Day Six- Internal
Beauty Unit
Date: December 4, 2006
Class/Subject: Language Arts
Grade: Eighth Grade
OBJECTIVES/STUDENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Reading/Literature: The student will apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, appreciate,
and respond to a wide variety of texts.
· Standard 3: Comprehension
o 3.1a,b: Literal Understanding
o 3.2a,b: Inferences and Interpreting
o 3.3a,b: Summary and Generalization
o 3.4c,e,f: Analysis and Evaluation
Writing/Grammar/Usage
and Mechanics:
· Standard 1: Writing Process
o 1.2: Details, examples, etc. to develop ideas
· Standard 2: Modes and Forms of Writing
o 2.5a.b: Write reflective paper
o 2.9 Write a letter
· Standard 3: Grammar Usage and Mechanics
o 3.1 Standard English Usage in Writing
o 3.2 Mechanics and Spelling
o 3.3 Sentence Structure
INTRODUCTION/SET
INDUCTION
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Bell work (write on board):
Is the story of Cinderella, with its worldwide view on internal beauty, a story just for children? Why or why not?
·
Take one of two volunteers to give their answer. No one should be forced, however.
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INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES/ACTIVITIES/TRANSITIONS:
· Bell work (write on board):
Is the story of Cinderella, with its worldwide view on internal beauty, a story just for children? Why or why not?
· Review Using portfolios, make a chart
on the white board (or butcher paper) to chart and review the similarities/differences in the different versions of Cinderella.
· Peer Review:
Stories written on Day 5.
·
Read Some or all (time permitting) of the stories written on Day 5
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Guided practice: Use some of the papers that are not read aloud to demonstrate grammar on the overhead. Have students help make appropriate corrections with explanations.
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Read aloud for class: Adelita (Mexico)
by Tomie dePaola
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Discuss: Compare and contrast with other versions.
No worksheet.
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Review vocabulary
GUIDED
PRACTICE:
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Guided practice: Use some of the papers that are not read aloud to demonstrate grammar on the overhead. Have students help make appropriate corrections with explanations.
ADAPTATIONS
FOR STUDENTS DIFFERENCES:
·
None
INDEPENDENT
PRACTICE:
· None
CLOSURE/REPRESENTATION:
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Discuss Why Cinderella, though it is a fairy tale, spans the ages as a moral story.
EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT:
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Participation in exercises
RESOURCES
AND MATERIALS:
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Overhead projector
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Adelita
(Mexico) by Tomie dePaola