Teacher Name: Lyons Date of Instruction: CL/GP through SI Unit of Study: Unit 4: Long Walk to Water/Human Rights

Grade Level: 7Required Materials

Interactive Whiteboard, Prezi, Computers

Learning Objective

SWBAT revise their titles as they continue to work on their Prezis.

Class Opener/Do Now

(2 minutes)

Turn and Talk: What is the purpose of a title?

Direct Instruction(10 minutes)

• Breakdown the LO• Go over the strategies for a title (turn and talk, call and response, repeat answers)• What do I capitalize? Sing the A, An, the song- discuss prepositions• Turn and Talk: What should we include?• Give them a look ahead at artifacts with Trash to Treasure

Student Practice(20 minutes)

• Work with their team to revise their title• Continue work on the Prezi

Summary/Closure(5 minutes)

• Review Trash to Treasure• Reminders: PPT/Extensions• Stand – Share- Sit• Share your title

Formative Assessment

• Prezi work in real time and after• Observation/Conferring• Share out

Homework • Continue work, Bring in Clean TrashAdaptations • Confer with the students

• Coach students through title, adding video, images, searching for infoExtensions • See slide and websites

Technology Integration

Use of Discovery Education/You Tube, Interactive Whiteboard, Computers, Prezi, Links

Lesson 4.26: How can we choose pictures, images and

videos that best communicate our message?

SWBAT: Create titles that effectively communicate the main message of their exhibit in an interesting way.

Do Now Turn and Talk: What is the purpose of a title?

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Our Agenda for Today

• Do Now • Mini Lesson- creating effective

titles• Revise Titles• Work on the Prezi portion of

your Human Rights Museum exhibit

• Wrap Up

Strategies

Have fun with alliteration: • Marriage Matters• Love is Love

Use powerful words: • You, Rights, Injustice, Abuse, Violations,• Marriage Is Not a Heterosexual Privilege

Makes sure it accurately reflects your topic

Keep it short• Got Marriage?

Turn and Talk

What strategies can I use to create an

effective title?

What Words DO I Capitalize?

Capitalize every word except:

a, an or the- unless they start the titleThe Right to Marry A Special Day

Prepositions:

in, on , of , below, for , around, to…

Example:

Put the Human Back in Human Rights

Artifacts: Trash to Treasure…

• What works about this title?• What trash can you turn into a treasure?

Boxes Toilet Paper or Paper Towel Rolls

Popsicle Sticks Packing Materials

Old Newspapers/Magazines Plastic Utensils

Coffee Cups/Sleeves Egg Cartons

Dollar Store Finds!

Your TaskWork on the Prezi portion of your Human Rights Museum Exhibit.

An effective use of time includes…

• revising your titles• locating visuals, pictures, and/or

videos• editing spelling, capitalization and

grammar

When you are done, come see the teacher to discuss the extension activities....

Extensions

• Add a call to action • Find a quote that connects to your

human right and explain it.• Check your spelling, grammar and

punctuation• Make sure that everything

connects back to your human right

A Call to Action…• http://www.benjerry.com/values/issues-we-c

are-about/marriage-equality• http://www.hrc.org/• http://

www.ushrnetwork.org/national-call-action-feb-26

Wrap UpStand- Share- Sit

What is your title?