Essential Questions

Content

Writing:
Language Progressive Skills

Red Routines

Resources

Assessment

C.C.S.S.

How do we find out what really happened?
Inquiry 1:
Lost Civilizations
Inquiry 2: Messengers From Lost Worlds

Readings
Meet the Expert:
Constanza Ceruti: High Altitude Archeologist
(Stud. WB: p.p.158-163)
Short Story:
“The Dog of Pompeii”
(Stud. WB: p.p.164-175)
Fine Art:
“The Buried Treasures of Pompeii”
(Stud. WB: p.p.176-177)
Social Studies Text:
“Cities of the Dead”
(Stud. WB: p.p.178-193)
Retelling: Classic Epic
“Beowolf Against Grendel”
(Stud. WB: p.p.194-205)
Science Text:
“A Dinosaur Named Dakota”
(Stud. WB: p.p.206-215)
Social Studies Text:
“Mummies 101”
(Stud. WB: p.p.216-223)

21st century Skills:

• ~Organize Information: Classifying
• ~Analyze Images

Comprehension

• Summarize
• Draw Conclusions
• Cause and Effect

Navigating The Text:

• Author’s Purpose
• Evaluate Evidence
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Critical Thinking:

• Analyze
• Synthesize
• Evaluate
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• Word Analysis:
• Word Families
• Roots
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Literary Analysis:
Figurative Language
Interview

*Quick Writes
*Writing On Demand
*Discuss and Write
*Respond and Write

Traits of Writing by Ruth Culham
Unit 9 Wrap-up
Expert21 T.E.

• Sentence Fluency

Capturing smooth and rhythmic flow

• Organization

Creating the lead

• Ideas

Developing the topic

• Conventions

Phrases and clauses
Using commas with phrases or clauses

• Presentation

Publish/Present

Features of Expository/Research Papers

• Topic statement

Says what the paper will be about

• Sub-topics

Break the topic into parts

• Facts and Evidence

Provide information

• Sources

Information is cited

Research Paper (Expository):
Students will write a research paper about a historical topic that interests them.

Grammar, Usage, Mechanics (GUM’s):

• Modifiers
• Nouns
• Verbs
• Pronouns
• Quotation Marks

Red Routine 1: Teaching Vocabulary

Red Routine 2:

• Modeled Reading
• Choral Reading
• Partner Reading
• Oral Cloze
• Independent Reading

Red Routine 3: Think, Pair (Write), Share

Red Routine 4: Idea Wave

Red Routine 5: Give One, Get One

Red Routine 6: Jigsaw Groups

Red Routine 7: Socratic Method

Red Routine 8: Peer Feedback

Red Routine 9: Quick Write, Writing on Demand

Red Routine 10

• Entrance Ticket
• Questioning Circle

Expert21:

21st Century Toolkit

T.E. Scholastic Expert21

Strategy Sourcebook

Professional Development Guide

Teacher Implementation Guide

Expert Space

Expert21 Teacher resource Binder

Anchor Media Videos

Traits of Writing by Ruth Culham:

Traits Writing Source Kit: Teaching guide, Implementation guide, Comments Book, Mentor Texts, Trait Posters, Traitspace, Student Handbook and Writing Folders

Record-Keeping Forms

Rubrics for each mode of writing

Brentwood UFSD Resources:

Workfolio Table of Contents

Workfolio Strands of Writing

Supplemental Grammar Packet

SRI

Informative Assessment
Ongoing Progress Monitoring

Formative Assessment:

• Workshop Wrap-Up
• 21 Book Progress Test (2)
• xSkills Test
• Formal Writing Pieces- Research Paper and complete benchmark end of year paper Bringing a Superhero to Life
• Expert Project: Case Study: Mystery from The stone Age
• Performance Evaluation-Make Decisions
• Portfolio Evaluation using Traits of Writing Scoring Guide (rubrics)

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