Weekly Lesson Plan: Grade 7, Unit 1, Analyze & Apply

Class: Date:

Essential Question: What can blur the lines between what’s real and what’s not?

WEEK 1 OF 1 Day 1 (of 4) Day 2 (of 4) Day 3 (of 4) Day 4 (of 4)

Topic Two Legs or One? Two Legs or One? Two Legs or One? Two Legs or One?

Skills Reading: Analyze Reading: Analyze Reading: Analyze Vocabulary: Glossary

Folktales Folktales Folktales L.7.4.c
RL.7.3 RL.7.3 RL.7.3
Grammar: Commas
Reading: Analyze Humor Reading: Analyze Humor Reading: Analyze Humor L.7.2.a
RL.7.1 RL.7.1 RL.7.1

Writing: Critique the

Twists
W.7.9.b

Speaking & Listening:

Retell the Tale
SL.7.6

Research: Trickster Tales

W.7.7

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Activity  Get Ready, pp. 32–34  Read, pp. 35–37  Respond, pp. 38–39  Respond, pp. 40–41
 Social & Emotional  Social & Emotional
Learning: Self- Learning:
Management, p. 32 Relationship Skills, p.
39

Vocabulary Expand Your Vocabulary Vocabulary in Context Academic Vocabulary Expand Your Vocabulary
p. 34 p. 39 p. 40
 scurry, p. 35
 scurry  procession, p. 36  abnormal  scurry
 procession  dignified, p. 36  feature  procession
 dignified  upright, p. 36  focus  dignified
 upright  perceive  upright
 task

Differentiated  When Students  Scaffolded

 Scaffolding for
Instruction Struggle, p. 33  Scaffolding for English Support for text
English Learners, pp.
 Scaffolding for English Learners, pp. 35, 37 analysis and response
40, 41
Learners, p. 34  To Challenge  When Students
Students, p. 36 Struggle, p. 38

Assessment  Quick Check: Day 1  Analyze the Text  Schedule the

 Assessment Practice  Choices Selection Test using
the online or Word
version.

Notes

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Online Resources  Two Legs or One? eBook  Level Up Practice: Myths, Legends, and Tales; Author’s
 Reality Check Response Log Style
 Two Legs or One? Selection Test (online or Word)  Interactive Vocabulary Lesson: Using Reference Sources
 Selection Audio in Two Legs or One? eBook  Interactive Grammar Lesson: More Uses of the Comma
 Notice & Note Handbook  Multilingual Glossary
 Character Traits and Motivations Graphic Organizer  Critical Vocabulary: Spanish (Spanish resources)
 Peer Coach Video: Analyze Mood  Literary Terms and Academic Vocabulary: Spanish (Spanish
 Anchor Chart: Analyze Mood resources)
 Level Up Tutorials: Myths, Legends, and Tales; Author’s Style 

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 Instructional Support
Summary: This Middle Eastern folktale has been recounted
What is this by Josepha Sherman. The well-known trickster Goha brings
folktale about? home two calf legs from a butcher for his wife to prepare
for dinner. While he is away, his wife cooks and eats one of
the legs. Upon Goha’s return, his wife tries to convince him
that he brought only one leg home. But Goha the trickster is
not one to be easily tricked!

Quantitative Measures: 600L Qualitative Measures

How complex is the  Ideas Presented: Much is explicit but moves to some implied
text? meaning
 Structure Used: Clear, chronological, conventional
 Language Used: Some unconventional language
 Knowledge Required: Situations are familiar or easily envisioned

What if students  Multilingual Glossary provides selection vocabulary in

don’t understand multiple languages.
the text?  Character Traits and Motivations Graphic Organizer
could help students understand each character more
deeply.

WhatWhat if
if students  Differentiated Instruction notes pp. 33, 38  Level Up Tutorials and Practice Tests are digital lessons on a wide
don’tstudents
understand  Peer Coach Video: Analyze Mood provides peer variety of skills that can be used for reteaching.
don’t skills?
the literary instruction in analyzing mood.
o Level Up Tutorials: Myths, Legends, and Tales; Author’s Style
 Anchor Chart: Analyze Mood provides a high-level visual
o Level Up Practice: Myths, Legends, and Tales; Author’s Style
summary of mood.

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 Alternate Skills
What if I want to
Identify Universal Themes Make Inferences
teach a different
RL.7.2 RL.7.1
literary skill?
 Skills Coach: Identify Universal Themes  Skills Coach: Make Inferences
 Peer Coach Video: Identify Universal Themes  Peer Coach Video: Make Inferences
 Anchor Chart ENG & SPANISH Identify Universal Themes  Anchor Chart ENG & SPANISH Make Inferences
 Level Up Tutorial: Universal and Recurring Themes  Level Up Tutorial: Making Inferences

Assessment Assessment
 Guided Skills Practice: Identify Universal Themes  Guided Skills Practice: Make Inferences
o The Lion and the Hare (710L) o The Greatest Treasure (790L)
o The Last Lesson (870L) o The Holding-On Night (840L)
o Wheels for the Dragon (1010L) o A Final Escape (1200L)

Flexible Grouping Options, p. 32C Choices, p. 39

What activities can
 Whole Group Act Out a Passage  Critique the Twists He Said/She Said
I use for grouping
 Small Group Triple-Entry Journal  Retell the Tale Act It Out
or independent
 Independent Learning Evaluate Character  Trickster Tales Share and Compare
learning?

Flexible Grouping Option: Analyze the Text, p. 38

How can I help For English Learners Online Resources

English Learners  Build Background, p. 32D  Spanish Resources
access the  Cultural Notes, p. 32D  Multilingual Glossary
selection and  Scaffolding for English Learners notes pp. 32D, 34, 35,
skills? 37, 40, 41

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  To Challenge Students notes p. 36
How do I support
 Extended Choices Activity, p. 39
students who need
a challenge?

Writable can help you prepare your students for the end-of-unit
How do I support
writing task.
and motivate my
Writable is an online writing tool found on the HMH Ed Informational Brochure: Sources, Elaboration
students as they
platform that features the following: In this assignment, students read Josepha Sherman's folktale "Two
write?
 assignable writing tasks for all selections in Into Legs or One?," which tells the humorous tale of Goha, a man who
Literature plays a cruel trick on his wife to catch her in a lie. Students write an
 a bank of more than 600 customizable, standards- Informational Brochure to offer guidance on how to recognize,
aligned writing prompts prepare for, and respond to being tricked. Students focus on
 peer review and revision tracking including relevant details and examples to illustrate their main points
 interactive grading rubrics and using reliable evidence from multiple sources. These are skills
 AI feedback with RevisionAid that will help prepare students for the end-of-unit Writing Task and
 originality checking with TurnItIn for writing in the Information genre.
 Google Docs integration Duration: 30–40 minutes
 and data-driven reports for deeper insight into student
Format: Short Response
performance

How will students Assessment Options

demonstrate their  Quick Checks p. 37
understanding of  Assessment Practice p. 37
the lesson?  Analyze the Text p. 38
 Choices p. 39

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