Fifth Grade: Holiday Writing
2019-2020
2019-2020
Please note: The dates regarding homework and classwork are subject to change. Please check the website each day.
Please see the RESOURCE page on this website for a detailed explanation of procedures and expectations. There are several important resources, graphic organizers, and helpful documents found on the RESOURCE page.
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards: Click HERE for the Revised Learning Standards Documents.
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Please see the RESOURCE page on this website for a detailed explanation of procedures and expectations. There are several important resources, graphic organizers, and helpful documents found on the RESOURCE page.
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards: Click HERE for the Revised Learning Standards Documents.
Are you ready, Scio Tigers?
To view many amazing videos and resources:
1) Go to CABOCES Insignia Log In: https://caboces.insigniails.com/Library/Login
2) Log in with your username and password.
3) Your username and password is written on the first page in your agenda.
4) Once you are logged on to https://caboces.insigniails.com/Library/Login, you can click on to LEARN360, and BrainPop, for many amazing videos and resources.
5) After clicking on to LEARN360, and BrainPop, you can then click on the highlighted links found in the lessons.
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Homework due day, December , 2019: None.
Classwork due sday, December , 2019: Complete the
Classwork due sday, December , 2019: Complete the
Homework due day, December , 2019: Write an Informative Holiday Essay using the writing prompts found below. Write your essay in your writing notebook, or type your essay online on the Scio Office 365 OneDrive.
Classwork due sday, December , 2019: Read the list of the informative holiday writing prompts found below. Choose one informational essay writing prompt and begin writing your essay in your writing notebook or type it online on the Scio Office 365 OneDrive.
Informational Writing: Holiday Essay Prompts
Classwork due sday, December , 2019: Read the list of the informative holiday writing prompts found below. Choose one informational essay writing prompt and begin writing your essay in your writing notebook or type it online on the Scio Office 365 OneDrive.
Informational Writing: Holiday Essay Prompts
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Homework due day, December , 2019: Write a Creative Holiday Writing piece using the Creative Holiday Writing Prompts found below. Write your essay in your writing notebook, or type your essay online on the Scio Office 365 OneDrive.
Classwork due sday, December , 2019: Read the list of the writing prompts found below. Choose one essay writing prompt and begin writing your essay in your writing notebook or type it online on the Scio Office 365 OneDrive.
Creative Holiday Writing Prompts:
Classwork due sday, December , 2019: Read the list of the writing prompts found below. Choose one essay writing prompt and begin writing your essay in your writing notebook or type it online on the Scio Office 365 OneDrive.
Creative Holiday Writing Prompts:
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Homework due day, December , 2019: None.
Classwork due sday, December , 2019: Complete the
Classwork due sday, December , 2019: Complete the
Homework due day, December , 2019: None.
Classwork due sday, December , 2019: Complete the
Classwork due sday, December , 2019: Complete the
WEEK OF DECEMBER 12, 2016
Homework due Monday, and Tuesday, December 12, and 13, 2016: Students are to write their own "winter" story. They are to write at least four page in their writing notebook. Due on Tuesday.
Classwork, Friday, and Monday, December 9, and 12, 2016:
Homework due Wednesday, and Thursday, December 14, and 15, 2016: None.
Classwork, Tuesday, and Wednesday, December 13, and 14, 2016: Students will share their winter stories with the class.
Homework due Friday, and Monday, December 16, and 19, 2016: Christmas Essay due Monday.
Classwork, Thursday, and Friday, December 15, and 16, 2016: Students will type their winter story or winter poem to submit to the writing contest.
Directions:
Christmas Persuasive Essay
• I definitely have been a very good boy or girl this year.
• Christmas is a time to be thinking of others.
• Presents are very important on Christmas Day.
• Presents should not be important on Christmas Day.
• We should have the Christmas spirit all year round.
• Christmas is a time to be thankful and for reflection.
• We should have Christmas twice a year!
Christmas Process Essay or How-To Essay
• A kid’s perfect minute-by-minute plan for Christmas Day.
• The correct way to open Christmas presents.
• How to make Christmas a special day for the entire family.
• How to prepare for Christmas Day.
• How to wrap a Christmas present.
• How to decorate for Christmas.
Christmas Argumentative Essay
• There should be absolutely no arguing on Christmas Day.
• Christmas is the best holiday of them all.
• The real meaning of Christmas is _______
• The Christmas spirit is alive and well.
Christmas Evaluation Essay
• What is the effect that Christmas has on society?
• Has the meaning of Christmas changed over time?
• Has Christmas become too commercialized?
Christmas Narrative/ Personal Narrative Essay
• A wonderful Christmas memory.
• My favorite present I ever GAVE.
• Christmas shopping with my family.
• My favorite part of Christmas.
• Family time on Christmas.
• Christmas traditions in my family.
• The best Christmas ever.
• Funny happenings on Christmas day.
• Memorable presents.
Christmas Cause and Effect Essay
• How I feel when I give on Christmas Day.
• How the Christmas spirit affects people’s behavior and attitude.
• Preparations for Christmas Day and the outcomes of all that hard work.
• What effect does all the Christmas media promotion have?
Christmas Expository/Informational Essay
• The history of Christmas.
• Christmas through the ages.
• Christmas traditions.
• Facts about Christmas.
• The symbols and symbolism of Christmas.
• The first Christmas.
Christmas Descriptive Essay
• Describe opening presents.
• How I felt opening presents, eating delicious food, and spending time with family and friends.
• Describe the Christmas spirit or Christmas energy.
• Describe who you celebrate Christmas with. What makes them unique or special to celebrate with?
• Describe the sights, sounds, and smells of when you first walk out to the tree on Christmas morning.
• Describe how the anticipation and excitement of Christmas makes you feel.
• Describe the sights, sounds, and smells of Christmas.
Christmas Five-Paragraph Essay
• Three reasons…
• Three signs…
• Three presents…
• Three traditions…
• Three signs that Christmas is just around the corner.
• Three reasons I love Christmas.
Christmas Compare and Contrast Essay
• Christmas now compared to Christmas when I was “young.”
• What used to be important to me about Christmas compared to what is important about Christmas to me now.
• The day before Christmas, Christmas Day, and the day after Christmas.
• Giving vs. receiving.
• Christmas for kids compared to Christmas for adults.
• Christmas traditions in different cultures.
Christmas Story Ideas
• A Christmas miracle.
• The greatest present ever.
• People in need on Christmas.
• The real story of Christmas.
• The day after Christmas.
• Wow… Look at that star!
WEEK OF DECEMBER 19, 2016
Homework due Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, December 20, 21, and 22, 2016: Two additional Christmas essays. (There are three Christmas essays due in total...one was due on Monday.)
Classwork, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, December 19, 20, 21, and 22, 2016:
Directions:
• I definitely have been a very good boy or girl this year.
• Christmas is a time to be thinking of others.
• Presents are very important on Christmas Day.
• Presents should not be important on Christmas Day.
• We should have the Christmas spirit all year round.
• Christmas is a time to be thankful and for reflection.
• We should have Christmas twice a year!
Christmas Process Essay or How-To Essay
• A kid’s perfect minute-by-minute plan for Christmas Day.
• The correct way to open Christmas presents.
• How to make Christmas a special day for the entire family.
• How to prepare for Christmas Day.
• How to wrap a Christmas present.
• How to decorate for Christmas.
Christmas Argumentative Essay
• There should be absolutely no arguing on Christmas Day.
• Christmas is the best holiday of them all.
• The real meaning of Christmas is _______
• The Christmas spirit is alive and well.
Christmas Evaluation Essay
• What is the effect that Christmas has on society?
• Has the meaning of Christmas changed over time?
• Has Christmas become too commercialized?
Christmas Narrative/ Personal Narrative Essay
• A wonderful Christmas memory.
• My favorite present I ever GAVE.
• Christmas shopping with my family.
• My favorite part of Christmas.
• Family time on Christmas.
• Christmas traditions in my family.
• The best Christmas ever.
• Funny happenings on Christmas day.
• Memorable presents.
Christmas Cause and Effect Essay
• How I feel when I give on Christmas Day.
• How the Christmas spirit affects people’s behavior and attitude.
• Preparations for Christmas Day and the outcomes of all that hard work.
• What effect does all the Christmas media promotion have?
Christmas Expository/Informational Essay
• The history of Christmas.
• Christmas through the ages.
• Christmas traditions.
• Facts about Christmas.
• The symbols and symbolism of Christmas.
• The first Christmas.
Christmas Descriptive Essay
• Describe opening presents.
• How I felt opening presents, eating delicious food, and spending time with family and friends.
• Describe the Christmas spirit or Christmas energy.
• Describe who you celebrate Christmas with. What makes them unique or special to celebrate with?
• Describe the sights, sounds, and smells of when you first walk out to the tree on Christmas morning.
• Describe how the anticipation and excitement of Christmas makes you feel.
• Describe the sights, sounds, and smells of Christmas.
Christmas Five-Paragraph Essay
• Three reasons…
• Three signs…
• Three presents…
• Three traditions…
• Three signs that Christmas is just around the corner.
• Three reasons I love Christmas.
Christmas Compare and Contrast Essay
• Christmas now compared to Christmas when I was “young.”
• What used to be important to me about Christmas compared to what is important about Christmas to me now.
• The day before Christmas, Christmas Day, and the day after Christmas.
• Giving vs. receiving.
• Christmas for kids compared to Christmas for adults.
• Christmas traditions in different cultures.
Christmas Story Ideas
• A Christmas miracle.
• The greatest present ever.
• People in need on Christmas.
• The real story of Christmas.
• The day after Christmas.
• Wow… Look at that star!
Christmas Essays:
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Homework due Monday, and Tuesday, December 12, and 13, 2016: Students are to write their own "winter" story. They are to write at least four page in their writing notebook. Due on Tuesday.
Classwork, Friday, and Monday, December 9, and 12, 2016:
- Activate Prior Knowledge:
- Question: What do you think of when you hear the word "winter"?
- Prior life experience: Students will write a list of all of the things and experiences that come to mind when they hear the word "winter."
- Learning Objective: (Skill Development)
- Skill Development:
- Students will analyze (examine carefully, breaking it into components to understand it) Bill Harley's song "The Great Sled Race."
- Students will list winter words: sounds of winter, foods of winter, sports of winter, values of winter, etc.
- Students will write their own "winter" story.
- Guided Practice:
- Mrs. Looney will explain.
- Mrs. Looney will model writing her own brainstorm list of winter words.
- Mrs. Looney will demonstrate how her winter story is a humorous story like Bill Harley's story.
- Closure:
- Mrs. Looney wants to make sure that the students are completely prepared for the assignment before students begin to work independently.
- Do all of the students have a list of 10-20 words that is associated with winter?
- Independent Practice:
- Students will write their own "winter" story.
- Their story may be humorous (like Bill Harley's "The Great Sled Race") or it could be serious or sad.
- Students are to write at least four pages in their writing notebook.
- Students are to use as many descriptive words as possible.
- If students are not able to write four pages in their notebooks in class, they are to finish it for homework.
Homework due Wednesday, and Thursday, December 14, and 15, 2016: None.
Classwork, Tuesday, and Wednesday, December 13, and 14, 2016: Students will share their winter stories with the class.
Homework due Friday, and Monday, December 16, and 19, 2016: Christmas Essay due Monday.
Classwork, Thursday, and Friday, December 15, and 16, 2016: Students will type their winter story or winter poem to submit to the writing contest.
Directions:
- Each student will choose three essays to write about Christmas.
- Essay #1 is due on Monday, December 19.
- Essay #2 is due on Tuesday, December 20.
- Essay #3 is due on Thursday, December 22.
- Your essays may be funny, sad, serious, and/or happy.
- Use fantastic word choice.
- Write your essays in your writing notebook.
- Be sure to give each essay a different title.
- Feel free to add illustrations if you would like!
- Have fun!
Christmas Persuasive Essay
• I definitely have been a very good boy or girl this year.
• Christmas is a time to be thinking of others.
• Presents are very important on Christmas Day.
• Presents should not be important on Christmas Day.
• We should have the Christmas spirit all year round.
• Christmas is a time to be thankful and for reflection.
• We should have Christmas twice a year!
Christmas Process Essay or How-To Essay
• A kid’s perfect minute-by-minute plan for Christmas Day.
• The correct way to open Christmas presents.
• How to make Christmas a special day for the entire family.
• How to prepare for Christmas Day.
• How to wrap a Christmas present.
• How to decorate for Christmas.
Christmas Argumentative Essay
• There should be absolutely no arguing on Christmas Day.
• Christmas is the best holiday of them all.
• The real meaning of Christmas is _______
• The Christmas spirit is alive and well.
Christmas Evaluation Essay
• What is the effect that Christmas has on society?
• Has the meaning of Christmas changed over time?
• Has Christmas become too commercialized?
Christmas Narrative/ Personal Narrative Essay
• A wonderful Christmas memory.
• My favorite present I ever GAVE.
• Christmas shopping with my family.
• My favorite part of Christmas.
• Family time on Christmas.
• Christmas traditions in my family.
• The best Christmas ever.
• Funny happenings on Christmas day.
• Memorable presents.
Christmas Cause and Effect Essay
• How I feel when I give on Christmas Day.
• How the Christmas spirit affects people’s behavior and attitude.
• Preparations for Christmas Day and the outcomes of all that hard work.
• What effect does all the Christmas media promotion have?
Christmas Expository/Informational Essay
• The history of Christmas.
• Christmas through the ages.
• Christmas traditions.
• Facts about Christmas.
• The symbols and symbolism of Christmas.
• The first Christmas.
Christmas Descriptive Essay
• Describe opening presents.
• How I felt opening presents, eating delicious food, and spending time with family and friends.
• Describe the Christmas spirit or Christmas energy.
• Describe who you celebrate Christmas with. What makes them unique or special to celebrate with?
• Describe the sights, sounds, and smells of when you first walk out to the tree on Christmas morning.
• Describe how the anticipation and excitement of Christmas makes you feel.
• Describe the sights, sounds, and smells of Christmas.
Christmas Five-Paragraph Essay
• Three reasons…
• Three signs…
• Three presents…
• Three traditions…
• Three signs that Christmas is just around the corner.
• Three reasons I love Christmas.
Christmas Compare and Contrast Essay
• Christmas now compared to Christmas when I was “young.”
• What used to be important to me about Christmas compared to what is important about Christmas to me now.
• The day before Christmas, Christmas Day, and the day after Christmas.
• Giving vs. receiving.
• Christmas for kids compared to Christmas for adults.
• Christmas traditions in different cultures.
Christmas Story Ideas
• A Christmas miracle.
• The greatest present ever.
• People in need on Christmas.
• The real story of Christmas.
• The day after Christmas.
• Wow… Look at that star!
WEEK OF DECEMBER 19, 2016
Homework due Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, December 20, 21, and 22, 2016: Two additional Christmas essays. (There are three Christmas essays due in total...one was due on Monday.)
Classwork, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, December 19, 20, 21, and 22, 2016:
Directions:
- Each student will choose three essays to write about Christmas.
- Essay #1 is due on Monday, December 19.
- Essay #2 is due on Tuesday, December 20.
- Essay #3 is due on Thursday, December 22.
- Your essays may be funny, sad, serious, and/or happy.
- Use fantastic word choice.
- Write your essays in your writing notebook.
- Be sure to give each essay a different title.
- Feel free to add illustrations!
- Have fun!
• I definitely have been a very good boy or girl this year.
• Christmas is a time to be thinking of others.
• Presents are very important on Christmas Day.
• Presents should not be important on Christmas Day.
• We should have the Christmas spirit all year round.
• Christmas is a time to be thankful and for reflection.
• We should have Christmas twice a year!
Christmas Process Essay or How-To Essay
• A kid’s perfect minute-by-minute plan for Christmas Day.
• The correct way to open Christmas presents.
• How to make Christmas a special day for the entire family.
• How to prepare for Christmas Day.
• How to wrap a Christmas present.
• How to decorate for Christmas.
Christmas Argumentative Essay
• There should be absolutely no arguing on Christmas Day.
• Christmas is the best holiday of them all.
• The real meaning of Christmas is _______
• The Christmas spirit is alive and well.
Christmas Evaluation Essay
• What is the effect that Christmas has on society?
• Has the meaning of Christmas changed over time?
• Has Christmas become too commercialized?
Christmas Narrative/ Personal Narrative Essay
• A wonderful Christmas memory.
• My favorite present I ever GAVE.
• Christmas shopping with my family.
• My favorite part of Christmas.
• Family time on Christmas.
• Christmas traditions in my family.
• The best Christmas ever.
• Funny happenings on Christmas day.
• Memorable presents.
Christmas Cause and Effect Essay
• How I feel when I give on Christmas Day.
• How the Christmas spirit affects people’s behavior and attitude.
• Preparations for Christmas Day and the outcomes of all that hard work.
• What effect does all the Christmas media promotion have?
Christmas Expository/Informational Essay
• The history of Christmas.
• Christmas through the ages.
• Christmas traditions.
• Facts about Christmas.
• The symbols and symbolism of Christmas.
• The first Christmas.
Christmas Descriptive Essay
• Describe opening presents.
• How I felt opening presents, eating delicious food, and spending time with family and friends.
• Describe the Christmas spirit or Christmas energy.
• Describe who you celebrate Christmas with. What makes them unique or special to celebrate with?
• Describe the sights, sounds, and smells of when you first walk out to the tree on Christmas morning.
• Describe how the anticipation and excitement of Christmas makes you feel.
• Describe the sights, sounds, and smells of Christmas.
Christmas Five-Paragraph Essay
• Three reasons…
• Three signs…
• Three presents…
• Three traditions…
• Three signs that Christmas is just around the corner.
• Three reasons I love Christmas.
Christmas Compare and Contrast Essay
• Christmas now compared to Christmas when I was “young.”
• What used to be important to me about Christmas compared to what is important about Christmas to me now.
• The day before Christmas, Christmas Day, and the day after Christmas.
• Giving vs. receiving.
• Christmas for kids compared to Christmas for adults.
• Christmas traditions in different cultures.
Christmas Story Ideas
• A Christmas miracle.
• The greatest present ever.
• People in need on Christmas.
• The real story of Christmas.
• The day after Christmas.
• Wow… Look at that star!
Christmas Essays:
christmas_essays.pdf
Download File
christmas_essays.docx
Download File
On Tuesday, we will create a Gratitude Notebook that you may use at home. Please feel free to share your Gratitude Notebook with your family!
Homework due Monday, , 2019:
See below for the following assignments for Thanksgiving Break. Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break :)
THANKSGIVING BREAK HOMEWORK:
-Please enjoy your break.
-Mrs. Looney is assigning homework for the Thanksgiving break.
-Assignment Number 1: Spend as much time as possible with family over break.
-Assignment Number 2: I would like everyone to spend as much time outside as possible over break.
-Assignment Number 3: Read your favorite novel or magazines as much as possible.
-Assignment Number 4: Write.
-Assignment Number 5: Create.
-Assignment Number 6: Help cook. Help with the dishes.
-Assignment Number 7: Think about all the things you are grateful for. Write in your Gratitude Notebook. Make a list of as many things- little things and significant things- that you are grateful for. Research shows that the more you recognize what you are grateful for, the more content and at peace you will be.
-Assignment Number 8: When you are on your device, consider doing one of the above assignments instead.
Homework due Monday, , 2019:
See below for the following assignments for Thanksgiving Break. Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break :)
THANKSGIVING BREAK HOMEWORK:
-Please enjoy your break.
-Mrs. Looney is assigning homework for the Thanksgiving break.
-Assignment Number 1: Spend as much time as possible with family over break.
-Assignment Number 2: I would like everyone to spend as much time outside as possible over break.
-Assignment Number 3: Read your favorite novel or magazines as much as possible.
-Assignment Number 4: Write.
-Assignment Number 5: Create.
-Assignment Number 6: Help cook. Help with the dishes.
-Assignment Number 7: Think about all the things you are grateful for. Write in your Gratitude Notebook. Make a list of as many things- little things and significant things- that you are grateful for. Research shows that the more you recognize what you are grateful for, the more content and at peace you will be.
-Assignment Number 8: When you are on your device, consider doing one of the above assignments instead.
Homework Due Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, December , 2019: None.
Classwork, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, December , 2019:
Classwork, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, December , 2019:
- Bill Harley's "Rules to Live By" "Rules of the Universe"
- It's always harder to put something back together than it is to take it apart.
- If you spend all your time cleaning your desk, you'll just have a clean desk. That's not enough.
- Listen - you're missing something cool.
- All children should be given a ukelele when they're born.
- We're more alike than we are different.
- If you're older than two, and can't sing a song and tell a story, you're in trouble.
- Sometimes, a plate of spaghetti is the best thing in the world.[2]
- We will listen to Bill Harley's story "The Great Sled Race."
- Rationale: This story by Bill Harley shows how a common childhood activity can be turned into a tall-tale by hyperbole, humor, and “improvement” of actual events.
- We will listen to "The Great Sled Race" the first time for enjoyment.
- As students listen to the story for the second time, students will list examples of exaggeration and hyperbole from the story. Students will share examples to compile class list. We will also look for similes.
- Students will review the fact that hyperboles are so exaggerated that they can’t possibly have happened.
- Some examples include:
- The Sled had 4 afterburners (like on a jet) and took up half of the living room
- Mammoth Hill has an 88 degree angle is taller than Mt. Everest and had a course 3 miles long -- needed oxygen masks to go to the top and airplanes were passing below them
- Bill and Danny had been practicing at Olympic center
- Bill had the body of Arnold Schwarzenegger and knocked the principal’s wife into a tree at the crash
- Thank you to John E. Connor for his wonderful lesson plan!
- As we listen to another one of Bill Harley's stories, we will find the main idea/central idea. Some possibilities are: "It's a Long Way," "The Ballad of Dirty Joe," or "The Eeny Weeny Beeny Ghost."
- We will write a summary of the story.
- We will discuss our inferences.
- Bill Harley's Website: http://www.billharley.com/default.asp
- Thursday: We will watch a fantastic video by K'naan called "Waving Flag." What can we infer about what "Waving Flag" means? What is the theme of the video?
- Friday: We will watch two great videos to get us in the holiday spirit.
- Video number one: Carlson School of Management, "Deck the Halls." http://www.y
MISCELLANEOUS LESSONS:
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Homework due day, February , 2019: None.
Classwork, day, February , 2019: Themes in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Homework due Tuesday, February 7, 2019: None.
Classwork, Monday, February 6, 2019: Character Traits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Homework due day, February , 2019: None.
Classwork, day, February , 2019: Themes in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- New York State Social Studies Framework:
- A. Gathering, Interpreting and Using Evidence
2. Identify, effectively select, and analyze different forms of evidence used to make meaning in social studies
(including primary and secondary sources such as art and photographs, artifacts, oral histories, maps, and graphs). - F. Civic Participation
1. Demonstrate respect for the rights of others in discussion and classroom debates, regardless of whether one
agrees with the other viewpoint. Consider alternate views in discussion.
5. Participate in negotiating and compromising in the resolution of differences and conflict; introduce and examine
the role of conflict resolution.
6. Identify situations with a global focus in which social actions are required and suggest solutions.
7. Describe the roles of people in power both historically and currently. Identify ways
that current figures can influence people’s rights and freedom.
8. Identify rights and responsibilities of citizens within societies.
- A. Gathering, Interpreting and Using Evidence
- Activate Prior Knowledge:
- Show students the introductory slide to the video.
- With a partner, students will make a prediction about what the video will be about.
- Students will also make a prediction as to what type of video this is: primary source documentary, reenactment, animation, or something else. They will circle their prediction on the Video Analysis Worksheet.
- Students will predict one theme of the video, one theme in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Students will list three character traits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. before they watch the video
- Students will discuss why we will watch this video at this point in our social studies unit.
- Mrs. Looney will explain the connection between what the students already know and what they are going to learn next.
- Learning Objective: Skill Development
- Students will analyze the video Martin's Big Words (examine carefully, breaking it into components to understand it).
- Students will identify and describe themes in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and how these character traits enabled him to impact the world.
- Students will identify and describe character traits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and how these character traits enabled him to impact the world.
- Students will describe the features of the video and how these features helped them to understand the impact Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has made in the world.
- Students will describe an aspect of the video that showed something they hadn’t seen before, caused them to think in a new way, or helped them understand something more thoroughly than before.
- Students will compare this type of video to other documentaries that we have analyzed in the past.
- Personal Importance/Real Life Importance/Academic Importance:
- Does anyone have any other reasons why this lesson is important academically?
- Does anyone have any other reasons why this lesson is important in your life?
- Guided Practice:
- As a class we will read the questions before we watch the documentary so students will know what to look for and observe while we watch the video.
- Martin's Big Words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBKP6v3rWSI
- Mrs. Looney will periodically pause the documentary so students will have an opportunity to take short notes in the spaces provided on the worksheet.
- Students will practice taking notes while the documentary is playing, making sure that the note-taking doesn't interfere with carefully watching the film.
- While analyzing the video, students will determine if this documentary a primary source documentary, a reenactment, an animation, or something else.
- Students will write down how they can tell which type of documentary this film is.
- As a class we will discuss the features of the film that help increase our ability to learn about the topic.
- While watching the video, students will focus on this question: Nonfiction can enrich viewers in several important ways. Describe an aspect of the documentary that showed you something you hadn’t seen before, caused you to think in a new way, or helped you understand something more thoroughly than before.
- In pairs, students will discuss the task above (question number 3 found on the video analysis sheet).
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was driven to action by some spark. Why do you think he was willing to take these risks to stand up for what he believe in?
- Is there something that you learned about the character traits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from the video that caused you to think in a new way?
- As a class we will review the Video Analysis Rubric.
- As a class we will discuss components that we can add to our Video Analysis Rubric.
- Closure:
- Mrs. Looney wants to make sure that the students are completely prepared for the assignment before students begin to work independently.
- Are students able to tell why it is important to learn the information that they have just been taught?
- Are students able to complete the skill that has just been taught to them?
- Independent Practice:
- Students will analyze the video and write a list in bullets that answer the following task: Nonfiction can enrich viewers in several important ways. Describe an aspect of the documentary that showed you something you hadn’t seen before, caused you to think in a new way, or helped you understand something more thoroughly than before.
- Students will evaluate the Video Analysis Rubric and add to the rubric to reflect our growth on the ability to analyze videos.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Homework due Tuesday, February 7, 2019: None.
Classwork, Monday, February 6, 2019: Character Traits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- New York State Social Studies Framework:
- A. Gathering, Interpreting and Using Evidence
2. Identify, effectively select, and analyze different forms of evidence used to make meaning in social studies
(including primary and secondary sources such as art and photographs, artifacts, oral histories, maps, and graphs). - F. Civic Participation
1. Demonstrate respect for the rights of others in discussion and classroom debates, regardless of whether one
agrees with the other viewpoint. Consider alternate views in discussion.
5. Participate in negotiating and compromising in the resolution of differences and conflict; introduce and examine
the role of conflict resolution.
6. Identify situations with a global focus in which social actions are required and suggest solutions.
7. Describe the roles of people in power both historically and currently. Identify ways
that current figures can influence people’s rights and freedom.
8. Identify rights and responsibilities of citizens within societies.
- A. Gathering, Interpreting and Using Evidence
- Activate Prior Knowledge:
- Show students the introductory slide to the primary source documentary video of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
- Students will make a prediction about what the video will be about.
- Students will also make a prediction as to what type of video this is: primary source documentary, reenactment, animation, or something else. They will circle their prediction on the Video Analysis Worksheet.
- Students will list three character traits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. before they watch the video
- Students will discuss why we will watch this video at this point in our social studies unit.
- Mrs. Looney will explain the connection between what the students already know and what they are going to learn next.
- Learning Objective: Skill Development
- Students will analyze the primary source documentary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech (examine carefully, breaking it into components to understand it).
- Students will identify and describe character traits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and how these character traits enabled him to impact the world.
- Students will describe the features of the video and how these features helped them to understand the impact Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has made on the world.
- Students will describe an aspect of the video that showed something they hadn’t seen before, caused them to think in a new way, or helped them understand something more thoroughly than before.
- Students will compare this type of video to other documentaries that we have analyzed in the past.
- Personal Importance/Real Life Importance/Academic Importance:
- Does anyone have any other reasons why this lesson is important academically?
- Does anyone have any other reasons why this lesson is important in your life?
- Guided Practice:
- As a class we will review the Video Analysis Rubric to follow up from Friday.
- As a class we will discuss components that we can add to our Video Analysis Rubric.
- What are some characteristics that you can infer about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr? Compare his characteristics from when he was younger to his characteristics of his during the time that he died.
- As a class we will read the questions before we watch the documentary so students will know what to look for and observe while we watch the video.
- Before we listen to King's speech and watch King deliver his speech, we will discuss the use of repetition as a powerful literary device. Students will write down at least two examples of repetition in his speech. Students will also be listening to the theme of the speech.
- As a class we will listen to Dr. Martin Luther King's speech. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Five minutes of his "I Have Dream" Speech, Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE
- Mrs. Looney will periodically pause the documentary so students will have an opportunity to take short notes in the spaces provided on the worksheet.
- Students will practice taking notes while the documentary is playing, making sure that the note-taking doesn't interfere with carefully watching the film.
- While analyzing the video, students will determine if this documentary a primary source documentary, a reenactment, an animation, or something else.
- Students will write down how they can tell which type of documentary this film is.
- As a class we will discuss the features of the film that help increase our ability to learn about the topic.
- If time permits we will sing "What Can One Little Person Do?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh0gAO09zOc
- Below are some more videos that inform about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and values.
- To get to the videos:
- (A) Click here to get onto the SNAP.caboces.org website. The username and password for the snap.caboces.org website is found in the students' agendas, Scio Tigers!
- (B) VERY IMPORTANT! READ STEP C BEFORE YOU MOVE ON TO STEP B!!!!! STEP B: After you log into SNAP.caboces.org, click on the Discovery Education icon. After you have opened the Discovery Education website you should be logged in. AND after you log into SNAP.caboces.org, click on the Learn360 icon. ALSO, click onto BrainPop and that will log you onto BrainPop.
- (C) After you are logged into Discovery Education and Learn360, come back to this webpage to click onto the two videos found below.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Biography. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmEZGbUvW2M
- Brain Pop: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/freemovies/martinlutherkingjr/
- Learn 360: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. http://www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?lid=163210&SearchText=martin+luther+king+jr&ID=256351
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Five minutes of his I Have Dream Speech, Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE
- If you cannot open SNAP.caboces.org above, Go to caboces.org On the CABOCES website, go to Instructional Support Services, Learning Resources.
- The username and password for the SNAP.caboces.org website is found in the students' agendas.
- Then go to STEP B above.
- Students will http://www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?lid=163210&SearchText=martin+luther+king+jr&ID=256351
- Independent Practice:
- In pairs, students will make a list of the character traits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Students will write one sentence that describes one way that there thinking has changed after watching Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech.
Homework due day, December , 2019: None.
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