ELA+CCSS+Unit

Colonial Life Unit 1    Listen to Colonial Musicor Music from Colonial America = =

= = Visit the Colonial House to meet the colonists. = =

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= = = = = = =Lesson 1 ~ Discovering the Topic: Inferring and Confirming Using Evidence =

Reviewing Learning Targets with a Focus on Drawing Inferences: * I can actively listen and share in discussions with my peers. * I can make inference based on information from pictures, charts, timelines, maps, and text. * I can support my inferences with details and examples from the text.

Now, let's use our "I Notice/I Wonder Graphic Organizer".

Example: = = ||
 * =I Notice= || =I Wonder=
 * ===I notice that there are clouds in the sky.=== || === ===

Since it is cloudy, I wonder, will it rain today?
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Now, let's use our "I Notice/I Wonder Graphic Organizer". With your group, look at the first Mystery Document and record what you notice and wonder.

= = Look at these pictures. What observations can you make? <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">What do you notice? What do you wonder?







= = =On your index card, write your name and:= <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%; line-height: 1.5;">I infer that our topic is... <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">My evidence is... = =

So... Where do you think the Mystery Documents came from?
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= = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Lesson 2 ~ Inferring from a Primary Source: Close Read of a Colonial Times Inventory =

Learning Targets:

 * === I can identify and make meaning of new words. ===
 * === I can make inferences about colonial life supported by details from text. ===
 * === I can notice what I understand and what is still confusing when reading a primary source document. ===
 * === I can identify what I know and what I don't know when reading the Inventory of John Allen. ===

1. When you read this text for the first time, what makes sense? What doesn't? Circle anything that is unclear as you read independently.







 * ===WHO WAS JOHN ALLEN=== ||  ||
 * ===What we KNOW:=== || ===What we INFER:=== ||

4. Let's look...

 * ===What do we notice about the dates in this document?===
 * ===How old was John Allen when he died? How do we know?===
 * ===What do we notice about the animals?===

5. Let's make some inferences...

 * ===What did you infer about John Allen?===
 * ===What details fro the text did you base your inferences on?===

10. Read pages 8-10 of //If You Lived in Colonial Times.// What is the main idea from this text?
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=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Lesson 3 ~ Inferring: Who Was John Allen? =

Learning Targets * I can identify and make meaning of new words. * I can give examples of how the English language of colonial times was different than today. * I can make inferences about colonial life supported by details from text. * I can identify what I know and what I don’t know when reading the Inventory of John Allen.











yoak : used to join together a pair of animals, like horses or oxen, together for plowing fields or dragging heavy material like logs
=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Lesson 4 ~ Learning About Farms in Colonial America: Explicit Versus Inferred Information =

Learning Targets * I can determine whether the information I need is EXPLICIT in the text or must be INFERRED. * I can confirm my inferences about colonial farmers using details and examples from text.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1. Reflections of personal inventories: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> * How does your inventory represent you? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> * How did you select the items for your inventory?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">2. Explicit versus Inferred: What does that mean?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">3. Inferring about Colonial Farmers: Using the "Inferring Three-Column graphic organizer"

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">4. Colonial Farmer: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> * Record Explicit Information: Look at the picture of the colonial farmer and record details about what you see right in the first column. We'll record details as a group.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> * What can we see in the picture? What is EXPLICIT?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">5. Now, let's record what we infer: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> * Look at each piece of explicit information recorded on the chart. What can we infer about farming in Colonial America based on this information.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> * Discuss with your group what you infer about each piece of explicit information in the second column.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">6. Farming in Colonial America: (//First Read)// What is this article mostly about? * What is the MAIN IDEA? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> * What explicit information can we gather from this article? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> * What inferences can we make from this explicit information?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> * What do you notice about the animals?

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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">7. Farming in Colonial America: //(Second Read)// Using steps 3 & 4 of Graphic Organizer <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> * Each person chooses an inference from the graphic organizer. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> * Reread the text and look for details that might help to confirm your selected inference. Underline any you find. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> * Share and Confirm: Share details about the picture that can be confirmed with the text. Choose three inferences about the picture that can be confirmed with the text. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> * Column 3: Details in the Text: find details to support your inferences.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">8. Work with a new partner to share.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">9. Review learning targets.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">10. Exit ticket: Who do you think worked harder: northern colonial farmers or southern colonial farmers. Support your inference with explicit information from the text.

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Lesson 5 ~ Mid-Unit Assessment: Inferring with Pictures and Text =

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Lesson 6 ~ Taking Notes Using a Graphic Organizer: Inferring About the Importance of Religion in Colonial America =

=//__**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Learning Targets: **__//=

=**I can identify detail that support the main ideas of a section of //If You Lived in Colonial Times.//**= =**I can make inferences using specific details from the text.**=

=**I can synthesize information I learn about religion in Colonial America from two different texts.**=

=**I can document what I learn about Colonial America by taking notes.**=

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Lesson 7 ~ Paragraph Writing: The Role of Religion in Colonial America = =//__**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Learning Targets: **__//= =**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I can make inferences using specific details from the text. **= =**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I can synthesize information I learn about religion in Colonial America from two different texts. **= =**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I can document what I learn about Colonial America by taking notes. **=

=<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Step 1: Let's look back at some of the inferences we made about a picture. What support did we find? = = = =<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Step 2: Let's write a paragraph using this support. = = = =<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> = = = = = =<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Step 3: Let's look at a sample paragraph for its introduction, details, and conclusion. = =<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> = = = = = =<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Step 4: Let's write a paragraph using the religion readings. Let's include: introduction, details, and conclusion. = <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

=GREEN SCREEN REPORTERS ON RELIGION=

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=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Lesson 8 ~ Taking Notes Using a Graphic Organizer: Inferring About Work and Play in Colonial America =

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Learning Targets:

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* I can identify details that support the main ideas of a section of //"The Scoop on Clothes, Homes, and Daily Life in Colonial America" (Chapter 4)// and //"If You Lived in Colonial Times" (pages 48-49).//

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* I can document what I learn about life in a Colonial American village by taking notes.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* I can make inferences using specific details from the text.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">* I can synthesize information I learn about work and play in Colonial America from two different texts.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Vocabulary: = main idea = = supporting details = = notes = = inference = = explicit = = synthesize = || =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">spinning = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">weaving = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">knitting = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">churn = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">trenchers = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">quilting = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">barn raisings = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">harvest = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">festivals = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">plantations = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">dress ball = ||
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=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Lesson 9 ~ End of Unit Assessment: Inferring and Synthesizing (from Two Texts) About Life in Colonial America =

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