodes/602t8f/true-life-crime-tragic-accident-or-calculated-murder-season-1-ep-10
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Kids Behind Bars: Life of Parol - James Episode
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Various crime articles
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“Never Give Up” article
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Short film “Oh Deer” and newscast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1C9zOQpKG4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deIjxerh3s4, “What Happens Next Machine”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cog2a3YeDMM
● Track use of reading strategies throughout unit using worksheet/chart
● Book trailer summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlqFm5R3QgM

Formal quizzes, tests:

● Quizzes every Friday on Word of the Day
● Reading strategy quiz

Non-graded evidence (that allows checking for understanding):

● Monitoring/facilitating student discussions
● Written feedback on reflection journals
● Guided notes on reading strategies
● High-lighted focus points on reading strategies

Learning Experiences and Instruction

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Objective: SWBAT Objective: SWBAT Objective: SWBAT Objective: SWBAT Objective: SWBAT
reflect on opinions in create a definition evaluate when and evaluate when and Apply various aspects
fairness, justice, and and example of how to use various how to use various and example of
law. “justice” using your reading strategies reading strategies justice to a working
own words. personal definition
Agenda: Introduce Agenda: Practice Agenda: Practice
new unit, 4 corners, Agenda: Review Prior knowledge - Predicting - short Agenda:
journal journal, defining KWL chart with film clips, create your Documentary (True
justice in small objects own story. Life Crime) with
groups questions, WOD quiz
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Objective: SWBAT Objective: SWBAT Objective: SWBAT Objective: SWBAT Objective: SWBAT
Build and expand evaluate when and apply various aspects evaluate when and apply various aspects
knowledge of how to use various and example of how to use various and example of
different types of reading strategies justice to a working reading strategies justice to a working
justice. personal definition personal definition
Agenda: Agenda:
Agenda: Review journal Agenda: Review answers to Agenda:
Review documentary, Connecting - Review responses “justice served”, Documentary (Kids
different types of highlighted notes from “Never Give Questioning- Behind Bars) with
justice notes, journal “Never give up” Up” highlighted notes, questions, WOD quiz
article read through Was justice served? Loch Ness monster
station activity excerpt

Objective: SWBAT Objective: SWBAT Objective: SWBAT Objective: SWBAT Objective: SWBAT
evaluate when and Build and expand evaluate when and evaluate when and apply various aspects
how to use various knowledge of how to use various how to use various and examples of
reading strategies, different types of reading strategies, reading strategies, justice to a working
measured by making justice, measured by measured by poem measured by book personal definition,
inferences practice reflection journal. visualizing practice. trailer summarizing measured by
worksheet. practice. combining reading
Agenda: Drawing first, the strategies practice.
Agenda: Inferring Retribution and notes, then reading on Agenda:
Notes with pictures, rehabilitation for your own Summarizing, guided Agenda:
activity on making criminals guided notes and practice, Documentary (Happy
statements notes, “rules” journal Agenda: Visualizing book trailer Jail) combining
Drawing with eyes reading strategies
closed, guided notes, worksheet, WOD
practice with poem quiz