SSK Unit 4.2 Planning Guide

Instructional Strategies/ActivitiesHISD PLANNING GUIDEEnglish Language Arts Grade 7SUMMER SCHOOLCues, Questions, and Advance OrganizersGraphic Organizer- Mood WebThis graphic organizer allows students to analyze mood by examining setting, figurative language, imagery, and details.SettingDetailsMood:FigurativeLanguageImageryCues, Questions, and Advanced OrganizersGraphic Organizers- DIDS (ELA.7.3A)Have students use this graphic organizer to help them analyze tone and infer theme by recording specific informationon style and diction. Encourage students to keep all graphic organizers in their Literacy Notebooks.DictionTERMImagesDetailsSyntaxPossible ThemeSee About Tone in Resources.DEFINITIONThe connotation or specific meaning of particular words thewriter uses.The vivid descriptions which appeal to the senses.The facts or ideas the writer chooses to include or omit.The structure of a sentence or series of sentences.Cues, Questions, and Advanced OrganizersGraphic Organizers- Dialectical Journal: Questioning (ELA.7.Fig19D, ELA.7.3A, ELA.7.6B, ELA.7.6C)This strategy encourages students to move beyond superficial questions. Students are asked to formulate questionsabout: Attitude of the author toward his/her Mood created by the authorsubject (tone) Analysis of author’s motivation Effects of punctuation Effects of sentence structure or dictionStudents are then to record their questions in a Dialectical Journal.ParagraphLevel 1 or 2 Questions and Answers1 Q:A:2 Q:A:3 Q:A:END Q:A:See Laying the Foundation: A Resource and Planning Guide for PreAP English Grade Seven and Three Levels ofQuestioning in Resources. - English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) - Literacy Leads the Way Best Practices - Aligned to Upcoming State Readiness Standard- State Process Standard R - State Readiness Standard S - State Supporting Standard© Houston ISD Curriculum2012 – 2013Page 7 of 8