Q2W5, November 14 – 18

TeacherJanna Rodgers
Subject AreaELA
Grade Level7
Week #5
Unit of InstructionThe Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Standard(s) Taught

Analyze the impact of setting on character development and plot in a literary text.

(ELA.7.R.1.1)

Explain how an author establishes and achieves purpose(s) through diction and syntax. (ELA.7.R.2.3)

Integrate academic vocabulary appropriate to grade level in speaking and writing.

(ELA.7.V.1.1)

Apply knowledge of context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference

materials, and/or background knowledge to determine connotative and denotative

meaning of words and phrases, appropriate to grade level. (ELA.7.V.1.3)

Learning Targets and Learning Criteria

Students will use a graphic organizer evidence tracker to keep track of evidence as you prepare
for the response to literature writing.

Students will determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development
over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

Explain the meaning and/or significance of rhetorical devices in a text. (ELA.7.R.3.4)

Integrate academic vocabulary appropriate to grade level in speaking and writing. (ELA.7.V.1.1)

Classroom Activities

Monday

  • Finish and Fix time OR IXL B.2 to 80% (if you don’t finish in class, please complete for homework)

Tuesday

  • Quizizz review game for “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” Act 1
  • Read Act 2 and fill in evidence trackers

Wednesday

  • DEAR Time (20 minues)
  • TCT – Work on Topics, Conflicts, and Themes graphic organizer for “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”

Thursday/Friday

  • Drive-in Theater – View the Twilight Zone film, “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
  • The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Theme Project 

 

 

Assignments Due

TCT Graphic Organizer (formative)

IXL B.2 (formative)

 

 

Additional Resources

*Accommodations:
ESE – Special Considerations based on IEP
504– Special Considerations based on Accommodation Plan
ESOL – Appropriate printed material, pre teaching activities, various instructional approaches, student engagement and thinking activities, differentiation, check for content comprehension, resources for assistance, reinforce study skills, linguistic modifications, specific vocabulary, alternative assessment.