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Bellringer: Quick & Daily CC ELA Grade 7
Personal Narrative Brainstorming
5 minutes
10 minutes
When was a time when you felt like an outsider or an insider?
Describe the situation and how it made you feel.
Learning Targets:
1 minute
Underline or circle the key word(s) in each target below.
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Students will will support ideas with textual evidence (R.1)
Students will objectively summarize a text by determining key details (R.2)
Students will make self-to-world connections with The Outsiders (R.10)
Students will closely read by using signpost annotations (R.10)
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Homework:
1 minute
Sizing Up People Task:
5 minutes
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Summer Project(s) due by Friday, 9/20
40 Book Challenge Reading Response Sheet due Friday, 9/13
1st Period ONLY-- AOW #1 & Reflection due Friday, 9/13
1st Period ONLY-- Unit 1 Lesson 1 Assessment due Friday, 9/06
Want
Would NOT Want
Candid Camera Video Clip:
5 minutes
As you watch the video clip, respond to the following questions.
1. Define peer pressure.
2. Why is peer pressure an especially strong force in the life of a
teenager?
3. What is something that people often get pressured into doing?
“Herd Behavior” & Nonfiction Signposts
20 minutes
Refer to the copy of the article (do NOT mark on the copy). You will complete at
least 3 signposts. You will also answer the 2 multiple-choice questions and
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choose 1 written response question to thoughtfully answer.
Signpost Note #1:
Signpost Note #2:
Signpost Note #3:
Additional Notes/Thoughts:
Choose 1 to answer.
1. Think of some examples you have seen of herd behavior and
describe them.
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2. Why do people follow the crowd? Use evidence from this text, your
own experience, and other literature, art, or history in your answer.
Cultural Context Bubble Map: The Outsiders:
Write 6 things you learned about the novel’s cultural setting.
10 minutes
Exit Ticket:
Refer back to “Goodbye Earth”. Answer the following two questions.
10 minutes
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Today’s 1 Sentence Reflection:
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