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This Building Background Knowledge: The Dinka and Nuer Tribes Until the Mid-1980s (“Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War” Excerpt 1) (Version 1) lesson plan also includes:
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Readers consider comparisons between the Dinka and Nuer tribes in South Sudan, making connections between an informational article about Sudanese tribes and the novel A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. They annotate the text to help them track essential ideas and use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words.
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- Pre-teach the words temporal, mystical, intruders, and adhere to support English learners and struggling readers
Classroom Considerations
- Serves as installment 10 of 14 consecutive lessons from the Grade 7 ELA Module 1, Unit 1 series
- Requires access to the anchor chart that students began in lesson two
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- Provides helpful tips for lesson differentiation
- Includes thorough teaching notes to make instruction easy
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