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Grade 6: Changes Over Time – The Ethics of Selling History Lesson Seed: 9 Lesson Seed Prototype Lesson seeds are ideas for the standards that can be used to build a lesson. Lesson seeds are not meant to be all-inclusive, nor are they substitutes for instruction. When developing lessons from these seeds it is crucial that a teacher considers Universal Design for Learning and the needs of all learners. It is also important to build checkpoints into the lessons where appropriate formative assessments will inform a teacher’s instructional pacing and delivery.

Materials and/or Text(s):  “The Fun They Had” by Isaac Asimov (This text can be located at the following web sites: http://www.kunaschools.org/staff/KunaMiddleSchool/Fahrner_Terri/Documents/TheFunThey Had0001.pdf, http://users.aber.ac.uk/dgc/funtheyhad.html, or http://transformingclassrooms.pbworks.com/f/thefuntheyhad.pdf)

Standards RL.2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. RL.6. Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. L.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.  Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive) SL.1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Student Outcomes/Suggested Instructional Activities  Provide time for students to compose a quickwrite and/or journal entry titled “The Fun We Have” about their favorite day and/or memory of school.  Solicit volunteers to share a few of their quickwrite and/or journal entries with the class.  Prompt students to consider the ways school might change in the future. Generate a list of students’ ideas and post these for reference.  Utilize an appropriate shared reading strategy to engage the class in reading “The Fun They Had” by Isaac Asimov.  Pair students to consider ways the author portrays both Margie’s and Tommy’s points of view in the story.  Prompt students to develop a series of interview questions that they would like to ask Margie about her school AND develop a series of interview questions that Margie would like to ask them about their school.  Direct students to trade questions with another student pair and answer the questions from both Margie’s and their own perspectives.  Instruct students to closely attend to the use of “they,” “we,” and “you” as part of their responses and consider the correct use of pronouns when developing their ideas.  Engage students in a structured discussion of thematic ideas and lessons learned from the story. Consider the use of o Fishbowl (http://hostedweb.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/bdg/pdf_docs/d/F03.pdf )

R/ELA.MSDE.05/07/2012 Page 1 of 1 Grade 6: Changes Over Time – The Ethics of Selling History Lesson Seed: 9 Lesson Seed Prototype Lesson seeds are ideas for the standards that can be used to build a lesson. Lesson seeds are not meant to be all-inclusive, nor are they substitutes for instruction. When developing lessons from these seeds it is crucial that a teacher considers Universal Design for Learning and the needs of all learners. It is also important to build checkpoints into the lessons where appropriate formative assessments will inform a teacher’s instructional pacing and delivery. o Philosophical chairs (http://www.sdcoe.net/lret/avid/Resources/Philosophical_Chairs.pdf ) o Word connections (http://www.mjsd.k12.wi.us/map/staff/LarsenH/documents/FishBowlDiscussi onTechnique.pdf )

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