Description
This lesson is the transition between the lessons on reading the novel and informational text about Sudan and the scaffolding toward the literary analysis essay that will be the assessment at the end of Unit 2. It is important for students to be able to follow the development of a theme through the novel in order for them to understand the work and the author’s intent in writing it. Being able to share their understanding of the novel through an analytical essay is a powerful skill that will also be the reward for their close reading of the novel and the informational texts that helped them to understand the time and place of Salva and Nya’s challenges. Writing about what they read is enjoyable for students, especially if they have become engaged with the text and want to share their understanding with an audience.
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Bilingual Language Progressions
These resources, developed by the New York State Education Department, provide standard-level scaffolding suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs) to help them meet grade-level demands. Each resource contains scaffolds at multiple levels of language acquisition and describes the linguistic demands of the standards to help ELA teachers as well as ESL/bilingual teachers scaffold content for their English learning students.
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From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade 7, Module 1: Unit 2, Lesson 10.
Available from engageny.org/resource/grade-7-module-1-unit-2-lesson-10; accessed 2015-05-29.
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