8/26/19 – 8/30/19Topic: Getting to Know You8/26/19 Opening (Engage) 10 minutes:

Resilience:

Complete a word study box or KIMS Chart for the above term.

8/27/19 Opening (Engage) 10 minutes:

1. In your own words tell me what resilience is.2. Tell me about a time in your life when you had to be resilience in 2-4 sentences.

8/28/19

Perseverance:

Complete a word study box or KIMS Chart for the above term.

8/29/19

incessant (adj)

Context Clues: Furious about the dog’s incessant barking, the neighbor called the police.

Complete the words to create two synonyms of incessant:

conti _ _ _ _ _

non _ _ _ p

Write a sentence using the word incessant.

8/30/19

capitulate (v)

Context Clues: After enduring a brutal siege (blockade), the king’s forces army was forced to capitulate.

Write two synonyms for capitulate.

1.

Write two antonyms for capitulate.

1.

Write a sentence using the word capitulate

Standards

ELAGSE9-10SL1: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. ELAGSE9-10SL4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.ELAGSE9-10L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Interpret figures of speech (metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole) in context and analyze their role in the text.ELAGSE9-10RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone.)

Essential Question(s) 1. Can progress be made without conflict?

Vocabulary (List language of the standards and content vocabulary for this lesson.)

Standard Vocabuary:1. Incessant2. Capitulate

Vocabulary: “the Swimming to Antarctica” by Lynne Cox

1) Equilibrium2) Gauge3) Buffer

Mini Lesson 15 minutes

Monday 8/26/19

Why learning vocabulary is important.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUpvx6W_jSIName 2 facts from the video

Tuesday 8/27/19The Greatest Showman CastVocabulary Term: Resiliencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_WzSbi8aR8Name 2 ways you saw or heard the cast sing that demonstrated resilience.

Wednesday 8/28/19TEDX Video of Charles Hunt on Resiliencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qELiw_1DdgName 3 facts from the video on what Mr. Hunt experienced and how he was resilient to overcome the obstacles/challenges he faced.

Thursday 8/29/19

Perseverance

Read as a class the short read entitled “Perseverance.”

Discuss the question as a whole group: Can progress be made without conflict?

Friday 8/30/19a. Recap of prior days.

Work Session (Explore, Explain, Elaborate) 25 minutes

8/26/191. Pre-test on Writing: Autobiographical Narrative (see below)

8/27/19 1. Write 2 paragraphs about what type of circumstance would call for you to be resilient and how it relates

to communication. 2. Swap with a partner and read the paragraphs for errors and suggestions.3. Return paragraphs to authors and begin editing using suggestions from your partner

For example: In the video The Greatest Showman, the lead singer uses sings, which is a form of communication. Also a part of her resilience was singing out “This is who I am!”

8/28/191. Introduction to class read https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfNX0wILdVw2. Complete word study boxes or KIMS Chart for the vocabulary in the below story3. Began class read “from Swimming to Antarctica” by Lynne Cox p.130

8/29/19

1. Continued class read “the Swimming to Antarctica” by Lynne Cox p.130

8/30/19

1. Remediation: Any work/test/test corrections not completed or that needs to be completed for the week will be completed on this day, teacher will work one-on-one with students needing assistance, students may address any questions, comments, or concerns they have about classwork/grades on this day. Students will be grouped, work with teacher, or independently based need.

2. Complete class read “the Swimming to Antarctica” by Lynne Cox

3. Complete as a class Comprehension questions 1-4 orally

4. Working in small groups each student will complete all of the Literary Analysis 1-4 and Author’s Perspective 1-2 on page 140.

Quiz will be Thursday 9/5/19 on the following words:

1. Resilience2. Perseverance3. Incessant4. Capitulate5. Conflict6. Memoir7. Nonfiction8. Autobiography9. Prejudice

10. Gauge11. Equilibrium12. Buffer

Differentiated Instruction/ Small Group/ Task

a. Advanced: Independently read “the Swimming to Antarctica” by Lynne Cox and answer questions.

b. Proficient: Students will listen to audio of “the Swimming to Antarctica” by Lynne Cox and answer questions.

c. Developing: Students will listen to the audio of “the Swimming to Antarctica” by Lynne Cox, pair with a buddy, and answer questions.

Writing Connection (How are the students communicating their level of understanding of the standard through writing?)

Students are communicating their level of understanding through the class in the following:

1. Opening2. Mini Lesson3. Work Session

End of Unit Assessment Connection (10 minutes.)

8/26/19 continued from last week1. Write one synonym for resilience.

8/27/19 continued from last weekAssessment: Identifying similes and metaphors. Write each sentence. Underline what is being compared. Identify whether the sentence is a simile or metaphor.

1. Your explanation is as clear as mud.

8/28/19 continued from last weekAssessment: Comprehension

What are some risks of cold-water swimming? Name 2-3

8/29/19 continued from last weekAssessment: Context clues

In the story Cox said that her brain wasn’t working normally as it usually did and that her body was being assaulted by all the sensations she felt in the water. Then she stated

“Then something clicked, as if my body had gained equilibrium.”

What does equilibrium mean in the context of the above sentence?

8/30/19 continued from last weekAssessment: Synonym and Antonyms

Vocabulary Word: Equilibrium

Write one synonym for the vocabulary word.

Write one antonym for the vocabulary word.

Closing (Evaluate) (5 minutes.): TOTD:

8/26/19

For your word study box on resilience in the opening you wrote one synonym. Now write one antonym for resilience.

8/27/19

How can you demonstrate resilience in meeting your SMART goal?

8/28/19

Name one thing that you have read so far in your read where Lynne Cox’s has demonstrated resilience.

8/29/19

Lynne Cox set a goal to swim the Antarctica. How did perseverance help her set meet this goal?

8/30/19

How can perseverance meet a goal you have set for yourself? It can be either personally, physically, mentally, or educationally.