LPSS –2009-2010
Grade 7 - Unit 5: Propaganda/Persuasion Correlations
McDougal Littell Literature
1 Independent Reading (Ongoing)
Learning log, Brozo, 6
Blackline
Masters
Reading
Response Log,
62
Diary Prompts,
63, 64
Holt Elements of Language
Reader’s
Handbook
Reading Workshop, 504, 536,
568, 604, 644, 688, 720
Reading, 777-785
Transparencies Preview:
Critical Reading
Transparencies, and
Reading, Writing, Revising
#1,2, 3, 4
1
Other Materials
Pilgreen, Janice L. The SSR Handbook: How to
Organize and Manage a Sustained Silent Reading
Program. NH: Heinemann, 2000.
Gallagher, Kelly. Deeper Reading:
Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4 -12. Maine:
Stenhouse Publishers, 2004: Sentence Starters, 70;
Reflective response, 156-166
SSR:
http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literatu
re/ssr.html
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr038.shtml
2 Vocabulary - Denotation/Connotation
(Ongoing)
Connotation/denotation:
Vocabulary and Spelling, 137-144
SelfAwareness
Chart, 65
Vocabulary Skills & Strategies,
786-787
Quick Reference Handbook,
818-828
Vocabulary Workshop, xv-xvi
Denotation,
Connotation,
279
Self-awareness/knowledge rating: Brozo, 27;
Best Practices Toolkit, E-3, E-11
Learning log: Brozo, 6
3 Writing Craft Mini-Lessons (Ongoing)
Create and map mini-lessons on a calendar for
writing craft topics, such as “Word Choice,”
“Organization,” and other effective traits
using, Writing, Research, & Study Skills
Lessons, Best Practices Toolkit, & Write
Smart CD
Big Question Transparencies may be used as
writing prompts with literature selections.
Writing Instructions for Process,
550
Six Traits of Writing, 59
Revising, 555
Six Traits for Writing, 43, 48,
53, 68-98
Transparencies Preview,
Reading, Writing Revising
Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert, That’s
Good/That’s Bad by Margeery Cuyler, Could Be
Worse by James Stevenson, The Three Questions
by Jon Muth, and The Little Red Hen by Barry
Downard
Six traits:
http://www.northscott.k12.ia.us/writetraits/writetraits.html#top
http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/sixtra
itssummary.pdf
LPSS –2009-2010
Grade 7 - Unit 5: Propaganda/Persuasion Correlations
McDougal Littell Literature
Blackline
Masters
Holt Elements of Language
4 Grammar/Usage Mini Lessons (Ongoing)
Commas (direct address/intro words):
Grammar Standards Lesson File, 175;
Grammar for Writing, 254; Targeted
Instruction for Louisiana Standards, 95
Superlative/comparative adjectives: Grammar
for Writing, 137-139, 293; Targeted
Instruction for LA Standards, 103, 105
Pronouns and Antecedents: Grammar
Standards Lesson File, 63-89; Grammar for
Writing, 73- 78, 290; Targeted Instruction
For Louisiana Standards, 99
Double negatives: Grammar for Writing,
142-143; Targeted Instruction for Louisiana
Standards, 97
Varied sentences: Grammar for Writing, 298;
Writing, Research, and Study Skills, 79-97;
Targeted Instruction for LA Standards, 67, 97
Commas, 345, 347-348
Developmental Language
Skills, 112
5 What is Propaganda?
Text, R25, R91
Persuasive Techniques: Text, 947 and Media
Smart DVD
SQPL: Brozo, 22
Propaganda techniques, 718725, 733, 807, 826
Reader’s
Handbook
2
Other Materials
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson334.shtml
(grammar lessons)
Superlative/comparative adj.,
266-273, 433-434
Pronouns and Antecedents, 7680, 209-216, 244-263, 426-427,
431-432
Think as a Writer: Grammar,
33, 39
Developmental Language
Skills, 11-16, 63-66, 79-80
Double Negatives, 273-274, 434
Varied Sentence Structure, 160,
175-189, 471-473
Think as a Writer: Grammar,
25, 28, 94, 95-99, 104-107,
121, 134-135, 146-147, 155156
Propaganda
techniques,
263, 287-288
http://www.classroomtools.com/proppage.htm
(propaganda resources on the web)
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_vie
w.asp?id=405 (propaganda techniques)
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_vie
w.asp?id=97 (commercial advertising)
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_vie
w.asp?id=829 (Argument, Persuasion, or
Propaganda?
LPSS –2009-2010
Grade 7 - Unit 5: Propaganda/Persuasion Correlations
McDougal Littell Literature
6 Recognizing Propaganda
Text, R92; Media Studies, Speaking, &
Listening, 99-105, 107-112; Reading and
Informational Text, 311-320
Author’s Bias: Targeted Instruction for
Louisiana Standards, 45, 117, 311-320
Blackline
Masters
Propaganda
Techniques, 66
Holt Elements of Language
Propaganda techniques, 718725, 733, 807, 826
Reader’s
Handbook
Propaganda
techniques,
263,
287-288
3
Other Materials
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_vie
w.asp?id=405 (propaganda in literature and
political cartoons)
http://www.mediaworkshop.org/bwc/johnston_gon
zalez/ads/techniques.html (ads to analyze)
http://www.mediaworkshop.org/bwc/johnston_gon
zalez/ads/questions.html (questions for analyzing
ads)
7 Creating Ads
Text, 947, R90; Media Studies, Speaking, &
Listening, 99-112; Targeted Instruction for
Louisiana Standards, 119, 123
Process guide: Brozo, 10
Help Wanted,
67
Example, 68
Creating Ads, 72-744
Think as a Writer: Writing,
89-100
8 Recognizing Bias
Text, 885, 887, 892, 972, R25 R90; Targeted
Instruction for Louisiana Standards,
Split-page notetaking: Brozo, 20; Best
Practices Toolkit, B3, B24
Split-page
Notetaking, 69
Bias, 807-821
9 Recognizing Persuasion/Editorials and
Letters to the Editor
Text, 912-917; Targeted Instruction for
Louisiana Standards, 81
“Are People Paid Fairly,” 918-927
“Why We Shouldn’t Go to Mars,” 928
Author’s purpose: Targeted Instruction for
Louisiana Standards, 43; Reading &
Informational Texts, 21-28
Author’s viewpoint/perspective: Targeted
Instruction for Louisiana Standards, 45
Learning log: Brozo, 6
SPAWN: Brozo, 18
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/webquest/con
tent/evalbiast.shtml (bias in advertisements)
Examining the News, 520-532
Point of View, 688-694
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp
?id=152 (persuasive business letter writing)
LPSS –2009-2010
Grade 7 - Unit 5: Propaganda/Persuasion Correlations
McDougal Littell Literature
10 Writing a Letter to the Editor
Writing, Research, and Study Skills, 333-341;
Targeted Instruction for LA Standards, 81
Writing process: Targeted Instruction for
Louisiana Standards, 71-77
11 Writing a Persuasive Essay
Text, 948-954, 993; Targeted Instruction for
Louisiana Standards, 81; Media Studies,
Speaking, & Listening, 229-237
Writing process and organization: Targeted
Instruction for Louisiana Standards, 55-67
Brainstorming: 1
12 Debating the issue
Text, R79; Targeted Instruction for Louisiana
Standards, 119
Media Studies, Speaking, & Listening, 99-105
Learning log: Brozo, 6
Vocabulary self-awareness: Brozo, 27;
Best Practices Toolkit, E-3, E-11
Blackline
Masters
Holt Elements of Literature
Business letters, 833-836
Editing
checklist, 70
Essay Rubric,
71
Persuasive essay, 697-712
Debate Rubric,
72
Analyzing your audience, 794
Verbal and Nonverbal Elements
of Delivery, 795-797
Think as a Writer: Writing.
75-85
Reader’s
Handbook
Editorial, 280
4
Other Materials
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/letter_gen
erator/ (interactive letter writing generator)
Persuasive
writing,
274
http://www.writingcentre.ubc.ca/workshop/tools/ar
gument.htm (principles of persuasive writing)
Persuasive
speech,
256
http://www.nps.gov/archive/liho/debates.htm
(Lincoln-Douglas debates)
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0328jack.html#lang
(Jack and the Beanstaulk)
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent/lmpers
uasion.html (lesson plan with debates)