2013-2014
Week 7
Grade 8 UDL MODEL
Content ELA
Comparing Genres and TPCASTT
Unit Description: Overcoming Adversity-An Individual’s Struggle and Coming of Age
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Use APA 6TH Edition formatting
Use evidence from the text/writing arguments
Analyze the elements of the short story
Analyze literary devices
Analyze mood, tone, and setting
Compare and contrast literary works.
1) Primary Reading Focus- AKS 1-5
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Extended informational text -
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Short literary texts –
a) “O Captain! My Captain!”
b) “I Too, Sing, America”
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Short informational texts
a)
Abraham Lincoln Biography
Novel Reading
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2) Primary Writing Focus - AKS 20a-e
-Students will paraphrase poetry
-Students will write an essay comparing and contrasting “O Captain! My Captain!” and a biography of Abraham Lincoln.
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3) Teacher Input:
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Monday
Teacher will review genres
and sub genres with
students.
Tuesday
Teacher will read the
biography with the
students and model how to
create a timeline.
Wednesday
Teacher will read “O Captain!
My Captain!” with students
and facilitate discussion over
similarities and differences to
biography.
Thursday
Teacher will instruct
students on what TP
CASTT is and how to use it
to read and understand
poetry.
Friday
Teacher will review
components of
compare/contrast writing
and review “comparing
styles” handout with
students.
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Comparing Genres and TPCASTT
Teacher will instruct students
on what TP CASTT is and how
to use it to read and
understand poetry.
4) AKS/CC Objective
Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are
used in a text,
including figurative
and connotative
meanings; analyze the
impact of specific word
choices on meaning
and tone, including
analogies or allusions
to other texts. # 4
a) Lesson Title
b) Essential
Questions
c) Standards of
Learning
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Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are
used in a text,
including figurative
and connotative
meanings; analyze the
impact of specific word
choices on meaning
and tone, including
analogies or allusions
to other texts. # 4
Determine the meaning
of words and phrases as
they are used in a text,
including figurative and
connotative meanings;
analyze the impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone,
including analogies or
allusions to other texts.
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Compare and
Contrast the structure
of two or more texts
and analyze how the
differing structure of
each text contributes
to its meaning and
style. # 5
Compare and Contrast
the structure of two or
more texts and analyze
how the differing
structure of each text
contributes to its
meaning and style. # 5
Comparing Genres and TPCASTT
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How do writers pay tribute to an honorable event or honor/remember a person or event?
How do authors use descriptive writing in poetry and nonfiction to create a certain style?
How are life stories conveyed differently in memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies?
GENRES: By the end of the week students will be able to understand the differences between various genres. Students will
be able to compare and contrast texts of differing genres on the same topic.
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d) Content
Vocabulary
Autobiography
biography
elegy
figurative language
Genre
hyperbole
imagery
metaphor
meter
nuances
onomatopoeia
poetic devices
rhyme scheme
stanza
style in writing
voice in writing
Compare/contrast
e) Materials/Res -115 Tone Words
ources
-Genres Activating Strategy
Needed
-Genres PowerPoint
-Genres Notes
-Literary Genres Class Activity
-Literary Genre Cheat Sheet
-Rainwater/Kramer PowerPoint “O Captain! My Captain!”
-Handout “Comparing Styles”
Unit Goal: Students will be able to use evidence from the text when writing arguments, and analyze the elements of a short story, literature devices,
mood, tone, and setting. Students will be able to compare and contrast literary works.
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2013-2014
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Grade 8 UDL MODEL
Content ELA
Comparing Genres and TPCASTT
5) Anticipatory Set
Students will complete activating
strategy: drawing lines between
genres and their description
(located on shared drive)
KWHL: Abraham Lincoln
6) Guided Practice:
Students will work in groups/pairs
to complete teacher’s genre and
sub-genre review of choicePowerPoints located on shared
drive. And,
Read and annotate
biography
Poetry-Fig Language
Activating Prior
Knowledge
Poetry-Fig Language Activating
Prior Knowledge
Students will work in
groups to complete TP
http://www.biography.co CASTT for “O Captain!
m/print/profile/abraham- My Captain!”
-Title
lincoln-9382540
Create timeline of Lincoln’s -Paraphrase
-Connotation
life
SWBAT read the poem
and understand it using
the TP CASTT strategy
-Attitude
-Shifts
-Title
-Theme
-Students will compare the poem
with the biography.
Students will use a double bubble
to chart similarities and
differences
7) Independent Practice: Students will begin reading
a book in a genre that is
new or interesting to them.
Students will write
their own
autobiography using “ I
am From” template
Students will write
their own
autobiography using
“ I am From”
template
Students will write a
paragraph/essay comparing
and contrasting the
biography of Abraham
Lincoln with “O Captain! My
Captain!”
8) Closure/Summarizing* On a post it, or at home on
the teacher’s wall wisher,
students will write down
the title and genre of a book
Students will explain to Students will piece
their elbow partner the together their
difference between
paraphrased lines
memoir, biography,
and read poem
http://www.ereadingworkshe
ets.com/genre/
PP “O Captain! My
Captain!”- based on the
title what do you think
it will be about? (poll)
Students will work in groups to
discuss the difference between
autobiography, biography, and
memoir.
http://www.goodreads.com/s
helf/show/biographyautobiography-memoir
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Students will
write their own
autobiography
using “ I am
From” template
Students will share
Teacher will create a Ttone/attitude stories Chart with “nonfiction” on
with the class
one side and “poetry” on
the other. Students will
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Comparing Genres and TPCASTT
they are reading, or that
they want to read
and autobiography.
together.
9) Media (Internet Links, PowerPoints on shared drive
PowerPoints,
presentations, etc.)
PowerPoints on shared
drive
PowerPoints on shared
drive
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write their name under the
genre that they prefer to
read.
PowerPoints on shared
drive
PowerPoints on shared drive