1. Close Reading:
Paragraphs 2 and 3 of “Refugee and Immigrant Children: A Comparison” and Introducing the NYS Expository Writing Rubric

2. Pages 248–260 of Inside Out & Back Again (5 minutes)
Please get into your 1-4 groups and take out your novel.
Discuss the question: How is Ha’s life changing? Write your question in your structured notes under the questions column.
Record your key details, page numbers, and vocabulary in your structured notes.

3. Quick pair share
Why is focusing on specific words, phrases, or sentences important??
How might reading more of this informational text continue to help us understand Ha better?

4. Reading Aloud and Rereading for Gist: Paragraphs 2 and 3 of “Refugee and Immigrant Children: A Comparison” (8 minutes)
In your groups, please make a partner and take out your packet.
Today, I will read the next couple of paragraphs of this section of the text and, as you did in Lesson 9, you will have time to think, talk, and annotate for gist.

5. Think pair share Think-Pair-Share:
So what is this paragraph of the text mostly about?
annotate Paragraph 2 for the gist based on you pair discussion.

6. Once more Think-Pair-Share:
So what is this paragraph of the text mostly about?
annotate Paragraph 3 for the gist based on their pair discussion.

7. Share out!
Tell me what your found??

8. Rereading and Text-Dependent Questions (15 minutes)
Please take a look at the handout and let’s do some together.

9. Quick shout out!
What does persecution mean?

10. Introducing NYS Grade 6–8 Expository Writing Evaluation Rubric, Row 1 (10 minutes)(refer to notes and future lessons, possibly skip)

11. Homework
We discussed what adaptation means in this lesson. Complete the homework question at the bottom of the “Refugee and Immigrant Children: A Comparison”: Paragraphs 2 and 3 Text-Dependent questions, Part A.