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Middle School English Language Arts (ELA) Unit 1: How We Change and Grow

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Ages 11-13
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This 9-week course will meet 2 times a week and cover all the essentials of reading, writing, and language use with a curriculum aligned to core standards that is interactive and interesting for learners- ending with essay writing. #academic
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Live video meetings
2x per week, 9 weeks
3-8 learners per class
45 min

What's included

18 live meetings
13 hrs 30 mins in-class hours
Homework
1-2 hours per week. They will be some reading and writing tasks assigned as homework between classes. These tasks should not take more than an hour each. Reading tasks will be a few pages long. Writing tasks will be paragraphs for the first couple of assignments and then working on the final essay. There are no full-length books in this unit.
Assessment
~Students will have some baseline assessment tests and writing tasks. ~There will be a vocabulary quiz. ~There will be a grammar quiz. ~There will be a discussion that will be graded according to a rubric. ~There will be a final essay that will be graded according to a rubric.
Grading
included

Class Experience

US Grade 5 - 8
In this unit, we will try to answer the essential question, "How can relationships and life events change people?"  To help us do this, we will explore informational text and short stories to extract the main ideas and key details, plot the storyline and characters, and search for a central idea.  We will also practice expository and argumentive writing with proper punctuation and appropriate vocabulary. 

Classes are designed to be as interactive as possible and promote discussion between learners and the teacher.  We will have slide show presentations, google forms, polls, activities, discussions, and videos to support our learning experience when appropriate.  

All material will be Google applications, and no logins are required. Most of the class will be screen shared via the teacher's screen. Learners will not be directed to outside websites, click links, or log into accounts other than using Google apps. 

Session 1 Introduction and Vocabulary List
Session 2 Reading- "Do People Really Change?" by Jessica McBirney and Baseline Writing Task
Session 3 Writing Lesson: Understanding Assignment and Vocabulary Activity
Session 4 Reading- "Raymon's Run" by Toni Cade Bambara
Session 5 Writing Lesson: Paragraphs
Session 6 Vocabulary Activity and Reading- "The Medicine Bag" by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
Session 7 Vocabulary Activity and Writing Lesson: Evidence
Session 8 Vocabulary Quiz and Grammar Activity
Session 9 Media Exploring
Session 10 Reading- "The Scholarship Jacket" by Marta Salinas and Grammar Activity
Session 11 Grammar Activity and Narrative Essay Assignment
Session 12 Grammar Activity and Discussion Presentation
Session 13 Class Discussion and Recap
Session 14 Grammar Quiz and Essay Parts
Session 15 Essay Parts and Planning
Session 16 Essay Drafting and Revising
Session 17 Essay Drafting and Revising
Session 18 Essay Sharing (optional) and Closure

- Students will increase their vocabulary with a set of words they will see, learn, and use throughout the unit. 
-Writing lessons that will guide students to use the vocabulary, concepts, and correct (grade appropriate) mechanics, as well as in-text evidence to support their ideas and citations, will be completed during the course. Writing a good paragraph will also be included in the unit. Grammar mini-lessons will be included. We will also cover steps to successfully write an essay, from understanding the task to brainstorming, outlining, and writing.  
- There will be several reading tasks executed in group guided reading, small group reading, or independent reading to help students explore different reading methods and improve their reading ability and comprehension. 
-We will have a discussion lesson to help students learn and practice being part of an academic discussion.


Standards covered:

Reading:
RL.6.1, RL.6.3, RI.6.1, RI.6.2

Writing:
W.6.1, W.6.2

Language:
L.6.2.A, L.6.6

Speaking and Listening:
SL.6.1.A, SL.6.1.B

Learning Goals

*Students will be able to answer the essential question with detailed evidence from the texts they have read and examine their own lives to see how they have changed. 
*Students will increase their vocabulary through repeated exposure and use of a set of words.
*Students will improve their pre-writing and writing skills by practicing throughout the unit and writing a full-length essay which will demonstrate their understanding of the essential question by comparing how a character changed to how the student changed.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
Only Google (not logged into) will be needed to use interactive google docs, forms, slides ect. for classwork and homework. All these things will be shared during the live meeting and on the Outschool platform.
Supply List
A notebook dedicated to this class will be helpful.
Students should have access to Google (but not logged in) to use some class materials and tasks.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
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Only Google (not logged into) will be needed to use interactive google docs, forms, slides ect. for classwork and homework. All these things will be shared during the live meeting and on the Outschool platform.

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