1. Learning Target: I can create a PEEL paragraph analyzing one effect that Robert Moses had in the Bronx.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL 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).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Key Shifts
Shift 3: Staircase of Complexity Students read the central, grade appropriate text around which instruction is centered. Teachers are patient, create more time and space and support in the curriculum for close reading.
Shift 4: Text-based Answers Students engage in rich and rigorous evidence based conversations about text.
Shift 6: Academic Vocabulary Students constantly build the transferable vocabulary they need to access grade level complex texts. This can be done effectively by spiraling like content in increasingly complex texts.

2. Ms. Burke /8/2015
ESL
Learning Target: I can create a PEEL paragraph analyzing one effect that Robert Moses had in the Bronx.
Activity 1
Kengel hungrily ate the giant hamburger quickly because he was starving.
Jenny proudly bought the pretty dress with the money that she earned at her job.
Miguel easily sold his small house so that he could buy a larger house.
Define noun, verb, adjective, and adverb.
And
Identify nouns and verbs in the sentences above.
Identify the adjectives and adverbs in the sentences above.
Noun means…
Verb means…
Adjective means…
Adverb means…
In the sentences above, the nouns are…
The verbs are…
CCSS RL & 4, W 1; CIE 3, 4, & 6

3. AFL I can define noun, verb, adjective, and adverb. And
Ms. Burke /8/2015
ESL
Learning Target: I can create a PEEL paragraph analyzing one effect that Robert Moses had in the Bronx.
AFL
I can define noun, verb, adjective, and adverb.
And
I can identify nouns and verbs in a sentence.
I can identify the adjectives and adverbs in a sentence.
CCSS RL & 4, W 1; CIE 3, 4, & 6

4. Ms. Burke /8/2015
ESL
Learning Target: I can create a PEEL paragraph analyzing one effect that Robert Moses had in the Bronx.
Activity 1
Who was Robert Moses?
And
What was one thing that he did in New York City?
Explain whether or not he had a positive or a negative impact on New York City.
Robert Moses was…
One thing that he did in New York City was…
CCSS RL & 4, W 1; CIE 3, 4, & 6

5. AFL I know who Robert Moses was. And
Ms. Burke /8/2015
ESL
Learning Target: I can create a PEEL paragraph analyzing one effect that Robert Moses had in the Bronx.
AFL
I know who Robert Moses was.
And
I can explain one thing he did in New York City.
I can explain whether he had a positive or a negative effect on New York City.
CCSS RL & 4, W 1; CIE 3, 4, & 6

6. Activity 2 As a class… Independently…
Ms. Burke /8/2015
ESL
Learning Target: I can create a PEEL paragraph analyzing one effect that Robert Moses had in the Bronx.
Activity 2
As a class…
Read the article about Robert Moses.
Independently…
Annotate your article.
Answer your tiered questions.
CCSS RL & 4, W 1; CIE 3, 4, & 6

7. Ms. Burke /8/2015
ESL
Learning Target: I can create a PEEL paragraph analyzing one effect that Robert Moses had in the Bronx.
Reading Question 1
Define bowel.
And
Predict the meaning of disembowel.
What did Robert Moses do to the East Tremont neighborhood?
Bowels are…
Disembowel means…
CCSS RL & 4, W 1; CIE 3, 4, & 6

8. Ms. Burke /8/2015
ESL
Learning Target: I can create a PEEL paragraph analyzing one effect that Robert Moses had in the Bronx.
Reading Question 2
Define tremor.
And
What was it like to live in East Tremont during the construction?
Predict what will happen to the people in the East Tremont neighborhood. Will they stay or will they go?
Tremor means…
During the construction, living in East Tremont was…
CCSS RL & 4, W 1; CIE 3, 4, & 6

9. Ms. Burke /8/2015
ESL
Learning Target: I can create a PEEL paragraph analyzing one effect that Robert Moses had in the Bronx.
Reading Question 3
Name two things that made living in East Tremont unbearable during this time.
CCSS RL & 4, W 1; CIE 3, 4, & 6

10. Ms. Burke /8/2015
ESL
Learning Target: I can create a PEEL paragraph analyzing one effect that Robert Moses had in the Bronx.
Reading Question 4
What was one effect of the construction?
And
Do you think people liked the highway?
Predict what will happen to the neighborhood of East Tremont.
One effect of the construction was…
People probably did/did not like the highway, because…
CCSS RL & 4, W 1; CIE 3, 4, & 6

11. Ms. Burke /8/2015
ESL
Learning Target: I can create a PEEL paragraph analyzing one effect that Robert Moses had in the Bronx.
Reading Question 5
Why is living near the construction of the highway a bad thing?
And
How do you think people in the Bronx will react to the Cross-Bronx Expressway?
How do you think people in Manhattan and New Jersey will react to the Cross-Bronx Expressway?
Living near the construction of the highway is a bad thing because…
People will probably be ____ about the highway, because…
CCSS RL & 4, W 1; CIE 3, 4, & 6

12. Choose your tier and answer the question in a PEEL paragraph:
Ms. Burke /8/2015
ESL
Learning Target: I can create a PEEL paragraph analyzing one effect that Robert Moses had in the Bronx.
PEEL Paragraph
Choose your tier and answer the question in a PEEL paragraph:
What was one effect of the Cross-Bronx Expressway on the Bronx? Predict what will happen because of this.
How do you think people in Manhattan and New Jersey will react to the Cross-Bronx Expressway? Will they like it? Why or why not?
Robert Moses wanted to build a Cross-Manhattan expressway that went through midtown Manhattan, but he did not. Predict what would have happened if he had built the Cross-Manhattan highway.
One effect of the Cross-Bronx Expressway was…
One thing that will happen because of this is…
People in Manhattan and New Jersey will be ___________ about the Cross-Bronx Expressway, because…
If Robert Moses had built the Cross-Manhattan highway, then…
CCSS RL & 4, W 1; CIE 3, 4, & 6

13. PEEL Paragraph: Tier III
Ms. Burke /8/2015
ESL
Learning Target: I can create a PEEL paragraph analyzing one effect that Robert Moses had in the Bronx.
PEEL Paragraph: Tier III
P: One effect of the Cross-Bronx Expressway was…
E: According to the text, “…………..”
E: This means that…
L: Because of this, …… will happen, because…

14. Ms. Burke /8/2015
ESL
Learning Target: I can create a PEEL paragraph analyzing one effect that Robert Moses had in the Bronx.
CCSS RL & 4, W 1; CIE 3, 4, & 6

15. Ms. Burke /8/2015
ESL
Learning Target: I can create a PEEL paragraph analyzing one effect that Robert Moses had in the Bronx.
CCSS RL & 4, W 1; CIE 3, 4, & 6

16. Answer as many of the sentence starters as you can.
Ms. Burke /8/2015
ESL
Learning Target: I can create a PEEL paragraph analyzing one effect that Robert Moses had in the Bronx.
Exit Ticket
Answer as many of the sentence starters as you can.
One thing I learned today is…
One thing I want to work more on is…
One thing I feel comfortable with is…
One thing that interests me is…
CCSS RL & 4, W 1; CIE 3, 4, & 6