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Mid-Unit Assessment: Small Group Discussion: How Do Modern Poems Portray Modern Adversities? Lesson PlanMid-Unit Assessment: Small Group Discussion: How Do Modern Poems Portray Modern Adversities? Lesson Plan
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EngageNY
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Grade
6th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
45 mins
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Direct Instruction
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Year
2014
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Mid-Unit Assessment: Small Group Discussion: How Do Modern Poems Portray Modern Adversities?

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This Mid-Unit Assessment: Small Group Discussion: How Do Modern Poems Portray Modern Adversities? lesson plan also includes:
  • Full Grade 6 ELA Module 2B (.pdf)
  • Full Grade 6 ELA Module 2B Updates: June 2015 (.pdf)
  • Full Grade 6 ELA Module 2B, Unit 3 (.pdf)
  • Grade 6 ELA Module 2B: Unit 3, Lesson 4 (.html)
  • Assessment
  • Graphic Organizer
  • Reading Passage
  • Poem
  • Answer Key
  • Vocabulary
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How is a poem similar to and different from a news article? Pupils use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast the two genres. Also, as part of a mid-unit assessment, scholars participate in small-group discussions based on poetry analysis and then self-assess their performance. 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

group discussions, poetry, adversity, cross-genre analysis, compare and contrast, venn diagrams

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Provide English learners with sentence starters for discussions

Classroom Considerations

  • Part four from the consecutive 10-part Grade 6 ELA Module 2B Unit 3 series
  • Cut the discussion questions into strips in advance

Pros

  • Offers strategies for lesson differentiation
  • Includes a class discussion tracker 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.6.7 RL.6.9 SL.6.1.a SL.6.1.b SL.6.1.c SL.6.1.d

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