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Union City Board of Education

21st CCLC Program

Lesson Plan

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Date:6/27/167/15/16
Name:DaniellaDeFrancisco
School:EmersonMiddleSchool
TitleofLesson:NovelStudy:BeforeWeWereFreebyJuliaAlvarez
CCSS:
L.8.2
L.8.3

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L.8.4
L.8.5
L.8.5.C
RI.8.3
RI.8.4
RL.8.1
RL.8.2
RL.8.3
RL.8.6
SL.8.1

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SL.8.1.B,C
W.8.1.D
W.8.2,D,E,F
W.8.3,D
W.8.4
W.8.10
GradeLevel:8
Duration:(9)1:15min.sessions
LearningGoals:SWBAT:

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ReadersTheatre:TheGiver
Descriptivewritingprompt:discussionofstoryplotaspectsanduseof
descriptiveadjectivestoenhancewriting.
Discussionofconnotationvsdenotationandhowauthorsusethistosettoneand
mood;comparisonoftheplayversionvsthepreviouslyreadnovel;discussand
recordtheauthorsuseofflashbacksandhowitsimportancetothecontext.
ReadInformationaltext:CouldTheGiverHappeninRealLife?Scientists
saythaterasingbadmemoriescouldsoonbecomeareality.ByJenniferDignan
Respondtowritingprompt:Thinkforamomentabouttheworstthingthatever
happenedtoyou.Ifyoucouldtakeapilltoerasethatmemoryforever,would

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you?Wouldlosingamemorytakeawaythewisdomgainedfromthatexperience?
Wouldwebecomelesscompassionate?Lesskind?Simplyput,woulderasing
memorieschangewhoweare?

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Novel:BeforeWeWereFree
PreReading:Learnandrespondtoquestionsaboutthehistoryofthedictatorship
ofRafaelTrujilloandthehistoryofTheDominicanRepublic.Learnandrespond
toquestionsabouttheauthorJuliaAlvarez.Learnandrespondtoquestionsabout
humanrights.Compareadictatorshiptoademocracy.
ReadChapters16

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RespondtoGuidedReadingQuestions
CreatearunningCharacterLog
Vocabulary:Definitions/Sentences
Respondtowritingpromptsassociatedwiththetext.
Discussionofliterarytechniqueswithinthenovel.
MaterialsNeeded:
Informationaltext:MyFamilyFledCommunistCuba.LastWeekItookaCruise
There.ByVanessaGarcia
BeforeWeWereFreebyJuliaAlvarez

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WritingUtensil
Paper
Preparation:Createwritingprompts,definevocabularybychapter,developguided
readingquestions,identifyliterarytechniquesinnovel,developassessments,createa
characterlog,makestudentcopies,andpreparedocumentstoprojectonSmartBoard.
WhattoDo:
Respondtowritingpromptthatrelatestothedailyreading.
Teacherwillprovidestudentswithvocabularydefinitionsforeachchapter.
Studentswillcreateandreviewsentencesforvocabularywords.

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Asteacherreadsaloudeachchapter,shewillfacilitateadiscussionof:context,
authorscraft,pointofview,vocabularyusage,literarytechniques,inferences,
majorthemes.
Studentswillrespondtoguidedreadingquestions.
Studentswillcompleteotherdailyactivitiestoreinforceconceptsandskills.
OutcomestoLookFor:
SWBAT:
Organizeandrespondtowritingpromptsandcohesivelytiethemesandideastogether.
Demonstratecomprehensionofnewlyacquiredvocabularywords.
Demonstratecomprehensionofcontextofnovel.

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SelfEvaluation(afterconductingtheactivity):

Notes: