Unit 3: Constitution

Our Changing Constitution

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Why do laws continue to evolve?

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Why do laws continue to evolve?

Week 3

Week 2

Week 1

Compare and Contrast

First-Person Point of View

Compare and Contrast

Context Clues

Dialect and Register

Graphic Features

Context Clues

Analyze Setting

Figurative Language

Analyze Voice

Graphic Features

Compare & Contrast

Context Clues

Graphic Features

Unit 3 Week 1 Quiz

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Headphones, chromebook, notes, silent reading book.

To Do:

Go to Rapid Identity and select Benchmark. Go to Unit 3 Week 1 Assessment.

Finished: Read Silently

First Person POV

Dialect & Register

Analyze Setting

Analyze Voice

Unit 3 Week 2 Quiz

You Need:

Headphones, chromebook, notes, silent reading book.

To Do:

Go to Rapid Identity and select Benchmark. Go to Unit 3 Week 2 Assessment.

Finished: Read Silently

Compare & Contrast

Context Clues

Graphic Features

Figurative Language

Unit 3 Test

You Need:

Headphones, chromebook, notes, silent reading book.

To Do:

Go to Rapid Identity and select Benchmark. Go to Unit 3 Assessment.

Finished: Read Silently

Above our goal

I’ve accomplished #3, and I could teach someone else how to compare and contrast informational text

our goal

I can analyze compare-and-contrast texts and I can annotate my evidence.

Below our goal

I can describe how to compare and contrast

Below our goal

I can recognize the comparing and contrasting signal words

If an amendment is ratified by state legislatures, what can you infer about how that amendment was proposed?

Khan Academy: Text Features

Brainpop: Metaphors

Above our goal

I’ve accomplished #3 and I can conduct an inquiry into why the amendment didn’t pass

our goal

I can draw on information from text and graphic features to answer to a question

Below our goal

I can describe text and graphic features in an informational text

Below our goal

I can describe text and graphic features in an informational text with help

I can analyze conflicts among characters in a text AND annotate evidence.

To Do List

You Need:

1. How were the beliefs of Federalists and Anti-Federalists similar? How were they different?

Circle signal words, underline the similarities and differences.Leave your mentor text open and on your table so I can check Finished: Read your assignment book

What features of first - person point of view do you notice?

Brainpop: Point of View

How do the dialect and register in paragraphs 3–5 differ from those used in the caption? Cite examples of specific language to support your answer.

Compare the dialect and register in these two paragraphs. Explain what you notice and support it with text evidence.

How does the setting influence the plot in this paragraph? Annotate evidence from the text.

What metaphor gives you the image that the Statue of Liberty welcomes newcomers to the United States? What metaphor demonstrates how powerful the stature is?

Paying attention to the author’s use of voice in a story is important because it often reveals important aspects of a character. What can you tell me about the author's voice?

Above our goal

I’ve accomplished #3 AND I can describe an event and how it could change the relationships of the characters.

our goal

I can analyze the relationships of the characters AND support my thoughts with text evidence.

Below our goal

I can analyze the relationships of the characters, but I can’t support it with text evidence yet.

Below our goal

I can’t analyze the relationships of the characters yet.

How does first-person point of view allow you to identify with the narrator’s thoughts and feelings in the story? Annotate the information in the text.

What does the word amendment mean in this sentence?

Brainpop: Setting

Above our goal

I’ve accomplished #3 and I can research where the varieties of English come from

our goal

I can compare and contrast the varieties of English used in stories and I can annotate my evidence

Below our goal

I can explain how there are varieties of English and what differences there might be between the varieties

Below our goal

I can’t perform anything above yet

Brainpop: Context Clues

Above our goal

I’ve accomplished #3 and I can create a different hyperbole that fits the text as well

our goal

I can find a hyperbole AND explain why the author included it in the text

Below our goal

I can find a hyperbole

Below our goal

I can’t find a hyperbole yet

What can you infer from this information about why the child labor amendment did not get more support from the states?

How did Anti-Federalists’ views about the Constitution differ from those of Federalists? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

What context clues help you figure out the meaning of the word regulate?

Brainpop: Text Structures

Above our goal

I’ve accomplished #3 and I can identify why an incorrect definition doesn’t work

our goal

I can identify context clues within a sentence to determine the meaning of domain-specific or unknown words

Below our goal

I can choose the correct definition of a domain-specific or unknown word from a list

Below our goal

I can’t figure out how to use context clues to determine the meaning of a domain-specific word yet.

What can you infer from this information about why the District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment failed? Cite evidence from the text to support your inference.

Above our goal

I’ve accomplished #3 and I can describe how a change of setting would change some of the plot

our goal

I can analyze the influence of historical and cultural settings on the plot and I can annotate my evidence

Below our goal

I can analyze the influence of historical and cultural settings on the plot and I can annotate my evidence with help.

Below our goal

I can’t analyze the influence of historical and cultural settings on the plot and I can annotate my evidence with help yet.

What can you infer about how most amendments to the Constitution have been proposed? Cite specific evidence from the image, caption, and the diagram to support your inference.

Above our goal

I’ve accomplished #3 and I can predict what would happen to the character if something happened next

our goal

I can use details from the text and the narrator’s voice to analyze the character

Below our goal

I can analyze the character with help

Below our goal

I can’t analyze the character with help yet

I can identify context clues within a sentence to determine the meaning of domain-specific or unknown words

To Do List

1. What does the word amendment mean?
2. What does legislative branch mean? What context clues help you know?
3. What does ratified mean in the text? What context clues help you know?

Leave your mentor text open and on your desk so I can check Finished: Read your Assignment Book

You Need:

What does legislative branch and ratified mean in the text? What context clues help you know?

Above our goal

I’ve accomplished #3, and I could teach someone else how to compare and contrast informational text

our goal

I can analyze compare-and-contrast texts and I can annotate my evidence.

Below our goal

I can describe how to compare and contrast

Below our goal

I can recognize the comparing and contrasting signal words

How were the beliefs of Federalists and Anti-Federalists similar? How were they different?

Above our goal

I’ve accomplished #3 and I can research where the varieties of English come from

our goal

I can compare and contrast the varieties of English used in stories and I can annotate my evidence

Below our goal

I can explain how there are varieties of English and what differences there might be between the varieties

Below our goal

I can’t perform anything above yet

Above our goal

I’ve accomplished #3 and I can conduct an inquiry into why the amendment didn’t pass

our goal

I can draw on information from text and graphic features to answer to a question

Below our goal

I can describe text and graphic features in an informational text

Below our goal

I can describe text and graphic features in an informational text with help

How are residents of Washington, D.C., like residents of states? How are they different?

What does the word "mandatory" mean in paragraph 3 on page 19? What context clues helped you identify its meaning?

How does the setting influence the conflict? Underline setting and who the conflict is with.

Contrast the positions of supporters and opponents of the child labor amendment.

What is the meaning of the “golden door” mentioned in the last line?

How do the narrator’s register and dialect in these paragraphs support the inference that she comes from a formal background? How do they affect the mood of the text?

I can draw on information from text and graphic features to answer to a question

To Do List

1. If an amendment is ratified by state legislatures, what can you infer about how that amendment was proposed?
2. What can you infer about how most amendments to the Constitution have been proposed? Cite specific evidence from the image, caption, and the diagram to support your inference.

Leave your mentor text open and on your desk so I can check Finished: Read your Assignment Book

You Need:

I can use details from the text and the narrator’s voice to analyze the character

To Do List

1. What features of first - person point of view do you notice?
2. How does first-person point of view allow you to identify with the narrator’s thoughts and feelings in the story? Annotate the information in the text.

Leave your mentor text open and on your desk so I can check Finished: Read your Assignment Book

You Need:

I can compare and contrast the varieties of English used in stories and I can annotate my evidence

To Do List

1. Compare the dialect and register in the intro paragraph compared to the rest of the passage. Explain what you notice and support it with text evidence.
2. What can you say about the register of the caption compared to the rest of the passage?

Leave your mentor text open and on your desk so I can check Finished: Read your Assignment Book

You Need:

I can analyze the influence of historical and cultural settings on the plot and I can annotate my evidence

To Do List

1. How does the setting influence the conflict? Find a conflict on both pages.
2. Underline setting and who the conflict is with.

Leave your mentor text open and on your desk so I can check Finished: Read your Assignment Book

You Need:

I can compare and contrast the varieties of English used in stories and I can annotate my evidence

To Do List

1. What can you tell me about the author's voice?
2. How do the narrator’s register and dialect in these paragraphs support the inference that she comes from a formal background?

Leave your mentor text open and on your desk so I can check Finished: Read your Assignment Book

You Need:

Brainpop: Text Structures

I can analyze conflicts among characters in a text AND annotate evidence.

To Do List

1. How are residents of Washington, D.C., like residents of states? How are they different?
2. Contrast the positions of supporters and opponents of the child labor amendment.

Circle signal words, underline the similarities and differences.Leave your mentor text open and on your table so I can check Finished: Read your assignment book

You Need:

I can identify context clues within a sentence to determine the meaning of domain-specific or unknown words

To Do List

1. What does the word "mandatory" mean in paragraph 3 on page 19? What context clues helped you identify its meaning?
2. What context clues help you figure out the meaning of the word regulate?

Leave your mentor text open and on your desk so I can check Finished: Read your Assignment Book

You Need:

Brainpop: Context Clues

Khan Academy: Text Features

I can draw on information from text and graphic features to answer to a question

To Do List

1. What can you infer from this information about why the child labor amendment did not get more support from the states?
2. What can you infer from this information about why the District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment failed? Cite evidence from the text to support your inference.

Leave your mentor text open and on your desk so I can check Finished: Read your Assignment Book

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