2/23-26 Friday - Monday
Guiding Question:
Collaborative: Students will learn about the Texas War for Independence by reading a source and responding to a writing prompt with a score of at least 3/4 according to the rubric. Independent: Students will work to increase their Lexile levels by determining the central ideas of an Achieve article about a Latino culture, summarizing, and scoring at least 75% on the activity.
Standards:
8.8.6 - Describe the Texas War for Independence and the Mexican-American War including territorial settlements, the aftermath of the wars, and the effects the wars had on the lives of Americans, including Mexican Americans today.
CCRA.R.1 – Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
ELD A.1 - Exchanging information and ideas with others.
Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes:
On your objective tracker, dissect the objectives you will be working to complete for today. Be prepared to explain the objectives in your own words if I call on you.
Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes:
Texas Revolution Intro
Task 1: Achieve3000, "Center Shows Latino History" You need to complete the first 4 tabs for this article.
- You only need to summarize paragraphs that are more than two sentences! You may write your summaries as bullet points for my class.
- Achieve articles are summative grades. You cannot get higher than an NP if you did not summarize. In order to complete a "makeup Achieve" you need to also complete the first 4 tabs and the summaries on your makeup article as well.
If you failed the article, here is a list of possible makeups.
Task 2: Watch this BrainPop video on the Texas Revolution and complete this Google Form.
If you failed the article, here is a list of possible makeups.
Task 2: Watch this BrainPop video on the Texas Revolution and complete this Google Form.
Early Finishers: Play Free Rice, read an article on NewsELA, complete any missing assignments, contemplate the meaning of life.
Collaborative (Voice Level .5 - 1) 45 minutes:
Step 2: Do/What Chart together as a class
Step 3: Claim Show/Call & PreWriting
Step 4: Write a CEREAL paragraph to answer the question, "Which side was justified in the Texas Revolution, the American Texans or the Mexicans?"
Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes:
Flip to the calendar section of your Objective Tracker. Add a + for each objective you completed for today and a - for objectives you were not able to complete.
Homework:
Texas Revolution CEREAL paragraph