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Building Background Knowledge and Summarizing: “Refugees: Who, Where, Why” Part 2 Lesson PlanBuilding Background Knowledge and Summarizing: “Refugees: Who, Where, Why” Part 2 Lesson Plan
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EngageNY
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8th
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English Language Arts
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Duration
45 mins
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Year
2014
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Building Background Knowledge and Summarizing: “Refugees: Who, Where, Why” Part 2

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What are some universal aspects of refugees' experiences worldwide and throughout history? Scholars read the text "Refugees: Who, Where, Why" and create two class anchor charts. Finally, they each write a paragraph that provides an objective text summary.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

refugees, informational texts, paragraph writing, summarizing

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Provide various examples of effective summaries

Classroom Considerations

  • This is lesson five from the consecutive 20-part Grade 8 ELA Module 1, Unit 2 series 
  • Provide access to the novel Inside Out & Back Again

Pros

  • Includes teaching notes
  • Offers ideas to better meet students' needs

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.8.1 RI.8.2 RI.8.3 W.8.2.a

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