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Analyzing a Model Essay: “Challenges Facing a Lost Boy of Sudan” Lesson PlanAnalyzing a Model Essay: “Challenges Facing a Lost Boy of Sudan” Lesson Plan
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EngageNY
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Grade
7th
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English Language Arts
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Duration
2 hrs
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Year
2014
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Analyzing a Model Essay: “Challenges Facing a Lost Boy of Sudan”

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This Analyzing a Model Essay: “Challenges Facing a Lost Boy of Sudan” lesson plan also includes:
  • Full Grade 7 ELA Module 1 (.pdf)
  • Full Grade 7 ELA Module 1 Updates: June 2015 (.pdf)
  • Full Grade 7 ELA Module 1, Unit 2 (.pdf)
  • Grades 6-8 English Language Arts Curriculum Map
  • Grades 6-8 ELA Curriculum: Appendix 1: Teaching Practices and Protocols (.pdf)
  • Grades 6-8 ELA Curriculum: Appendix 2: Graphic Organizers (.zip)
  • Grade 7 ELA Module 1: Unit 2, Lesson 11 (.html)
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Copy that! Writers carefully analyze a model essay to gain a better understanding of their upcoming essays about A Long Walk to Water. They begin by circling unfamiliar words in the model as teachers read it aloud. They then pinpoint specific sentences in the essay that reveal the author's message and discuss how the writer embedded quotes within the writing.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

essay writing, essay structure, quotations

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Review and practice rules for quotations before beginning

Classroom Considerations

  • Lesson 11 of 19 in the unit Grade 7 ELA Module 1, Unit 2
  • Complete lessons in order

Pros

  • Includes anticipated scholar responses
  • Offers a list of tips for using quotations

Cons

  • None

Common Core

W.7.2.a W.7.2.b W.7.2.c W.7.2.d W.7.2.e W.7.2.f W.7.8 L.7.2.a L.7.2.b

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