Block 7: Making Connections Across Genres & Testing as a Genre 2/23-3/27 4 weeks (20 days) TEKS: 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.11, 5.11E, Fig. 19D, Fig. 19E, & Fig. 19F Week Time Frame Lessons Focus 1 2/23-2/27 1-5 Paired Passages 2 3/2-3/6 6-10 Inferring & Summarizing in Realistic Fiction & Drama 3 3/16-3/20 11-15 Inferring & Summarizing in Drama, Literary Nonfiction, and Poetry 4 3/23-3/27 15-20 Inferring & Summarizing in Poetry & Expository 5 3/30-4/3 5th Grade STAAR READING 5 Flex Days The first 5 lessons in this Block focus on Making Connections Across Genres. The texts needed are included in the lessons. The remaining lessons are 3-day Genre Review cycles. The first day will be an overview of the structure and elements of the Genre (using the Genre Study Noticings Anchor Chart). The second and third day of the Genre Review will focus on the Process Standards within that genre (Inferring-19D and Summarizing-19E). Each lesson includes an engagement strategy with student handouts, the text you will use, and test-formatted questions. After reviewing your data from District Assessments, if you feel there are more important standards to review/reteach, please do so. This Block is your opportunity to reteach any concepts based on the needs of your students. Block 7: Making Connections Across Genres Lesson TEKS & Objective/Product Procedure TEKS: Fig 19F Focus: Compare, Contrast, and Connect Across 1 Obj: We will make connections (e.g., thematic Texts links, author analysis) between literary and Whole Group Text(s): “Troy Aikman/Troy informational texts with similar ideas and Aikman & J.P. O’Neil” (Included in the Handouts) provide textual evidence. Independent Text(s): “George Washington Product: I will make connections between Biography/George Washington: A Writer of literary and informational texts with similar Letters” (Included in the Handouts) ideas and provide textual evidence. Approach: Minilesson Resources/Materials: Compare, Contrast, and Connect Across Texts Anchor Chart TEKS: Fig 19F Focus: Compare, Contrast, and Connect Across 2 Obj: We will make connections (e.g., thematic Texts links, author analysis) between literary and Whole Group Text(s): “Geese Facts/Flight Plight” informational texts with similar ideas and (Included in the Handouts) provide textual evidence. Independent Text(s): “Manatees/Dugongs” Product: I will make connections between (Included in the Handouts) literary and informational texts with similar Approach: Minilesson ideas and provide textual evidence. Resources/Materials: Compare, Contrast, and Connect Across Texts Anchor Chart TEKS: Fig 19F Focus: Bridging to STAAR: Compare, Contrast, and 3 Obj: We will make connections (e.g., thematic Connect Across Texts links, author analysis) between literary and Whole Group Text(s): “Stage Fright/Fear Takes informational texts with similar ideas and Center Stage” (Included in the Handouts) provide textual evidence. Independent Text(s): “Stage Fright/Fear Takes Product: I will make connections between Center Stage” (Included in the Handouts) literary and informational texts with similar in the Handouts) ideas and provide textual evidence. Approach: Minilesson Resources/Materials: TEKS: Fig 19F Focus: Bridging to STAAR: Compare, Contrast, and 4 Obj: We will make connections (e.g., thematic Connect Across Texts links, author analysis) between literary and Whole Group Text(s): “Stage Fright/Fear Takes informational texts with similar ideas and Center Stage” (Included in the Handouts) provide textual evidence. Independent Text(s): “Stage Fright/Fear Takes Product: I will make connections between Center Stage” (Included in the Handouts) literary and informational texts with similar Approach: Minilesson ideas and provide textual evidence. Resources/Materials: TEKS: Fig 19F Focus: Bridging Assessment 5 Obj: We will make connections (e.g., thematic Whole Group Text(s): None links, author analysis) between literary and Independent Text(s): informational texts with similar ideas and Approach: Independent Practice provide textual evidence. Resources/Materials: Product: I will make connections between literary and informational texts with similar ideas and provide textual evidence. Lesson 1 Connect, Compare, Contrast Across Texts Lesson Overview: Fig 19F Text: “Troy Aikman-A Biography/Troy Aikman & J.P. O’Neil” (included in a handouts) Independent Text: “George Washington Biography/George Washinton: A Writer of Letters” (included in a handouts) Approach: Minilesson BEFORE THE LESSON 1. Create the Connect, Compare, and Contrast Across Texts Anchor Chart leave the text examples blank. Minilesson-Connect, Compare, Contrast Across Texts 1. Display the texts “Troy Aikman-A Biography/Troy Aikman & J.P. O’Neil.” Read the texts aloud. 2. After reading have students turn and talk about: How the texts are similar? How are the texts different? 3. Display the Connect, Compare, and Contrast Across Text Anchor Chart. Use the anchor chart to discuss the strategy with your students. 4. Model completing the side for “Troy Aikman-A Biography.” Have students assist you in completing the side for “Troy Aikman & J.P. O’Neil.” Independent Practice: Have students work with a partner or small group using to read the texts “George Washington Biography/George Washington: A Writer of Letters” and complete the Connect, Compare, and Contrast Handouts. Reading Workshop: (Review any Reading Workshop Minilessons, as needed.) Each day as students complete the Independent Practice, they should read their Independent Book, record their thinking on sticky notes and paste them in their Reading Notebook in the Reading Response section, and continue to keep a record of their reading. Connect, compare, and contrast across texts When reading, it is important to make connections and to compare and contrast ideas, themes, and issues. The reader may need to go beyond the author’s words within one or two texts to compare how ideas, themes, and issues are alike and how they are different. When Reading Compare-how the two texts are alike Contrast-how the two texts are different Troy Aikman-A Biography Troy Aikman & J.P. O’Neil Facts/Events: Facts/Events: Born in 1966 with club feet A ten year-old Cowboys fan with Played college football at Oklahoma & cancer visits training camp and UCLA befriends Troy Aikman. Drafted number one, didn’t win a single Boy’s mom asks Troy to throw a TD game his first year, and later was Super for her son. Bowl MVP Suffered ten concussions but still won 3 Super Bowls and made it into the Hall of Fame Inferences: Inferences: Troy was tough and determined. Troy made J.P. feel special before he died. Lesson Learned/Theme: Lesson Learned/Theme: Don’t quit and good things can happen. Always keep your word, even when life is hard. Key phrases: Facts/Events from _______ and _______ are alike/different because _________. Inferences from _______ and _______ are alike/different because _________. The lessons learned/themes are alike/different because ________. 217 Student Name:____________________ Date:___________ Connect, Compare, Contrast Across Texts Title 1: Title 2: The stories were alike in several ways. The stories were different in several ways. 218 Student Name:_______________________ Date:___________ Connect, Compare, Contrast Across Texts Title: Title: Facts/Events: Facts/Events: Inferences: Inferences: Lesson Learned/Theme: Lesson Learned/Theme: Troy Aikman—A Biography 1 Troy Aikman, the great Cowboy quarterback, was born in 1966 in West Covina, California. He had to wear casts on both of his feet until he was 13 months to correct a mild form of club feet. 2 After high school, Troy was offered the opportunity to play professional baseball for the New York Mets but chose football. He first played for Oklahoma University but later transferred to the University of California at Los Angeles when Oklahoma installed a more run oriented offense. In 1989, Troy was drafted with the first overall pick by the Dallas Cowboys, and he didn’t win a single game his rookie season. Three years later, after a victory in Super Bowl XXVI, he was named the most valuable player on the team. 3 Throughout his NFL career, Troy suffered ten concussions and several injuries. After helping the Cowboys win three Super Bowls and passing for a total of 32,942 yards, he retired. Despite that challenging first season, he still holds the NFL record for wins by a quarterback during any specific decade. He was enshrined in the NFL Hall of Fame in 2006. Troy Aikman and J.P. O’Neil 4 A Dallas boy named J.P. O’Neil was ten years old in 1993 when he developed a kind of cancer that causes tumors to grow on different parts of the patient’s body. J.P. was a sports fan who had pictures of the Cowboys all over his room. 5 During the summer of 1994 Channel 5 heard about J.P. and arranged a trip to the Cowboys’ training camp. J.P. met with the players and got autographs. One player, Troy Aikman, was especially kind to J.P. and visited with him for several minutes. 6 As Aikman turned to leave, J.P.’s mother, Kim, touched his sleeve. “Would you do me a favor and throw a touchdown pass for J.P.?” she asked. 7 Aikman looked at her and at J.P. sitting in his wheelchair, wearing a Cowboy cap. The quarterback was touched. “I will do that in a game soon and then I’ll send him the ball,” he promised. 8 On the night of August 7, the Cowboys did not win, but Troy threw the touchdown pass for J.P. and sent it to him. 9 J.P. died soon after that. The football was in his hands when people came to his funeral. Troy kept his promise. George Washington Biography George Washington was born on February 22, 1732.