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English Language Arts and Reading
Grade 7Technology Infused Lesson
Lead4ward Heat Map
ELA Hotspot7.7 Reading/Comprehension of Literary
Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students understand, make inferences, and
draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
Student Expectation
Student Expectations
Verb DefinitionsUnderstand-to grasp the meaning ofMake inferences- the act of passing from one
proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow from that of the former
Draw conclusions-a final summationProvide evidence-to supply or make available
AssessmentWhat is the best summary of this selection?
A Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played professional basketball for 20 years. He won six Most Valuable Player awards and was one of the best players in NBA history. He spent a season coaching a high school team on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. The team was unable to win the state championship, even with Abdul-Jabbar’s help.
B Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was best known for his career as a professional basketball player. However, after he retired, he was not sure what he wanted to do. He decided to spend a season working with a high school basketball team on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. A head coach and assistant coaches led the team.
C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar retired from playing professional basketball after a very successful 20-year career. He later spent a season working with a high school basketball team on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. He experienced some successes while coaching during this season, but the team did not win the state championship.
D Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a successful 20-year career playing professional basketball. After being retired for eight years, he decided to help coach a high school team on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. Abdul-Jabbar both helped the team and learned a great deal from his experiences. He later decided to pursue a career in coaching.
Digital Verbs: (Summarizing, producing, commenting, posting)
CSCOPE Lesson
Infused ActivityText: Read a chapter from “GETTING
SMART” prior to classUse the web app www.smore.com to create a
flyer that summarizes the chapter that you read
Review the techniques/rubric to be used when summarizing before you publish your flyer
Publish your finished flyer to twitter and include #castleberryisd
Review posted flyers and add helpful comments and feedback
Techniques to be used while summarizing a textThe goal of writing a summary of an article, a single chapter or a
whole book is to offer as accurately as possible the full sense of the original, but in a more condensed form.
As you read the article, restate the ideas of the source in different words and phrases (take notes by paragragh)
As you review your work, make sure that your summary is:Comprehensive: You have included in your summary, all of the
author’s major ideas, assertions and findingsAccurate: in your choice of words and paraphrasing you did not
misrepresent the author’s ideasNeutral: you tried to be objective and fair and did not include your
own evaluation or commentsIndependent: a person who has not read the source text can
understand what you have written