January 6-10

WEEKLY LESSON PLAN

Section 7-1, 3, 5

Common Core Standards

Reading Literature
1) Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 2) 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.

Essential Questions
1. 2. 3. What is a utopia? What is a dystopia? What are the characteristics of people in The Community? Who is Jonas?

Writing
10) Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Skills
Direct text quotation Personal narrative writing Reading comprehension Making predictions

Speaking and Listening

1) Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher- led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Language
5) Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Materials and Resources

Texts The Giver Handouts Quotables WS; Purdue OWL Quotations handout; Jan. journal prompts; Utopia handout; pre-reading WS; N/N Test EC prompt Journals (7-1, 7-3) Smartboard (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) Chart paper and markers

Enduring Understandings
Learners will understand utopias and their flaws.

Assessments
Informal Assessment Participation in whole-class discussion, small group activities; demonstration of homework Formal Assessment Elijah of Buxton CD soundtrack; Utopian Society presentation

Learners will understand the importance of shared history and memory.

Learners will understand how literature can reflect alternate possibilities of life.
Learners will understand the importance of self-expression.

January 6-10

WEEKLY LESSON PLAN

Section 7-1, 3, 5

Monday (double period)

Presentations Finish student presentations on Elijah of Buxton CD soundtracks (102 min) Distribute reflection worksheet. Students have remaining time to complete the worksheet. Students should finish the worksheet and turn it in for a completion grade Tuesday.

Tuesday (7-3 double period)

The Giver pre-reading Finish utopia activity (15 min) 7-3 o Students have class time to finish working on their chart paper Present utopias (20 min) 7-3 o Students will share their utopias with the class; other students are encouraged to ask questions about their plans after each group has presented Activity debrief (8 min) o What was easy about this assignment? o What was difficult? o What can the questions raised by classmates tell us about the ideas of utopias? o How does a utopia compare with our current systems of government, or others that you are familiar with? Wrap-up (2 min) o Looking ahead: tomorrow we will start the book!

Tuesday
Finish remaining presentations; The Giver pre-reading Finish presentations (40 min) 7-1, 7-5 Journals (6 min) 7-1, 7-3, 7-5 o 7-1 will staple their new prompts into their journals o 7-3, 7-5 will receive journals and prompts Utopia activity (43 min) 7-3 o Goal students will create their own utopian societies and share them with the class o Ask students: what is a utopia? How do we know this word? What examples of utopic societies have you seen in pop culture? o Students will receive A Perfect World worksheet. They will first complete it individually. o Then, students will receive Group Utopia worksheet; next, count off and get in groups. Together, they will compile their ideas and make a new utopian society. They will give their society a name, system of government, physical description, and an example of how people spend their days. They would think about the growth of the community as well as laws. They will record these ideas on chart paper and should be prepared to share their society with the class. Wrap-up (2 min) o N/N test extra credit due Thursday

Wednesday
The Giver pre-reading Journals (6 min) 7-1, 7-3, 7-5 Utopia activity (43 min) 7-1 o Follow directions from Tuesday Wrap-up (2 min) 7-1 o Looking ahead: tomorrow we will debrief, Thursday we will start The Giver

**Distribute N/N test extra credit, due Thursday**

Utopia activity (43 min) 7-5 o Follow instructions from Tuesday! Finish utopia activity (43 min) 7-5 o Follow instructions from Tuesday! Wrap-up (2 min) 7-5 o Looking ahead: tomorrow we will start The Giver

**7-3 contd. on next page**

January 6-10

WEEKLY LESSON PLAN

Section 7-1, 3, 5

Wednesday (7-3 only)

Start The Giver Journals (6 min) Pass out books (15 min) o Students will receive books and write their names in them Book examination (20 min) o Together, we will read pages 1-5 (It was almost December.describe his own feeling) o Students will write down what they notice about the language (is it flowery or matter-of-fact?) o Students will talk about what is unusual about Jonass world (speaker, release, scared of planes) Pass out and explain Guided Reading form (5 min) o Students will hold onto this form and write down what they notice about the people in the Community and the Community itself Wrap-up (5 min) o Students will receive Pre-Reading WS and should complete it for homework tomorrow. o Looking ahead: read chapter 1 for homework this weekend

Thursday (7-3 only)

Review pre-reading, work on chapter 1 Journals (6 min) Review pre-reading worksheet (10 min) o What predictions do students have? Continue reading chapter 1 as a class (33 min) o Students should continue to fill out their Guided Reading form as they read o Focusing questions: What is unique about Jonass family? What is similar? What clues do we have that Jonass society is not typical? What is the language in this chapter like? Wrap-up (2 min) o Assign homework read chapter 2 for Tuesday (fair warning about reading quizzes and Sparknotes) (Guided Reading forms will be randomly collected and looked at) o Bring an SSR book for Friday!

Homework pre-reading WS due tomorrow, Thursday

Friday
The Giver chapter 1, SSR Journals (6 min)

Thursday
Finish The Giver pre-reading; start The Giver Journals (6 min) 7-1, 7-3, 7-5

Review pre-reading homework and read chapter 1 (45 min) 7-5 o Follow Thursdays instructions for 7-3 SSR (51 min)

Repeat Wednesday 7-3 instructions (45 min) 7-5 Receive and examine books; Guided Reading; Pre-Reading WS distributed (42 min) 7-1 o Follow instructions for Wednesday Wrap-up (3 min) o Assign homework SSR (51 min)

Homework pre-reading WS due tomorrow, Friday

Debrief Utopia activity (45 min) 7-1 o Follow instructions from Tuesday 7-3 o Wrap-up: start The Giver tomorrow!

Homework pre-reading WS, read chapters 1 and 2 for Tuesday

January 6-10

WEEKLY LESSON PLAN

Section 7-1, 3, 5