Week of January 14th

How will the students learn? 

Detail of activities / strategies used to engaged students: 

• Monday: 

• Opening:  What does it meant to be American? Students will name things that are associated with being an American.  
• Work Session - 

• Instruction (I do):  Review Embedded Assessment Review (Springboard pg. 60), Review Unit 1: The American Dream Review/Questions 
• Guided Practice (We do): In pairs students will break down the embedded assessment; As a class, we will discuss the term, “The American Dream” Independent Practice (You do): Students will complete Frayer Model on “The American Dream” 

• Closing:  Partner Share 

• Tuesday: 

• Opening:  Notebook Set-up 
• Work Session - 

• Instruction (I do):  Teacher will explain the concept of Cornell Notes. 
• Guided Practice (We do): Review Unit 1 Vocabulary; as a class we will read “I Hear America Singing” and “ I, Too, Sing America” in the Springboard books. 
• Independent Practice (You do): Students will take notes on Unit 1 Vocabulary, students will complete comprehension questions on the previous poems. 

• Closing:  Review second read questions (comprehension) 

• Wednesday: 

• Opening:  Vocabulary Review 
• Work Session - 

• Instruction (I do):  Teacher introduces “Defining an American” (Springboard) 
• Guided Practice (We do): As a whole class, we will discuss and read “Growing up Asian in America”; “Let America Be America Again” 
• Independent Practice (You do): Second Read questions (pg. 40 & 44) 

• Closing:  Ticket Out the Door 

• Thursday: 

• Opening:  Vocabulary Review 
• Work Session - 

• Instruction (I do):  Teacher will introduce “What IS Freedom?”  
• Guided Practice (We do): As a whole class we will discuss and read, “The Bills of Rights” and “What is Freedom?”  
• Independent Practice (You do): Second Read questions (pg 54 & 57) 

• Closing:  Ticket Out the Door 

• Friday:   

• Opening: TPCAST - “Harlem” - Dream Deferred (Figurative Lang) 
• Work Session - 

• Instruction (I do):  Teacher will introduce the American Dream TL 
• Independent Practice (You do): Students will complete the American Dream TL, Students will take Mini #1 (CTLS) 

• Closing:  Discuss Mini #1 Results