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 • Monday: Leadership Movie – Jackie Robinson (Notes) • Tuesday: Leadership Passage – Jane Addams (Independent Annotations) • Wednesday: Leadership Speech – Martin Luther King Jr (Team Annotations), Test Esperanza Rising if needed • Thursday: Martin Luther King Jr (Team Annotations & Whole Class Annotations) • Friday: Half day – Test Unit 6 Vocabulary words 1-10 • 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: • Cite evidence for logical citations in support of conclusions and observations directed towards effective leadership • Observe qualities of oration for impact • Compare contents of media and literature for common elements of leadership • Annotate famous speech of historical leader to identify ethos, pathos, logos. Big Ideas: leadership, communication, influence, inspiration, visual communication, courage Essential Questions: • Is there a link between leadership and prejudice? • • • • • • 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.