A/O

9/15/16

6
ADVISORY

WK1

WK2

WK3

WK4

WK5

9/59/9

9/129/16

9/199/23

9/269/30

10/3- 10/10- 10/17- 10/24- 10/31- 11/7- 11/14- 11/21- 11/28- 12/5- 12/12- 12/1910/7 10/14 10/21 10/28 11/4 11/11 11/18 11/25 12/2
12/9 12/16 12/23

Portfolio Planning

AIS: Writing

ELA-Rdng

WK6

WK7

WK8

WK9 WK10 WK11 WK12 WK13 WK14 WK15 WK 16 WK17

12/26
12/30

Academic & Personal Behaviors

Baseline

Cycle 1

Short Stories
The
Interaction of Literary Elements
25 days
RL.6.2

Evidence Based
Claims (EBCs)
Reading
Informational Texts
26 days
RI.6.1

Writing: Literary Analysis Response

W.6.2, W.6.4, W.6.5

Writing: Evidence Based

Claims Explanatory Writing

Writing: Evidence
Based Arguments
W.6.1a-e, W.6.5

W6.4,W.6.5, W.6.9.b

Unit 2: Ratios, Rational Numbers, and

Equivalence
(31 days)

Unit 3:
Understanding
Fraction
Operations (15
days)

MATH

PE

SCIENCE

SOCIAL STUDIES

Aerobics

Intro to Geography
WK2

WK3

WK4

9/59/9
WK1

9/129/16
WK2

9/199/23
WK3

9/269/30
WK4

WK6

Unit 3
Unit 4
Cont'd
Building EngageNy
EBAs
days

H
o
l
i
d
a
y
B
r
e
a
k

WK8

2/62/10

2/132/17

2/202/24

Unit 3
Cont'd
Writing
EBAs

Cycle 3

2/273/3

3/63/10

3/133/17

3/203/24

3/273/31

WK31

WK32 WK33 WK34 WK35 WK36 WK37 WK38 WK39 WK40 WK41 WK42

4/3-4/7

4/10- 4/174/14 4/21

Unit 5:
Computing
with
Decimals
and
Percents
(10
days)

Ancient Mesopotamia

Unit 6:
Variables &
Patterns:
Intro to
Algebra
(30 days)

W
i
n
t
e
r
B
r
e
a
k

ELA State Test 3/28,

3/29, 3/30
CCLS-RL &
RI 6.1 - 6.10, SL.6.1
Writing:
21 days Review and
Preparation for Prompted Text
Based Writing (Short and
Extended Responses)
CCLS-W.6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.9,
W.6.10

Unit 7: Variable and

Patterns: Introducing
Algebra
(30
days)

4/244/28

5/15/5

5/85/12

5/155/19

5/225/26

5/296/2

6/56/9

6/126/16

6/196/28

Ancient Egypt

Unit 5: Weather: Earth's Atmosphere, Water

Cycle, Climate Change (33 days)

Ancient Egypt Continued

WK18
1/2-1/6
WK18

Rgrp

Ancient India &

Early Religions

Writing:
Precision
, Writing
6 Word
Memoir
W.6.3,
6.4, 6.5

Unit 8: Test
Sophistication,
Review
(18 days)

Cycle 5

EOY

Unit 6: 21 days

Unit 7: 22 days
Reading
Reading: Book
Memoir, Independent Reading, Clubs; CCLSStrategic Reading Begins, RL.6.1, RL.6.2,
RL.6.3, RL.6.4,
CCLS-RL.6.1, RL.6.2,
RL.6.5, SL.6.1
RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.6.6, SL.6.1

S
p
r
i
n
g
B
r
e
a
k

Narrative Writing, Writing

Memoir (20 days)
CCLS-W.6.3 (a, b, c, d, e),
W.6.4, W.6.5

Test
Sophisticatio
n
Review
(18
days)

Writing:
Literature Circles
(short
constructed
responses)
CCLSW.6.4W.6.5,
W.6.9, W.6.10

Math Unit 9: Statistics and

State Data Analysis (20 days)
Test
(3
days)

Unit
10
Ramp
up to
7th
Grade

Ancient China

WK19 WK20 WK21 WK22 WK23 WK24 WK25 WK26 WK27 WK28 WK29 WK30
1/9- 1/16- 1/23- 1/30- 2/6- 2/13- 2/20- 2/27- 3/6- 3/13- 3/20- 3/271/13 1/20 1/27
2/3
2/10 2/17 2/24
3/3
3/10 3/17 3/24 3/31
WK19 WK20 WK21 WK22 WK23 WK24 WK25 WK26 WK27 WK28 WK29 WK30

Finals

Finals

Finals

Soccer

Unit 6: Cells: Characteristics of Living

Things, Cell Specialization, Animal &
Plant Cells
(30 days)
India
cont'd

Finals

Finals

Keyboarding

Basketball

WK9 WK10 WK11 WK12 WK13 WK14 WK15 WK16 WK17

12/26
10/3- 10/10- 10/17- 10/24- 10/31- 11/7- 11/14- 11/21- 11/28- 12/5- 12/12- 12/1910/7 10/14 10/21 10/28 11/4 11/11 11/18 11/25 12/2
12/9 12/16 12/23
12/30
WK5 WK6 WK7 WK8 WK9 WK10 WK11 WK12 WK13 WK14 WK15 WK16 WK17

Cycle 4

Mini Unit:
5 days
21 days
Reading:
Test Sophistication,
Building Reading Stamina, Close The
Power of
Reading (Short stories, poetry,
Word
informational texts)
Choice
RI.6.4

Whole Class Novel RL.6.1, RL.6.2

29

Writing: Literary Argument Essay

W.6.1a-e, W.6.5

Unit 4: 2D
Measurement
(13 days)

Rgrp
Unit 5

Volleyball

WK7

1/302/3

Percussion

Unit 3: Simple Machines Unit 4: Matter (20 days)

(16 days)

The Neolithic Revolution

WK5

1/231/27

Woodwinds

Unit 1: Intro to Science Unit 2: Energy (laws,

forms, sources)
(14 days)
16
days

WK1

1/161/20

Rgrp

Unit 3
Building Evidence Based
Arguments - Analyzing
Arguments in
Informational Texts
29
days
RI.6.1, RI.6.8

ELA-Wrting

Vocal Music

1/91/13

EOY Portfolio Presentations

Rgrp Cycle 2

Unit 2

MUSIC

WK19 WK20 WK21 WK22 WK23 WK24 WK25 WK26 WK27 WK28 WK29 WK30

High School

Unit 1

Unit 1: Prime Time: Factors and

Multiples (20 days)

WK18
1/2-1/6

Unit 7: Ecosystems - Abiotic & Biotic Factors,

Symbiotic Relationships, Global Warming,
Biomes- 40 days
Ancient Greece

WK31
4/3-4/7
WK31

Ancient Rome

Finals
Finals

WK32 WK33 WK34 WK35 WK36 WK37 WK38 WK39 WK40 WK41 WK42
4/10- 4/17- 4/245/15/8- 5/15- 5/22- 5/29- 6/5- 6/12- 6/194/14 4/21
4/28
5/5
5/12 5/19 5/26
6/2
6/9
6/16 6/28
WK32 WK33 WK34 WK35 WK36 WK37 WK38 WK39 WK40 WK41 WK42

A/O
9/15/16

WK1

WK2

WK3

WK4

WK5

9/59/9

9/129/16

9/199/23

9/269/30

10/3- 10/10- 10/17- 10/24- 10/31- 11/7- 11/14- 11/21- 11/28- 12/5- 12/12- 12/19- 12/261/91/2-1/6
10/7 10/14 10/21 10/28 11/4 11/11 11/18 11/25 12/2 12/9 12/16 12/23 12/30
1/13

ADVISORY

Portfolio Planning

AIS

Baseline

WK6

WK7

Short Stories
The Interaction of
Literary Elements
25
days
RL.7.2

Rgrp

1/312/3

Unit 2
Evidence Based Claims (EBCs)
Reading Informational Texts
26 days
RI.7.1

Rgrp

Unit 3
Building Evidence Based
Arguments
Analyzing Arguments in
Informational Texts
29 days
RI.7.1,
RI.7.8

Writing: Evidence Based

Arguments
W.7.1a-e, W.7.5

Unit 1: Rational Numbers (30 days) 7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A2 Unit 2: Proportional Relationships (35 days) 7.RP.2

MUSIC

Vocal Music

Guitar

PE

Aerobics

Volleyball

Unit 1: Review & Intro to 7th

grade Science (17 days)

1/231/27

2/62/10

2/13- 2/20- 2/272/17 2/24

3/3

Unit 2: Conservation of Energy,

Newton's Laws of Motion (26 days)

Unit 3: Matter: Periodic Table of

Elements, Law of Conservation
of Mass
(23 days)

Unit 3 Unit 4
Cont'd
Buildin
g EBAs

H
o
l
i
d
a
y
B
r
e
a
k

Cycle 3

WK1
9/59/9
WK1

Unit 1 - Native Americans, Early Encounters and

Colonial Development
WK3 WK4 WK5 WK6 WK7 WK8 WK9
9/19- 9/26- 10/3- 10/10- 10/17- 10/24- 10/319/23 9/30 10/7 10/14 10/21 10/28 11/4
WK3 WK4 WK5 WK6 WK7 WK8 WK9

WK2
9/129/16
WK2

3/133/17

Rgrp

Whole Class Novel - EngageNy

RL.7.1, RL.7.2
29 days

Unit 3 Writing: Literary Argument Essay

Cont'd
W.7.1a-e, W.7.5
Writing
EBAs

Unit 3: Linear Relationships (33 days) 7.EE.4

Percussion
Basketball
Unit 4: Geology: Earth Formation, Plate
Tectonics, Weathering and Erosion (58 days)

W
i
n
t
e
r
B
r
e
a
k

SCIENCE

SOCIAL STUDIES

3/63/10

3/203/24

3/273/31

4/3-4/7

4/10- 4/174/14 4/21

4/244/28

5/15/5

5/85/12

5/155/19

Unit 2: The Road to Independence (28 days)

WK10
11/711/11
WK10

WK11
11/1411/18
WK11

WK12
11/2111/25
WK12

WK13
11/2812/2
WK13

WK14
12/512/9
WK14

5/225/26

5/296/2

6/56/9

6/126/16

6/196/28

EOY Portfolio Presentations

Cycle 2

Writing: Evidence Based Claims

Explanatory Writing
W.7.4, W.7.5,
W.7.9b

ELA-Wrting

1/161/20

High School

Cycle 1

Writing: Literary Analysis Response

W.7.2, W.7.4, W.7.5

MATH

WK9 WK10 WK11 WK12 WK13 WK14 WK15 WK 16 WK17 WK18 WK19 WK20 WK21 WK22 WK23 WK24 WK25 WK26 WK27 WK28 WK29 WK30 WK31 WK32 WK33 WK34 WK35 WK36 WK37 WK38 WK39 WK40 WK41 WK42

Academic & Personal Behaviors

Unit 1

ELA-Rdng

WK8

WK15
12/1212/16
WK15

WK16
12/1912/23
WK16

Unit 3: A New Nation, The U.S. Constitution

(33 days)
WK20 WK21 WK22 WK23 WK24
1/16- 1/23- 1/30- 2/6- 2/131/20 1/27
2/3
2/10 2/17
WK20 WK21 WK22 WK23 WK24

WK17 WK18 WK19

12/261/91/2-1/6
12/30
1/13
WK17 WK18 WK19

WK25
2/202/24
WK25

Cycle 4

Rgrp

Unit 5: 21 days
Reading: Test Sophistication,
Building Reading Stamina, Close
Reading
ELA
State Test 3/28, 3/29, 3/30
RL & RI 7.1 - 7.10, SL.7.1

Mini
Unit:
5 days
Reading:
The
Power of
Word
Choice

Writing: Review and Preparation

for Prompted Text Based Writing
(Short and Extended Responses)
W.7.2, W.7.4, W.7.5,
W.7.9, W.7.10

Writing:
Precisio
n,
Writing
6 Word
Memoir

Unit4: Probability
(15 days)
7.SP.C.7,
7.SP.C.8

Unit 5: Similarity
(20 days) 7.G.A1

Keyboarding
Soccer
Unit 5: Geology: Earth
Formation, Plate Tectonics,
Weathering and Erosion (58
days - Continuation)

Unit 6:
Human
Body Cell Div,
Organs
&
Organ
System
s
Unit 4: A Nation Grows, Expansion and
Reform (30 days)
WK26 WK27 WK28 WK29 WK30 WK31
2/27- 3/6- 3/13- 3/20- 3/274/3-4/7
3/3
3/10 3/17 3/24 3/31
WK26 WK27 WK28 WK29 WK30 WK31

Cycle 5

Unit 6: 20 days
Reading Memoir,
Independent Reading
CCLSRL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3

S
p
r
i
n
g
B
r
e
a
k

Narrative Writing, Writing Memoir

CCLS-W.7.3 (a, b, c, d, e),
W.7.4, 7.5

Unit 6: Test Math

Sophisticati State
on (10 days) Test

Writing: Constructed
Responses (short
and extended)
CCLSW.7.4, W.7.5, W.7.9,
W.7.10

Circles (16 days)

7.G.B4, 7.G.B6

Geometry
(10 days)
7.G.B5,
7.G.B6

Finals

Finals

Finals
Finals
Finals

Unit 6 - Cont'd: Continued Human Body, Cell Division,

Organs & Organ Systems
(28 days)

Unit 8: Dynamic
Equilibrium Organisms&
Ecosystems (17
days)

Unit 5: A Nation Divided (28 days)

WK32
4/104/14
WK32

EOY

Unit 7: 22 days
Reading: Book Clubs;
CCS-RL.7.1, RL.7.2,
RL.7.3, RL.7.4,
RL.7.5

WK33
4/174/21
WK33

WK34 WK35 WK36 WK37

4/24- 5/15/8- 5/154/28
5/5
5/12 5/19
WK34 WK35 WK36 WK37

??

WK38 WK39 WK40

5/22- 5/29- 6/55/26
6/2
6/9
WK38 WK39 WK40

Finals

Finals
WK41
6/126/16
WK41

WK42
6/196/28
WK42

A/O
9/15/16
WK1

9/59/9

WK2 WK3

WK4

ADVISORY

Portfolio Planning

AIS

Baseline
Unit 1:

ELA-Rdng

WK5 WK6

WK7 WK8

Academic & Personal Behaviors

Reading: Short Story

Interaction of Literary Elements
(25 days)
RL.8.2

Writing: Literary Analysis Response

W.8.2, W.8.4, W.8.5

Interger Exponents and

Scientific Notation

Rgrp

Rgrp

Unit 2
Evidence Based Claims (EBCs)
Reading Informational Texts
26 days
RI.8.1

Unit 3
Building Evidence Based
Arguments
Analyzing Arguments in
Informational Texts
29 days
RI.8.1,
RI.8.8

Writing: Evidence Based Claims

Explanatory Writing
W.8.4, W.8.5,
W.8.9b

Writing: Evidence Based

Arguments
W.8.1.a-e, W.8.5

The Concept of Congruence

Guitar

PE

Aerobics

Volleyball

B
r
e
a
k

Unit 2: Reproduction, Heredity and Evolution (45 days)

SCIENCE

Unit 1: Reconstruction (25 days)

WK1 WK2 WK3 WK4 WK5 WK6 WK7

9/5- 9/12- 9/19- 9/26- 10/3- 10/10- 10/179/9
9/16 9/23 9/30 10/7 10/14 10/21
WK1 WK2 WK3 WK4 WK5 WK6 WK7

Unit 2: Industrialization and Immigration (36 days)

WK8
10/2410/28
WK8

WK9
10/3111/4
WK9

WK10
11/711/11
WK10

H
o
l
i
d
a
y

Unit 3 Unit 4
Cont'd
Buildin
g EBAs
RL.8.2

Cycle 3

WK11
11/1411/18
WK11

WK12
11/2111/25
WK12

WK13
11/2812/2
WK13

WK14
12/512/9
WK14

WK15
12/1212/16
WK15

Unit 3:
WW I

Unit 5: 21 days
Reading: Test Sophistication,
Building Reading Stamina, Close
Reading

29 days RL.8.1,

Writing Writing: Literary Argument Essay

Cont'd
W.8.1a-e, W.8.5
EBAs

Percussion
Basketball
Unit 3: Forces and Motion on Earch (35 days)

Continued:
Unit 3: WW I
(23 days)

WK16 WK17 WK18 WK19

12/26
12/191/91/2-1/6
12/23
1/13
12/30
WK16 WK17 WK18 WK19

Rgrp

Whole Class Novel - EngageNy

Similarity

Vocal Music

SOCIAL STUDIES
Review

4/104/14

4/17- 4/244/21 4/28

5/15/5

5/85/12

5/15- 5/22- 5/295/19 5/26

6/2

6/5-6/9

6/12- 6/196/16 6/28

EOY Portfolio Presentations

Cycle 2

MUSIC

Unit 1: Intoduction to 8th grade

Science Review of Science (20 days)

WK32 WK33 WK34 WK35 WK36 WK37 WK38 WK39 WK40 WK41 WK42

High School

Cycle 1

ELA-Wrting

MATH

WK9 WK10 WK11 WK12 WK13 WK14 WK15 WK 16 WK17 WK18 WK19 WK20 WK21 WK22 WK23 WK24 WK25 WK26 WK27 WK28 WK29 WK30 WK31
12/26
1/9- 1/16- 1/23- 1/30- 2/6- 2/13- 2/20- 2/27- 3/6- 3/13- 3/20- 3/271/2-1/6
4/3-4/7
1/13 1/20 1/27
2/3
2/10 2/17 2/24
3/3
3/10 3/17 3/24 3/31
12/30

9/12- 9/19- 9/26- 10/3- 10/10- 10/17- 10/24- 10/31- 11/7- 11/14- 11/21- 11/28- 12/5- 12/12- 12/199/16 9/23 9/30 10/7 10/14 10/21 10/28 11/4 11/11 11/18 11/25 12/2 12/9 12/16 12/23

WK20
1/161/20
WK20

W
i
n
t
e
r
B
r
e
a
k

Unit 4: GREAT
DEPRESSION
(25 days)

WK21 WK22 WK23 WK24

1/23- 1/30- 2/6- 2/131/27
2/3
2/10 2/17
WK21 WK22 WK23 WK24

WK25
2/202/24
WK25

RL & RI 8.1 - 8.10

Writing: Review and Preparation

for Prompted Text Based Writing
(Short and Extended Responses)
W.8.2, 8.4, 8.5, 8.9,
W.8.10

Rgrp
Mini
Unit: 5
days
Reading:
The
Power of
Word
Choice

Writing:
Precisio
n
Writing
6 Word
Memoir

Linear Functions
Keyboarding
Soccer
Unit 4: The Earth, Sun, and Moon
System (30 days)

Unit 4:
Continued Unit 5: WORLD WAR II (WW
GREAT
II) (23 days)
DEPRESSIO
N
WK26 WK27 WK28 WK29 WK30 WK31
2/27- 3/6- 3/13- 3/20- 3/274/3-4/7
3/3
3/10 3/17 3/24 3/31
WK26 WK27 WK28 WK29 WK30 WK31

Cycle 5
Unit 6: 20

S
p
r
i
n
g
B
r
e
a
k

days
Reading Memoir
RL.8.1, RL.8.3

EOY

Unit 7: 22 days
Reading: Book Clubs
RL.8.1-RL.8.4

Finals

Writing the Narrative - Memoir

W.8.3, W.8.5

Writing: Constructed
Responses (short and
extended)
W.8.4, W.8.5

Introduction to Irrational Numbers

Using Geometry

Finals
Finals
Finals
Finals

Gr 8 Science Environ
unit 5: Test Sophistication Unit Exams Perf ment &
& Written Ecology
in preparation for State
Science Exams and MoSLs
Unit 5
Cont'
Unit 6: CIVIL RIGHTS ERA (29 days)
d WW
II

WK32 WK33 WK34 WK35

4/10- 4/17- 4/24- 5/14/14 4/21 4/28
5/5
WK32 WK33 WK34 WK35

WK36
5/85/12
WK36

WK37
5/155/19
WK37

Finals

Finals
EXIT PROJECTS

WK38 WK39 WK40 WK41

5/22- 5/296/126/5-6/9
5/26
6/2
6/16
WK38 WK39 WK40 WK41

WK42
6/196/28
WK42

Topic:

Unit1: Determining Theme, The

Short Story

Unit 2: Working With

Evidence (EBCs)

Unit 3: Building
Evidence Based
Arguments

Unit 4: Whole Class Novel

Writing

Literary Analysis

Expository Writing

Argument Writing

Literary Argument Essay

Focus Standards

RL.6.2, W.6.4

Steve Jobs
Commencement
Address, 2005 and
Barack Obama's Back
to School Speech
(Anchor Text)

Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher

Paul Curtis; Obama's Back to
School Speech from unit 2;
Steve Jobs' Commencement
Address from unit 2 (making
connections among texts)

I can define theme.

I can define and recognize
the literary elements in the short
stories I read.
I can
determine the theme in a short story. I
can explain how the author conveys
the theme in a short story.
I can describe the
particular details an author uses to
convey the theme in a short story.

I can explain what is an

evidence based claim.
I can explain the
difference between a
claim and an opinion.
I can determine the
central idea of a text.
I can support the
claims I make with
evidence from the
texts I read.

I can determine the theme in I can read, compare and

"Bud, Not Buddy."
contrast a variety of short
I can cite text-based
fiction and poetry.
evidence to support an
I can identify the
analysis of "Bud, Not Buddy". structure and elements of
I can short stories and poetry.
analyze how Bud used his
I can define and
rules: to survive or to thrive. recognize literary devices
and terms related to short
I can analyze the writing
stories and poems.
techniques the author uses to
I can
convey themes in "Bud, Not recognize recurring
Buddy".
themes of short stories
I can analyze and
and poems.
explain how figurative
I can develop
language and word choice
stamina needed in
affect the tone and meaning reading and writing for
of sections of "Bud, Not
test readiness.
I can
Buddy".
construct a short and an
I can describe the
extended response and
qualities of a literary
support each with details
argument essay about Bud's from the texts I read.
"rules
live
by". formulate
1)
Howtodo
people
(1) What are some

Grade 6

Learning Targets

Pre & Post

Writing Activity

RL.6.1, W.6.2.a-f

Eleven, Sandra Cisneros; Shells,

Cynthia Rylant; Seventh Grade, Gary
Soto, Thank You, Ma'am, Langston
Hughes
Central Texts

Essential
Questions

RI.2, RI.3, W.6.2.a-f

Unit 5: Test
Sophistication Short
stories, Poetry and
informational text
Writing: Constructed
Responses

(1) What messages about life and

(1) How do I use
human nature are reflected through the textual evidence to
texts I read? (2) How do individuals and make and support the
ideas develop and interact over the
claims I make? (2) How
course of the texts I read?
do people
communicate their
"rules to live by"?

On Demand:
Read a short story and write a
literary analysis mini essay that
identifies the theme as well as how it is
conveyed through the particular details
in the text.

On Demand:
J.K. Rowlings, author
of the Harry Potter
series, asked in her
speech to Harvard
graduates, "So why do
I talk about the
benefits of failure?"
Based on your reading
of her speech, how did
J.K. Rowling benefit
from her past failures?

Short Stories, Poetry,

Informational Texts,
Supplemented by Iready
Books

and use "rules" to improve

strategies I use to help
their lives? (2) How do people prepare for the test?
communicate these "rules" to
(2) How do I use close
others?
reading strategies to help
make meaning of the
texts I read? (3) What is
the central idea or theme
of the texts I read? (4)
How do I best answer
multiple choice
questions? (5) How do I
cite information from the
texts I read ?
On Demand
On Demand
Literary Argument Essay:
Students will read a
In "Bud, Not Buddy, does variety of texts and and
Bud use his "rules" to thrive answer text-dependent
or survive? Use at least three questions. Students will
rules that illustrate how Bud take a practice test
used each to either survive or (multiple choise and
thrive. Explain how each rule constructed response).
helped him to survive or
simply to thrive.

Unit 6 - Mini Unit

The Power of
Words
1 Week
Unit
Writing Six Word
Memoir

Unit 7: Reading Memoirs

Narrative Writing

RL.6.4, W.6.3.a-b,
RL.6.3, W.6.3.a-e
CCRA.L.3
Ernest Hemingway's Six The House on Mango Street,
Word Memoir, and others The Jacket, Everything Will be
written by middle school Okay
sudents, teacher
exemplars, The Power of
Words Video

I can use descriptive

language in my memoir
writing. I can use strong
verbs, concrete details,
and sensory language to
make meaning clear to
the reader. I can write
with accuracy and
precision to tell my short
story.

I can read and analyze

memoirs to learn from other
authors and borrow ideas to
improve my own memoir.
I can read
a memoir and determine what
the author wants me to learn
from the text.
I can analyzehow
key individuals, events and/or
ideas are introduced,
illustrated, and elaborated
upon.
I can
write with accuracy and
precision.
I can use figurative
language in my memoir.
I can limit my
memoir to one particular
phase, time period, place or
recurring behavior in order to
develop the focus fully.

(1) What are the range of 1. How do memoirs help us

creative writing responses making meaning of our lives?
I am able to develop? (2) 2. How can we read through
How do I write well
the lens of a writer and
developed and engaging understand the literary tools
sentences in a creative
memoirists use? And how can
way? (3) How do I widen we develop our own craft
and broaden my facility
through these mentor texts?
with descriptive
3. What past events helped
vocabulary?
shape the person you are, and
what makes a life event a
memoir-worthy experience?
On Demand:
Students will write about
a significant moment,
event, phase, or place
using only six words.

On Demand:
Students will write a memoir
about one significant moment
in their lives using the various
techniques learned throughout
the unit (e.g. figurative
language, imagery, sensory
details, dialogue, etc.)

Book Club

7th grade module 2b unidentity

argument unit screen time
whole class novel long walk to water

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