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Trimester 1
Trimester 2
8
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Reader's Workshoo; The following structure lhould be followed.
Read-Aloud: poem, short story, mytlL fable, magazine or newspaper article, part of a novel, etc, read by fte teapher. Read-alouds
introduce students to a variety of genres and enablg the teacher to tbink aloud and model rcading stategies.
Mini-Lesrotr: presentation ofa specific skill, strategy or idea by the teaohe! to the entire class or a group of students.
Guided Practice students have the opportunity to practice a reading strateg/ with an easy, sholt &xt collaboratively.
Wide ReadingMeaningful Reading Erperiences: students lead independertly, discuss books, and respond to them in joumals.
Guided Strat€gic-Reading Groups: while other students work in pairs or groups or alone, the teacher works with studenls with
similar needs. These groups should be flexible and based upon formative assessment.
Conferences: one-on-one meetines with students about their readin
Skills and Strategies
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Conflict
-Multiple conflicts
-Person vs. Fate
QAR (Question Answer
Relationships)
Extended Response
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Setting
-Reinforce time, place, tone and mood
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Theme
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Text Structure
Visualizing
Inferring
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Figurative Language
-Extended understanding and
application of simile, metaphor,
personification
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Symbolism
-Identiffing symbols in literature
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Note-taking
Determining Importance
Synthesizing
Point of view
Questioning
Genre
Vocabulary
o Academic Vocabulary
o Explicit Vocabulary Instruction
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.iddle School Reading Curriculum Roadr,,ap, Grade
Trimester 1
Trimester 2
8
Required Texts
. Multicultural America: The following selections are from the section "Struggles"
and should be taught by the end of the 2no trimester. Many of the selections are
intended to be taught together, as indicated.
"I was Born at the Wrong Time"; "I learned to Sew''
"Harriet Tubman" & " Camp Harmony" & o'The Noble Experiment" & "Rosa
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Parks"
Each student should read either
Assessments
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District Writing Assessment
MAP
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Extended Resoonse
Assessments
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Fiction Common Assessment
ISAT: Readirg, Math
MAP (tarseted students
Trimester
3
Required Texts
. Multicultural America
"Sweet Potato Pie"
. African American
Literature: "The Park"
. Other selections of choice
from these two textbooks.
Assessments
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MAP
Extended Response