Unit Plan

Unit Theme:7.2 Puerto Rico Travel Brochure Date: Period: 7 weeks Teacher: Subject: __English_______________________Reform Strategy (PCEA): Theme of Unit: 7.1 Grade: 1 2 3 4 5 6x 7 8 9 10 11 12Transversal Theme: X Cultural Identity Civic and Ethic Education Education for PeaceX Environmental Education X Technology and Education Education for Work Integration: Spanish English Social Studies Science Math Fine Arts Physical Education Health Sciences Technology

Essential Questions

EQ1. What do I value about Puerto Rico?EQ2.What am I trying to achieve through my writing?EQ3. Him the writing impact my writing?EQ 4.How does time and place in history influence the language of a country?

Transfer (T) and Acquisition (A) Goals

T1 The student will leave the class able to apply his/her knowledge of and experience with research skills to produce a written product using informational texts. He/she will be able to apply research skills to any topic in a variety of situations to create a focused, well organized piece of writing.T2. The student will acquire sentence-writing skills to express newly acquired information in a written, finished product. He/she will be able to use sentences of various types and lengths to clarify concepts and to engage readers.T3. The student will apply knowledge of the writing process to publish a final text. He/she will be able to use the writing process to create texts, and use self-assessment of writing during revision to improve writing.

PERFORMANCE TASK ACTIVITIES I value Puerto Rico Poster / Puerto Rico Travel Brochure

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Standards and expectations7.l1Listen and Collaborate with peersDuring social and academic interactions.7.S.1- Oral contribution of topic.7.S.2 Respond Orally to closed questions

Learning Activity: Students brainstorm What makes Puerto Rico Unique?Standards and expectations

7.R.1 Recognizes Facts vs Opinions

Learning Activity: The teacher models how to use facts from a non fiction text to draw conclusions.

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7.L.A.4 Determine and clarify the meaning. Of words

Learning Activity: Complete detective word organizer

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7.R.4l Determine the meaning of words .7.R.6 Citing specific textual evidence to support ideas.

Learning Activity: Confirm meaning of words

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7.R.1 Read a variety of texts

Learning Activity: Teacher confirm meaning of words using a dictionary

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Standards and expectations7.R.1- Read a variety of texts .

Learning Activity Teacher presents a variety of texts and the students identify the different types of texts.

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7.W.8 Write routinely .Learning Activity: Identify the structure of a descriptive paragraph

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7.W.8 Write routinely for short or extended period of time.Learning Activity: Write a descriptive paragraph

Standards and expectations7.W.8 Write routinely for short or long periods of time a descriptive paragraphLearning Activity: Students will write a descriptive paragraph.

Standards and expectations7.R.2.l. Determine the main idea of an informational text.Learning Activity: Read informational text and identify main idea.

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Standards and expectations7.R.2.l Determine the theme or main idea of a of an informational text.Learning Activity: : Students work in pairs to identify the main idea of an informational text

Standards and expectations7.R.4.1 Determine the meaning of words as they are used in informational text.Learning Activity: Identify the structure of text (key words )

Standards and expectations7.L.1 Listen and collaborates with peers in academic interactions.Learning Activity: Explanation of Rubric for travel Brochure Teacher assigned Themes to students

Standards and expectations7.L..1 Listen and collaborates with peers in academic interactions.

Learning Activitys Students will work in groups to create information packets about their towns.

Standards and expectations7.L..1 Listen and collaborates with peers in academic interactions

Learning Activitys Students will work in groups to create information packets about their towns.

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Standard and Expectation

Learning Activitys Students will work in groups to create information packets about their towns.

Standards and expectations7.S 6 Plan oral presentation

Learning Activities: Students do peer evaluation of brochures.

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Standards and expectations7.R.2L- Determine proverb with details7.R.3L- Describe proverb using humorous dialog.7.R..6L- Explain development of proverb through narration.

Learning Activity: The student will add humorous dialogue and magic or unreal events that lead to solution of the problem.

Performance Task In Class - Create Proverb of Puerto Rican culture adding humorous dialogue and events

Standards and expectations7.R.1- Read text of proverbs7.W.4- Develop and strengthen writing process

Learning Activity: The student will peer edit and self- assess published work using rubric ( Attachment 7.1 Writing Tool- folktale Rubric)

Performance Task- Editing and self- assessment with rubric- writing tool for Folktales.

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Standards and expectations7.R.1- Share proverbs for cultural identity and connections7.R.5L- Contribute to development of proverb and structure.

Learning Activity: The student will share folktales with classmates and discuss the process he/she went through to write it

Performance Task Oral Presentation- rubric oral presentations.

Standards and expectations7. LA.1a- Explain the structure of a folktale7..LA.1b- Follow discussion of structure of folktales7.R.5L- Analyze and contribute to development of structure in folktales

Learning Activity: The student will discuss the structure of a folktale and its parts. Examples will be given to identify parts of a folktale according to sequence of events. (see attachment 7.1 Writing tool transition words)

Sample: Readers Theater Scripthttp://www.aaronshep.com/rt/Tips1.html

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7.LA.1a- Structure of a Folktale7.LA.1b- Use of folktales7R.5L- Development of identifying parts of a folktale

Learning Activity: The student will be given a part of a folktale section and retell the whole story. The student will assemble the story and retell his/her part in the plots sequence. The student continues keeping the flow of the story so that the performance moves along as though one person were telling it.

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7.LA.1a- Structure of a Folktale7.LA.1b- Use of folktales7R.5L- Development of identifying parts of a folktale

Learning Activity: The student will complete a second round of retelling with one of the sections given. The student should note how different students retell the same sections.

(Use examples from Folktales given previously).

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7.W.4- Revision of writing process7.LA.1a- Explains use of sentences or phrases when writing7.LA.2a- Use punctuation to separate adjective during editing7.S.4- Reach agreement in using phrases and responses.

Learning Activity: The student will edit and revise a text of a Puerto Rican folktale into a play format. (cutting out lines and revising narration and shortening it for the narrator)Link: Story to Script parts of a Folktalehttp://www.aaronshep.com/rt/Tips1.html

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6 WEEK Standards and Expectations

7.R.5L- Analyze a part of structure of folktale plays.7.LA.1a- Revision of Script7. S.1- Contribute to relevant information

Learning Activity: