Learning Targets

 

• I can identify, define, and begin to effectively use academic vocabulary in my writing.

 

• I can annotate text to understand author’s purpose and message.

 

• I can convey my thinking, in complete sentences, using proper writing conventions.

 

Academic Vocabulary Opener

• Academic Vocabulary Word: DICTATOR 

• Rate your current understanding of the word 1 to 4 (1= Don’t know the word at all / 4= I could teach someone else)

• 30 seconds to write your own description of the word

• Share with partner

• Actual definition: a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force.

• Draw visual and complete one of the options in the “How I Make Sense of the Word” box

• Share out

Academic Vocabulary Word Organizer

 DictatorMy Understanding: 1 2 3 4

Description: Visual: How I make sense of the word:

Definition:

a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force.

• Highlight a prefix or suffix that will help you understand the word.

• Synonyms or antonyms.• An additional picture or

graphic.• List related words.• Reminders of confusion or

misconceptions regarding the word.

• Translate term into another language.

R.E.A.D. Strategy/Using Symbols Annotation(Building-Wide Annotation Bookmarks)

Marking Text/Annotation

• 1st Reading- Students complete an initial “cold” reading of article. Students complete the R.E.A.D. “Marking the Text” strategy during the “cold” read.

• 2nd Reading- Students complete the “Using Symbols” Annotation Strategy (back of bookmark).

Textual Facts

• Write down 6 different facts that you read from the text about Hitler, the German government or Germany.

• Using these 3 of the 6 facts, create 3 different simple sentences.

The Appositive

• An appositive is a second noun, or a phrase equivalent to a noun, that is placed beside the first noun in a sentence to explain it more fully.

Example:

Washington, a brilliant general, was the first President of the United States.

Essential & Nonessential Appositives

• An appositive or an appositive phrase is essential when it is needed to make the meaning of a sentence clear. Essential appositives are not set off with commas.

Essential: The author O. Henry wrote “One Thousand Dollars.”

• An appositive or an appositive phrase is nonessential when it simply adds information to a sentence whose meaning is already clear. Nonessential appositives are set off with commas.

Nonessential: O. Henry, a former convict, settled in New York.

Nonessential Appositives(extra information = extra commas)

• The use of nonessential appositives is another excellent tool to teach sentence variety.

Choppy SentencesMany short sentences in succession make it appear that a writer is incapable of sustaining a complex thought. Rather than small, choppy sentences, construct ones that have some weight and depth While an occasional short sentence is good because it stands out, the short sentence must be set off by longer ones, so its brevity stands out.

With/Without Appositive

Without Appositive

The monument is large. It is made of stone. It is in South Dakota. It has four presidents’ faces on it. It is called Mt. Rushmore.

With Appositive

Mt. Rushmore, a large stone monument in South Dakota, has the faces of four presidents on it.

The second example combines sentences using the appositive phrase “a large stone monument in South Dakota” to provide a smoother reading experience for the reader.

YOUR turn

• Using your “simple sentences”, create 3 appositive sentences.

• Be sure that the nouns go together in cohesiveness.

• Example: Jamie has many jobs, she is a teacher and a mother.

• Both teacher and mother are jobs.

Closer: Tracking Student Progress

• Students self-assess progress toward each of the 3 learning targets using Pirate Ship Rubric, use an explanation for each learning target on your Opener/Closure sheet.

• DON’T forget to do your self evaluation.

Collecting Student Work

• Teacher collects 3 Sentence Appositive Writing Activity, Annotated Articles, and Academic Vocabulary Word Organizer.

• Teacher submits 3 samples (Low-Medium-High) of student work from class period they were observed by evaluator.