In lesson 1 of this unit, students will explore what it means to be connected to other people with and without digital technology. They'll also start to consider the ways that their digital connections shape who they are.
Students complete this self-grading written text in Spanish about camping, nature and preterit verbs by choosing and writing in the correctly spelled word.
This song created for the level 1 Realidades textbook demonstrates how to ask people what they are like and answer for yourself. Lyrics are available in English/Spanish; perfect for cloze activities.
A Learning Plan is an instructional resource used to record students' proficiency of a standard and gives students' choice of how they will learn the content. The use of this resource also enables students to learn at their own pace. The data will inform the teacher whether or not a student needs more direct instruction. Students who master the standard may be allowed to complete enrichment activities connected to the standard or advance to a new standard.This resource was developed as part of a professional learning opportunity funded by the NCDPI Digital Learning Initiative Planning Grant.
In this lesson, students will write a draft of their final paper.
In this lesson, students will share their work with their classmates and celebrate their accomplishments.
In this lesson, students will meet with their writing group to edit their papers. They'll learn the protocols and routines for responding to classmates' writing, and they will make a plan for revising their paper.
In this lesson, students will begin to plan for their final paper, in which they will argue for their personal vision of the American Dream.
In this lesson, students will take their group's feedback into account and revise their final paper.
In this lesson, students will hear the final presentations, evaluate the arguments, and vote on the most convincing visions presented.
In this lesson, students will complete their presentation with their group.
The purpose of this first Benchmark Assessment (Cold Write) is to determine what students already know about informational writing. Students will respond to a writing prompt, and you will score results as a measure of early work. Students will also discuss what makes an excellent argument and presentation, and they will develop the key parts of their argument with their group.
In this lesson, students will get into character and introduce themselves to the others who will be at the convention.
In this lesson, students will begin to make concrete plans about how to portray their character in their presentation and how to structure their argument in order to best appeal to their audience.
In this lesson, students will work with their group to begin creating their presentation.
In this lesson, students will meet with their Independent Reading group to discuss their book and how it relates to the conversations they have been having about the American Dream.
In this lesson, students will try to convince their classmates that their character's vision of the American Dream is the best one, and they will evaluate the arguments that their classmates present.
In this lesson, students will meet in groups, read some background information about characters, and create a shared page for the character they will represent at the American Dream Convention.
In this lesson, students will begin to work in groups to read their document closely, discovering what the main message is.
In this lesson, students will think about the challenges of marketing to an American teenage audience and consider the audience their character most likely tried to influence.