Week #26
Unit 5: Comparing Authors’ Choices
Bell
Ringer:
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10 minutes of independent reading
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Warm-Up
Lesson:
| PRO/CON: O'er the ramparts we watched as athletes were kneeling
* Read and annotate the text
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RI.7.9 Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.
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Focus
Lesson:
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Readers analyze authors’ presentation of key information and details to reveal the author’s:
* understanding of the topic,
* perspective on the topic, and
* purpose for writing about the topic
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Class Work:
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Terrible Things
* Read and annotate the text.
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Debrief:
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What is the hidden message in Terrible Things? How do you know?
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OMG Fact:
Bacteria can grow and divide every 20 minutes, turning one bacterial cell into 16 million in just eight hours.
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Homework:
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30 Minutes of independent reading.
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Notes:
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