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January 28 th -29 th ELA-7 Advanced Content Learning Agenda. Unit Three The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Ms. Hines and Ms. Dalton. Get Ready and Warm Up. Come in quietly and sit in your assigned seat. Please unpack and place the following items on your desk: ELA binder
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January 28th-29thELA-7 Advanced Content Learning Agenda Unit Three The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Ms. Hines and Ms. Dalton
Get Ready and Warm Up • Come in quietly and sit in your assigned seat. • Please unpack and place the following items on your desk: • ELA binder • Pen or pencil • Copy of the novel • Reading guide and vocabulary handout • Unit 3 Calendar ( • Place your backpack underneath your desk. • Remain quiet and prepare for learning.
Essential Questions • How do our society and family influence us? • How can society’s wrongs be righted? • What qualities or characteristics do individuals possess that allow them to challenge societal expectations?
Using Common Core Standards, we will always: • Discuss • Engage in discussions with your class, your peer group, your teacher and with individual students. (ELACC7SL1) • Read • Locate and cite textual evidence from the informational article you read. (ELACC7RI1) • And • Demonstrate knowledge of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.(ELACC7L1) • Write • Reflect and connect to the reading by writing routinely over shorter time frames. (ELACC7W10)
Opening • Review Mini Presentation Expectations and Assignments • Review AC Unit Three calendar
AC ELA-7 Student Mini-Presentations on Assigned Topics (Formative Assessment) • You will receive a topic today. • You should begin preparing for your presentation today. However, your actual presentation date will depend on where the topic is located within the book. • You are expected to research your topic, discuss the topic in front of the class for three minutes, providing valuable information that will add to the understanding of how it is referenced in The Secret Life of Bees. • You are required to bring in an engaging piece to display your topic in a meaningful manner; e.g. a visual of some type, music, something that displays extra information. • Be creative
Presenter’s Name: _____________________________________ Presentation date: __/__/2013Topic: _________________________________________________ Page #: ____________Advanced Content Period: ELA 7-5 or ELA 7-6 (circle one) Ms. Hines and Ms. DaltonExtended Text: The Secret Life of Bees by Susan Monk KiddI will research and present my topic in front of the class for three minutes, providing valuable information that will add to my classmates understanding of how my topic is referenced in the extended text. (7.SL.1, 5, and 6) Teacher Feedback/Commentary: Total Points Available: 20 Total points received: ________
Student Mini-Presentation Topics: • Martha Whites p. 5 • Civil Rights Act 1964 p. 20 • Colored People in Mississippi p. 47(Mississippi Civil Rights Workers 1964) • The Supreme’s p. 50 • Walden Pond p.57 • Segregation • Honey Making Machines p. 75 • Birmingham Sept 15 p. 80 • Oh! Susanna p. 83 • Integration Parade in St. Augustine p. 88 • McCall’s magazine p. 112 • Ranger Seven p. 115 • Miles Davis p. 117 • Perry Mason p. 121 • Black Madonna p. 139 • Bee Smoker p. 150 • Jack Palance p. 177 • American Bandstand p.175 • Autopsy p. 196 • Draping Beehives p. 205 • African American Unity p. 216 • Molotov cocktails p. 216 • Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening p. 237 • Amnesiac p.249 • Cod Liver Oil p. 252 • Mercurochrome p.261 • William Blake’s Rose Poem p. 274 • Goldwater for President p. 283
Advanced Content Unit Three Calendar Name: _______________________________ Period: AC ELA 7-5 AC ELA 7-6 (circle one) Ms. Hines and Ms. Dalton Griffin Middle School ***Please note this schedule/calendar is due to change with prior notice.***
Work Period • Extended Text Independent Reading • The Secret Life of Bees (Ch. 1) • Complete Reading Guide and Vocabulary • Mini Presentations Preparation • You may use a laptop/desktop for your research • Don’t forget to save everything that you do!
Homework • Finish reading Ch. 1 • Complete Ch.1 Reading Guide • Complete Ch. 1 Vocabulary • Work on your mini presentations • Check the blog Lesson Closing • Any questions? • Student Presentations #1-2 are presenting tomorrow. • 5th:Verania and Sophie • 6th: Sarah and David