Lesson Plans
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7th Grade ELA: How Setting and Conflict Influence Characterization
The purpose of this learning segment is to have students investigate how the influence of setting and conflict affect a character’s actions. This learning segment took place over the course of three lessons. The full lesson plans can be found below.
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Student Work Examples
Students listened to the Blackwood podcast and became investigators. In groups, they worked together to solve the mystery and connect their evidence to a single theory.
Butterflies represent resilience and hope. Students created butterflies based on artwork and poems from children in the Holocaust before reading "Night".
Students reflected on their classmates' butterflies.
Romeo and Juliet's famous balcony scene reimaged into a comic strip.
Romeo and Juliet's famous balcony scene reimaged into a comic strip.
During the holiday season, students gave their words in letters to be delivered to recipients of City Meals on Wheels.
During the holiday season, students gave their words in letters to be delivered to recipients of City Meals on Wheels.
SEL Day! Students collaborated in pairs to assemble a puzzle. The twist, only the student who was blindfolded could handle the pieces!
Students used their investigation skills to make connections and infer theories during the Blackwood podcast by creating evidence boards.
Students used their investigation skills to make connections and infer theories during the Blackwood podcast by creating evidence boards.
Students used their investigation skills to make connections and infer theories during the Blackwood podcast by creating evidence boards.