NYS Common Core 7th Grade ELA Module 1 Unit 2

1. DO NOW
• Take out homework
• Website questions
Vocabulary!
1. Compare your answers with the vocab.
task
2. Turn to a shoulder partner to discuss the
two questions on the vocab. task sheet

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Dictionary Work
Vocabulary Task
Share out from your discussion
• What is an experience that has
transformed you?
• What is an experience that has
empowered you?

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Learning Objectives
I can explain how Water for South Sudan
involves Sudanese villagers in the process of
drilling wells, and the effects that drilling a
well can have on a village.
I can explain how Linda Sue Park both used
and altered history (based on my
comparison of the novel and the website).

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Discussion Appointments
Today’s appointment:
ETHIOPIA APPOINTMENT!

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Discussion Appointment
What to do?
• Talk with partner about homework
• Compare answers and add to yours!
• Be ready to share your answers with the
class

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Discussion Appointment
Water for South Sudan Website
Share out from your discussion
•
How does “Water for Sudan” connect to
the novel?
•
Who are the village elders & why might
they help decide where to put the well?

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Discussion Appointment
Water for South Sudan Website
Share out from your discussion
•
Why does the article say the villagers,
“become partners in the process of
making safe, drinkable water available?”

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Test time!
Mid-Unit 2 Assessment
Gathering & Selecting Evidence organizer
• First, read “Water for Sudan: What We Do”
• Part I: Connect the novel to the website
• Part II: Two (2) details from Chapter 18
that show how Park added to historical facts
• Part III: Essay! Use ACE to answer…

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Homework
If you finish early…
• Start homework!!
• Rewrite sentences from the novel in YOUR
OWN WORDS
EXAMPLE: Salva shook with terror inside and out.
= Salva was very scared.

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Scenario
Turn & Talk…
Your little brother is in fourth grade, and he is
learning about the U.S. Civil War. He comes home
grumbling from school one day, “Can you believe it?
My teacher says I have to read TWO things – this
novel about a soldier in the Civil War and this article
about camp life and battle strategies in the Civil War.
I don’t get it. Why can’t I just read one thing?”
What would you tell your brother?
How does reading informational text and a
novel help you understand a topic better?

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Homework
Vocabulary Review:
• Rewrite sentences from the novel in YOUR
OWN WORDS
• Use your notebook glossary!!!
EXAMPLE: Salva shook with terror inside and out.
= Salva was very scared.