Objective Content

Unit

Nonfiction--A Mason-Dixon Memory--Essay

Local Objective

At the end of this unit, students will be able to...

a. Analyze forms of prose: the essay.

b. Analyze flashbacks.

c. Determine the meaning of vocabulary.

**Link to "A Mason-Dixon Memory"

a. Summarize a text.

b. Understand main idea.

Objective used to evaluate students

Yes

Assessment Activity

1. The students will be assessed by participating in classroom discussions and completing independent activities on the objectives of analyzing forms of prose, analyzing flashbacks, and determining the meaning of vocabulary.

2. At the end of the selection, students will complete a selection test to evaluate the mastery of analyzing forms of prose (essay), analyzing flashbacks (questions 1,2,3,4,5), and determining the meaning of vocabulary (questions 6-10).

3. After the selection test, students will complete an informational text activity where students will summarize text and understand main ideas.

Level of Expectation

80%

List of concepts and Evaluation Types

Concept	Evaluation Type
Wall Chart of Story Elements	PE
Persuasive Essay	PE
"Analyzing an Article" Questions	CR
Selection Test	PE
"Response and Analysis" Questions	CR
Vocabulary Check Worksheet	MC

Learning Activity

The students will:

1. Write a short essay about how far you would go to do the right thing? How far would go to do the right thing even if you had to give up something special?

2. Read selection vocabulary, determine their meanings, and read sample sentences. Complete a vocabulary check worksheet. (handouts 23,209,212)

3. Read the nonfiction, essay entitled "A Mason-Dixon Memory" by Clifton Davis. Participate in discussions during reading. Analyze the prose and flashbacks as you read.

4. Complete a "Response and Analysis" set of questions (page 540) Retell the story events during the process.

5. Write a persuasive essay on an issue that you really care about. Identify the issue, then state your opinion of it. List evidence that supports your opinion.

6. Complete a plot chart. (general handout)

7. Complete a study guide. (handout)

8. Take a selection test on the nonfiction, essay "A Mason-Dixon Memory" by Clifton Davis.

9. As a group, students will complete wall chart covering story elements.

10. Read the article entitled "Buddies Bare Their Affection for I11 Classmate." Summarize the text and understand the main idea.

11. Analyze the article by answering the questions about "Buddies Bare Their Affection for I11 Classmate." (page 545)

Instructional Method

The teacher will:

1. Instruct students to write a short essay about how far they would go to do the right thing. Have them think about how far they would go to do the right thing even if they had to give up something special.

2. Introduce the selection vocabulary words, meanings, and sample sentences. Assign a vocabulary check worksheet. (handouts 23,209,212)

3. Guide students during the reading of the nonfiction, essay entitled "A Mason-Dixon Memory" by Clifton Davis. Guide discussion throughout the reading. Help students to analyze the prose and flashbacks as you read.

4. Discuss and model the "Response and Analysis" questions.

5. Guide students has they write a persuasive essay on an issue they really care about. Model the steps of identifying the issue, stating their opinion, and supporting their opinion with evidence.

6. Discuss and model how to complete a plot chart. (general handout)

7. Discuss the study guide for the selection test. (handout)

8. Review selection test and complete a wall chart of story elements.

9. Guide students during the reading of the article entitled "Buddies Bare Their Affection for I11 Classmate." Guide students in summarizing the text and understanding the main idea.

10. Discuss and model the "Analyzing the Article".

Content Standards

CA 2, CA 3, CA 4

Process Standards

1.2, 2.4, 3.8, 4.1, 2.1, 3.7, 1.5, 3.5, 3.4, 1.6, 3.1

Resources

Holt Elements of Literature

Marker Board

Correction Exercise

Tutoring

Peer Coaching

Enrichment Exercise

Independent Reading

Special Needs

Tutoring

Peer Coaching

Modified Assignments

GLEs v1.0

GLE Code	Discipline	Strand	Big Idea	Concept	Grade Level/Course	GLE
CA/1/1/E/07/a	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process	Vocabulary	Grade 7	Develop vocabulary through text, using - roots and affixes - context clues - glossary, dictionary and thesaurus
CA/1/1/F/07/a	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process	Pre-Reading	Grade 7	Apply pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension - access prior knowledge - preview - predict - set a purpose and rate for reading
CA/1/1/H/07/a	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process	Post-Reading	Grade 7	Apply post-reading skills to comprehend and interpret text - question to clarify - reflect - analyzedraw conclusions - summarize - paraphrase
CA/1/2/C/07/a	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry and drama from a variety of cultures and times	Text Elements	Grade 7	Use details from text to - identify plot and sub-plot, theme and various types of conflict - analyze cause and effect - identify and explain point of view and mood - determine how an incident foreshadows a future event - evaluate the problem-solving processes of characters and the effectiveness of solutions
CA/2/3/D/07/a	Communication Arts	Writing	Write effectively in various forms and types of writing	Summary Writing	Grade 7	Write a multi-paragraph summary of a newspaper/ magazine article, editorial or news program that includes supporting evidence from text

GLEs v2.0 and CLEs

GLE Code	Discipline	Strand	Big Idea	Concept	Grade Level/Course	GLE
CA/R/1/E/7/a.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process	Vocabulary	7th Grade	Develop vocabulary through text, using roots and affixes
CA/R/1/E/7/b.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process	Vocabulary	7th Grade	Develop vocabulary through text, using context clues
CA/R/1/F/7/a.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process	Pre-Reading	7th Grade	Apply pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension: access prior knowledge
CA/R/1/F/7/b.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process	Pre-Reading	7th Grade	Apply pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension: preview
CA/R/1/F/7/c.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process	Pre-Reading	7th Grade	Apply pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension: predict with evidence
CA/R/1/F/7/d.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process	Pre-Reading	7th Grade	Apply pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension: set a purpose and rate for reading
CA/R/1/H/7/a.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process	Post-Reading	7th Grade	Apply post-reading skills to comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate text: identify and explain the relationship between the main idea and supporting details
CA/R/1/H/7/b.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process	Post-Reading	7th Grade	Apply post-reading skills to comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate text: question to clarify
CA/R/1/H/7/c.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process	Post-Reading	7th Grade	Apply post-reading skills to comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate text: reflect
CA/R/1/H/7/d.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process	Post-Reading	7th Grade	Apply post-reading skills to comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate text: draw conclusions
CA/R/1/H/7/e.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process	Post-Reading	7th Grade	Apply post-reading skills to comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate text: paraphrase
CA/R/1/H/7/f.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process	Post-Reading	7th Grade	Apply post-reading skills to comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate text: summarize
CA/R/2/C/7/b.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry and drama from a variety of cultures and times	Literary Elements	7th Grade	Use details from text to identify plot and sub-plot, mood, flashback, theme and types of conflict
CA/R/2/C/7/c.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry and drama from a variety of cultures and times	Literary Elements	7th Grade	Use details from text to analyze cause and effect
CA/R/2/C/7/d.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry and drama from a variety of cultures and times	Literary Elements	7th Grade	Use details from text to identify and explain point of view
CA/R/2/C/7/e.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry and drama from a variety of cultures and times	Literary Elements	7th Grade	Use details from text to identify and explain author's viewpoint/perspective
CA/R/2/C/7/f.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry and drama from a variety of cultures and times	Literary Elements	7th Grade	Use details from text to evaluate the problem-solving processes of characters
CA/R/2/C/7/g.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry and drama from a variety of cultures and times	Literary Elements	7th Grade	Use details from text to evaluate the effectiveness of solutions
CA/W/3/A/7/b.	Communication Arts	Writing	Write effectively in various forms and types of writing	Forms/Types/Modes of Writing	7th Grade	Compose a variety of texts, including a summary
CA/W/3/A/7/c.	Communication Arts	Writing	Write effectively in various forms and types of writing	Forms/Types/Modes of Writing	7th Grade	Compose a variety of texts, responding to literature
CA/R/3/C/7/a.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times	Text Structures	7th Grade	Use details from text to demonstrate comprehension skills previously introduced
CA/R/3/C/7/a.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times	Text Structures	7th Grade	Use details from text to demonstrate comprehension skills previously introduced
CA/R/3/C/7/a.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times	Text Structures	7th Grade	Use details from text to demonstrate comprehension skills previously introduced
CA/R/3/C/7/b.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times	Text Structures	7th Grade	Use details from text to summarize author's ideas
CA/R/3/C/7/c.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times	Text Structures	7th Grade	Use details from text to make predictions
CA/R/3/C/7/d.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times	Text Structures	7th Grade	Use details from text to make inferences
CA/R/3/C/7/e.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times	Text Structures	7th Grade	Use details from text to evaluate the accuracy of the information
CA/R/3/C/7/f.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times	Text Structures	7th Grade	Use details from text to analyze the text to sequence events
CA/R/3/C/7/g.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times	Text Structures	7th Grade	Use details from text to analyze the text to compare and contrast
CA/R/3/C/7/h.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times	Text Structures	7th Grade	Use details from text to identify and explain point of view
CA/R/3/C/7/i.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times	Text Structures	7th Grade	Use details from text to analyze the text to compare authors' viewpoints
CA/R/3/C/7/j.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times	Text Structures	7th Grade	Use details from text to analyze the text to identify and explain cause and effect
CA/R/3/C/7/k.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times	Text Structures	7th Grade	Use details from text to analyze the text to identify problem solving processes and explain the effectiveness of solutions
CA/R/3/C/7/l.	Communication Arts	Reading	Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times	Text Structures	7th Grade	Use details from text to analyze two or more texts

Objective Notes/Essential Questions

Date	Note/Question
6/29/2010 2:31:35 PM	Guiding questions to be asked during reading: 1. What is the principal difference between an essay and a short story? 2. What facts do you learn about Dondre Green and the author in this opening paragraph? 3. What hint has happened that points to a flashback? 4. Based on what you have read so far, is this essay a formal, structured essay on a specific topic or a personal essay? 5. How can you tell that the trip was very important to the author? 6. Why does Frank decide to stay behind with Clifton? 7. What is the author's purpose in sharing these emotions? "link" 1. Why do you think Ian was surprised that his friends got their heads shaved too? 2. Is it easier for people to do the right thing when they are acting alone or when they are acting as part of a group?

Date

Note/Question

6/29/2010 2:31:35 PM

Guiding questions to be asked during reading:

1. What is the principal difference between an essay and a short story?

2. What facts do you learn about Dondre Green and the author in this opening paragraph?

3. What hint has happened that points to a flashback?

4. Based on what you have read so far, is this essay a formal, structured essay on a specific topic or a personal essay?

5. How can you tell that the trip was very important to the author?

6. Why does Frank decide to stay behind with Clifton?

7. What is the author's purpose in sharing these emotions?

"link"

1. Why do you think Ian was surprised that his friends got their heads shaved too?

2. Is it easier for people to do the right thing when they are acting alone or when they are acting as part of a group?