V. Beck –ELA Plans: Week of January 11, 2016
Important Information:
Study Vocabulary and Spelling Every Night (Unit 6)
Information Collection Project: Due 1/22 – This is your homework each night until its due date.
OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK
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Monday: Leadership Movie – Jackie Robinson (Notes)
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Tuesday: Leadership Passage – Jane Addams (Independent Annotations)
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Wednesday: Leadership Speech – Martin Luther King Jr (Team Annotations), Test Esperanza
Rising if needed
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Thursday: Martin Luther King Jr (Team Annotations & Whole Class Annotations)
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Friday: Half day – Test Unit 6 Vocabulary words 1-10
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Monday: Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No School (Reason for
NOTE: Esperanza Rising, the entire audio is available at Ms. Beck’s Newsletter
Daily Plans for Week of January 11, 2016
Objectives:
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Cite evidence for logical citations in support of conclusions and
observations directed towards effective leadership
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Observe qualities of oration for impact
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Compare contents of media and literature for common elements of
leadership
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Annotate famous speech of historical leader to identify ethos, pathos,
logos.
Big Ideas: leadership, communication, influence, inspiration,
visual communication, courage
Essential Questions:
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Is there a link between leadership and prejudice?
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What world events shifted the U.S. Population’s
perspective on prejudice?
What qualities are important to impactful leadership?
What personal skills are foundational to building
understanding of others?
What is the relationship between understanding and
empathy?
What academic skills learned in middle school are
tools for future success?
Rhetoric, Public Speaking and Leadership… What’s the
connection?
Monday
Bell Ringer – 8 Minute Write: “Courage and Leadership”
Reading – Leadership Movie: Jackie Robinson
Writing: See Bell Ringer
Vocabulary: Review and discuss Unit 6 Vocabulary 11-20
(All flashcards should be completed
HW: Work on Information Collection Project and Study
Vocabulary
Tuesday
Reading: Leadership Passage – Jane Addams: The Hull House
Writing – Analysis of MLK Speech (video)
Vocabulary: Introduction/ Model/ Guided Practice of
Paragraph of Understanding
HW: Work on Information Collection Project and Study
Vocabulary
– Wednesday
Reading – “I Have Dream Speech” annotation, team to whole
class
Vocab- WB Choosing the Right Word – Apply “Thinks and
Search” Strategy: Odds with partner, evens independently
HW: Work on Information Collection Project and Study
Vocabulary
Thursday
Reading – Continue annotation of “I Have a Dream”
Vocab- Sentence Unit 6 vocabulary: (See worksheet for
required Writing Tools in each sentence)
HW: Work on Information Collection Project and Study
Vocabulary
Friday (1/2 Day)
Vocabulary: Unit 6 Spelling and Vocabulary
Writing: Leadership Journal– Select 2/5 Questions presented.
If time allows this week, we will begin our next novel, The Pearl,
on Friday. If not, then we will begin this novel on Tuesday.
Remember, Monday there is no school. 