1. Subject: ELA Grade: 7th 4/1/19-4/5/19
The Glory Field
Walter Dean Meyers
800 Lexile
Unit Title:
Argument with Logic, Kindness, and Respect.

2. Focus Standards
ELAGSE7RI1: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
ELAGSE7RI2: Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
ELAGSE7RI3: Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text. (How ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events.)
ELAGSE7RI5: Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.
ELAGSE7SL1C: Pose questions that elicit elaboration and respond to others’ questions and comments with relevant observations and ideas that bring discussion back on topic as needed.

3. Learning Targets
ELAGSERI1: I can cite several pieces of explicit and inferred evidence from text.
ELAGSERI2: I can summarize two or more central ideas of a text.
ELAGSERI5 I can analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text.

4. Instructional Activities
Monday, 4/1/19
I-Ready Monday
Diagnostic Test

5. Instructional Activities
Tuesday, 4/2/19
I-Ready
Diagnostic Test

6. Instructional Activities
Wednesday, 4/3/19
Part III: April 1900
The objective of this lesson will be to explore some of the possible foreshadowing that happens in this section, and to discuss some of the possible outcomes.
Prediction - Read aloud with the class the part where Elijah prepares to leave Glory Field and hopes to see it again someday. Have the students each write a short prediction about what this strange presentation could be foreshadowing. How will this be important to the plot? Do you think it gives away too much? Why? What evidence is there in the scene to support your belief? Allow some volunteers to read their ideas.
Group Activity- Split the class into groups and assign each group one of the characters in this chapter. Have the groups write predictions about what they think will happen in this book to their assigned characters due to the foreshadowed events talked about in this chapter. Will Elijah find a place he belongs after leaving The Glory Field? Will the sheriff continue his manipulative ways? Will Abby and Mary keep their close friendship? Why? Will the Klan bother the family? Groups will cite examples from the text to support their ideas.

7. Instructional Activities
Thursday, 4/4/19
Part III: April 1900
The objective of this lesson will be to explore some of the possible foreshadowing that happens in this section, and to discuss some of the possible outcomes.
Class Discussion - Read aloud with the class the part where Abby says he loves Jazz music even though his mother hates it, and says the new generation has to break away from the old. Discuss this with the class. What do you think will happen in the plot to explain this? What possible reasons does Abby have for not wanting to be exactly like his ancestors? What are the possible consequences of this way of advancing the plot? Where will this branch of the plot go?
Prediction Activity - Have the students skim the chapter to find some more examples of possible foreshadowing. Write these examples on the board as they are given. Have the students each choose one of these examples and write about what they think will happen as a result of this foreshadowing.

8. Instructional Activities
Friday, 4/5/19
Chapters 1-3 Multiple Choice Test

9. Student Work
I-Ready Milestone Review Predictions Group Discussions Chapter Assessment

10. Weekly Vocabulary Focusing on Standards and Texts
Careen Jab Vibrant Consecrate Nouveau Riche Weariness Crevices Prodigal Cumbersome Radicals Debris Roil Demise Sashay Disreputable Sporadic Distress Staccato Disperse Submerge Foreshadowing Treacherous

11. Vocabulary Homework Packet
Weekly Homework
Vocabulary Homework Packet

12. How will I know if students reach their target?
Assessment
How will I know if students reach their target?
Diagnostic Results
Predictions
Vocabulary
Discussions
Assessment