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Defining Key Terms: Gender and Internal Identity Lesson PlanDefining Key Terms: Gender and Internal Identity 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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Defining Key Terms: Gender and Internal Identity

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  • Full Grade 7 ELA Module 2b (.pdf)
  • Full Grade 7 ELA Module 2b Updates: June 2015 (.pdf)
  • Full Grade 7 ELA Module 2b, Unit 1 (.pdf)
  • Grade 7 ELA Module 2b: Unit 1, Lesson 2 (.html)
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Be a team player! Learners examine the article Team Players and discuss how the title might relate to identity. They then analyze the article using the sheets Reader’s Notes: Team Players and Text-Dependent Questions: Team Players. Readers then work to complete the Identity anchor chart and Sample Cultural Identifiers anchor chart and discuss where the article Team Players would fall on the two.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

central ideas, evidence, text connections

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Discuss the meaning of a team player and how being associated with a team may relate to identity

Classroom Considerations

  • Second lesson of 10 in Grade 7 ELA Module 2b, Unit 1
  • Expects teachers to implement the lessons in order

Pros

  • Includes a Close Reading Guide for teacher reference to aid with the text-dependent questions
  • Offers ideas to help struggling pupils

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.7.1 RI.7.2 RI.7.3

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