Lessontitle:CircleofKnowledgeTheHouseonMangoStreet

Standardsthislessonaddresses:

Unit:Whoarewe?

(allapplicable:state,districtscope/sequence,ELPS,CCR,national,school,and/ornetwork)

8th/9thGrade:
comprehendliteraryfictionbyrecognizinghowcharactersinfluencethemeandresolution
listenresponsivelytoaspeakerbytakingnotesthatsummarize,synthesize,orhighlightthespeaker'sideasforcritical
reflectionandbyaskingquestionsrelatedtothecontentforclarificationandelaboration

Objective(s)forstudentlearning:
(framethisintermsoftheobservableoutcomeofwhatstudentswillbeabletodousingBloomstaxonomysameastheknow/skilledatUbDStage2
section)

Studentswill
1) Explainhowtheprotagonistinfluencesthetheme
2) Demonstratelisteningskills
3) Beabletosummarizeandsynthesizemainideas

AssessmentEvidence:
(howwillyouknowstudentsmettheobjective?performancetask(s)and/orotherevidencesuchasquizzes,tests,academicprompts)

Graphicorganizernotepage(completedduringdiscussion)
WrittenjournalresponseontherelationshipbetweenthemeandEsperanzascharacter
Prompt:respondtooneofthefollowingquestions:
Howcanliteraturebothinfluenceandbeareflectionofcultures?
Whyarediversityandmultipleperspectivesimportantforcommunities/cities?

Understanding(s)&EssentialQuestion(s)thislessonaddresses(ifpartofaUbDunit):

Literaturecanbothinfluenceandbeareflectionofcultures
Whyarediversityandmultipleperspectivesimportantforcommunities/cities?

InstructionalActivity/StudentLearningExperiences:CircleofKnowledge

writeoutprocess/stepsbelow
namespecificstrategiesyouareusingandwriteoutallofthestepsofthestrategy
describethecurriculum/contentANDpedagogy/process)
besureyouarecarefullythinkingabouthowtoopenthelesson,includingfollowingthestrategysstepsoriftherearenot
specificopeningstepshaveanintentionalopeningtothelesson(ex.anticipatoryset/hook,advanceorganizer,review)
howwillyoucheckingforunderstandingthroughoutthelesson?writethisoutspecificallywhenandhow

(Classroomissetupinacircleofdesks)
1.Sparkthediscussionbyposinganopenendedquestionthathooksstudentsintothematerial
AquestionwevestartedinvestigatingthisweekisWhoarewe?Already,wehavedonetheinductive
reasoningactivityaboutidentity,investigatedandlearnedaboutsomelocalhistory,explored
demographics,andstartedtalkingabout

TheHouseonMangoStreet.Todayweregoingtousea
strategycalledCircleofKnowledge.Now,usingwhatwevelearnedsofaraswellasyourownprevious
knowledgeandexperiences,thinkaboutthisdrivingquestionagain:Whoarewe?
2.Allowstudentstimetostopandthinkaboutthequestion.Youmayalsowantstudentstojot
downandshareresponseswithapartnerorsmallgroupbeforeopeningthediscussion.

First,thinkaboutthequestionindividually/silentlyandwritedownsomethoughtsandideas.(34
minutes).
Onceyouvecomeupwithsomethoughts/ideas,talktoapartneraboutwhatyouwerethinkingand
alsorespondtowhattheirideaswere(34minutes).
Partnersareseated(assigned)nexttoeachotherhomogenouslybasedonpreassessment(see
differentiationsection).
3.Sharpenthefocusofthediscussionbyposingafocusingquestionthathighlightsthecentral
topicofthemeofthediscussion
Distributethegraphicorganizernotesheetstothestudentsandexplainhowtheywillbetakingnotes
Twodifferentiatedorganizernotesheetswillbedistributed
Keepingyourprevioussmalldiscussionsinmind,nowweregoingtonarrowthequestiontofocusour
discussion
Howcanliteraturebothinfluenceandbeareflectionofculture(s)?
Whyarediversityandmultipleperspectivesimportantforcommunities/cities?

Ifstudentsarehavingtroublewiththequestions,givethemsomebrainstormideas.
4.Havestudentskindletheirresponsesbyjottingdowntheirinitialresponsesandthen
sharingandcomparingtheirresponsesinsmallgroups
Again,jotdownyourinitialresponsestothesequestion.Youcanwritewords/associations,questions,
feelings,etc.(45mins)
Now,ingroupsof4(pairscometogethertoformgroupsof4),discuss/comparetheseresponses.What
didyourresponseshaveincommon?Whatwerethingsyouhadntthoughtof?
Again,groupsareheterogenousbasedonpreassessment.
5.Engagethewholeclassinthediscussion.Encouragestudentstosharetheirideas,respondto
promptsandquestionsfromtheteacherorotherstudents,refinetheirideas,andevaluatethe
depthoftheirunderstanding.
Gooverpositivebehaviorsandappropriatelanguagefordiscussions(belowinmaterials).
Potentialquestionstoaskincasediscussionstalls
DoyourelatetoEsperanza?HowdoyourelatetoEsperanza?
Howdoesliteratureinfluenceculture?
Howisliteratureareflectionofculture?
Howdoesthistextreflectmultipleperspectives?
Howdoesitreflectperspectivesdifferentlyfromotherbooksyouveread?
6.Duringthediscussion,useavarietyofrecognitiontechniquestomaximizeparticipationand
QSPACEtoshapethediscussion
QSPACE
QuestionPoseaquestionthatstudentsunderstand.
SilenceWaittime.35seconds.
ProbeMakestudentthinkabouttheirthinking.
AcknowledgeAcknowledgeeveryresponsewithoutaffirmingorcorrectingtoooften.
ClarifyAskstudentstorestatetheirandotherstudentsideas.
ElaborateAskWhatif?questions.
7.Recordstudentsresponsesandsummarizekeycontentwithstudents
AsstudentscontinuetodiscussintheCircleofKnowledge,keepnotesoftheirresponseseitheronthe
boardorinaGoogleDoconprojectorthatcanbesharedwithstudentslater.
Helpstudentssummarizewhattheydiscussed.Askforvolunteerstosummarizekeypoints/content
8.Allowstudentstoreflectonthediscussionandtheirownparticipation
ThinkPairShare:
WhatdidyoulikeabouttheCircleofKnowledge?Whatwentwell?
Whatwassomethingthatwaschallengingforyouinusingthisstrategyasaclass?Whatareas
couldyoutrytogrowin?
9.Synthesizestudentlearningwithataskthatasksthemtoapplywhattheylearnedduringthe
discussion.

Exitticket:WriteaboutsomethingyoulearnedfromatleastoneotherpeerduringtheCircleof
Knowledge
Onascaleof15,howwelldoyoufeelaboutthesetwoessentialquestionsweexplored?

Lessonclosure:

Whichvignetteisyourfavorite(atthemoment)andwhy?
Studentsgoaroundcircleandshare

Differentiation:

(identifythelearnerpreferencessuchasMIandLSaswellasanydifferentiationforreadinessandinterest)

LS:Interpersonal(wholeclassdiscussionlotsofopportunityforinteraction)Mastery(graphicorganizer
notes)Understanding(inquiryandasking/exploringquestionsthatdonthavediscreteanswers)
SelfExpressive(journalresponse)

MI:Verballinguistic(reading,writing,speaking)Interpersonal(opportunitiesforinteraction)spatial
(graphicorganizernotes)

Basedonthepreassessments,studentswillbegivenoneoftwodifferentgraphicorganizernotesheetsone
withmoreleading/promptingandonewithmoreabstractquestions.
Additionally,basedonthesamepreassessments,studentswillbegroupedheterogenouslyforthe
partner/smallgroupdiscussions.
*Studentswithdevelopingreadingskillswhoneedextrasupportmaybeprovidedwithanaccompanyingcopy
oftheSpanishtranslationofthetext.

Accommodation:
(howareyougoingtoaccommodatetheuniqueneedsofspecificstudents?forexample,accommodatinglanguagelearnersandmodifyingforspecial
educationstudentsbespecificlistingstudentsbynamecanhelptoensurethatyouarerecognizingandmeetingtheirindividualneeds)

MaterialsandResources:
(studentandteachermaterials,includingtechnology,materialresources,humanresources,orcommunityresources)

Graphicorganizernotes(below)
Copiesofreading(eitherinbookformorcopies)
Scratchpaper/notebooksstudents
Languagetouseinaclassdiscussion(CircleofKnowledge):
Excuseme
Idliketoadd
Idisagreebecause
Iagreebecause
Idontunderstandwhatyoumeanby
Imconfusedby
Idliketoexpandonthat
Pleaseexplainalittlemoreaboutthat

Assignedreading:TheHouseonMangoStreetMyNameAndSomeMoreThoseWhoDontElenita,
Cards,Palm,WaterAlicia&ITalkingonEdnasStepsMangoSaysGoodbyeSometimes
*Studentswithdevelopingreadingskillswhoneedextrasupportmaybeprovidedwithanaccompanyingcopy
oftheSpanishtranslationofthetext.

CircleofKnowledge
Discussionquestions:
Howcanliteraturebothinfluenceandbeareflectionofculture(s)?
Whyarediversityandmultipleperspectivesimportantforcommunities/cities?

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