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Researching Miné Okubo: Gathering Textual Evidence Lesson PlanResearching Miné Okubo: Gathering Textual Evidence Lesson Plan
Publisher
EngageNY
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Grade
8th
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English Language Arts
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Duration
45 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2014
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Researching Miné Okubo: Gathering Textual Evidence

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  • Researching Miné Okubo: Gathering Textual Evidence (.docx)
  • Grade 8 ELA Module 3A Unit 3 Overview (.pdf)
  • Grade 8 ELA Module 3A Unit 3 Overview (.docx)
  • Grade 8 ELA Module 3A Recommended Texts (.pdf)
  • Grade 8 ELA Module 3A Recommended Texts (.docx)
  • Grade 8 ELA Module 3A Overview (.pdf)
  • Grade 8 ELA Module 3A Overview (.docx)
  • Grade 8 ELA Module 3A Assessments (.pdf)
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  • Grade 8 ELA Module 3A Performance Task (.pdf)
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Scholars read two texts about Miné Okubo’s life. In Riverside’s Miné Okubo and Miné Okubo, readers gather information to write narrative essays describing how Okubo became visible again. The essay serves as part of a performance task.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

informational texts, narrative essays, narratives

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Discuss different thoughts and interpretations on the meaning of words: become, visible, and again

Classroom Considerations

  • Part three of an eight-installment Grade 8 ELA Module 3A, Unit 3 playlist
  • Uses a document camera and a handout from lesson two

Pros

  • Includes vocabulary to teach to increase reading comprehension
  • Offers suggestions to help struggling and advanced learners

Cons

  • None

Common Core

W.8.9.a

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