3/8-9 Thursday-Friday

Guiding Question:

How were America and Mexico changed by the Mexican-American War?

Objectives:

Collaborative: Students will describe the Mexican-American war by collaboratively reading a secondary source and participating in a "Save the Last Word for Me" 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 the California Gold Rush, completing all summaries, 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: 

Mexican American War Recap

Independent (Voice Level 0) 45 minutes:

Task 1: Achieve3000, "The Rush for Riches". 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. 

Task 2: Watch CNN10 and complete the assignment in Google Classroom. 

Task 3: Watch this BrainPop video on the California Gold Rush. 

Early Finishers: Complete any missing or makeup work, play Free Rice, read an article on NewsELA, read a book, contemplate the meaning of life, or watch this documentary about the Mexican-American War. 

Collaborative (Voice Level .5 - 1) 45 minutes: 

Step 1: Read this source as a station; En Español 

Step 2: Find text evidence that answers your guiding question

Step 3: Follow the Save the Last Word for Me protocol 

Here is a rubric for this assignment. 

Can't see the board? Here are the instructions for Save the Last Word for Me. 

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: 

None