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aCTIvITy 3.1
Previewing the Unit
PLaN Teach
aCademIC voCabUlary
A controversy is a public debate or dispute concerning a matter
of opinion. A controversial issue is debatable, or an issue about which there can be disagreement.
aSSeSS aDaPT
acTIVITY 3.1
Suggested Pacing: 1 50-minute class period (with the Unit Overview and Contents pages)
1 Read through the Learning Targets and the Making Connections text with students.
2 Essential Questions will focus students on the big questions of the unit. Have students respond to the Essential Questions and then pair-share their responses.
3 Have students use their Reader/ Writer Notebooks to note new Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms and to conduct a QHT for
the words. Use this as the basis for creating the Unit 3 Word Wall.
4 Unpack Embedded Assessment 1. Consider creating and posting a graphic organizer that summarizes the skills and knowledge needed
for success on the Embedded Assessment.
Use the Academic Vocabulary to assess students’ knowledge of the components of argumentation.
The Wow and Whoa activities might give you an idea of your students’ interest in and understanding of the controversial topics used as examples in this unit.
my Notes
Learning Targets
• Preview the big ideas and academic vocabulary and literacy terms for the unit.
• Gain specific understanding of the academic vocabulary word controversy and its relevance in the unit.
• Identify and analyze the skills and knowledge needed to complete Embedded Assessment 1 writing assignment successfully.
Making Connections
In the last unit, you read a novel and other texts about the changes that occur throughout people’s lives. You also looked at change from different perspectives: changes in your own life, changes in your community, and changes in the broader world. In this unit, you will examine arguments and how writers try to persuade others to agree with them on issues of controversy about which people may disagree.
Essential Questions
Based on your current knowledge, how would you answer these questions? 1. Why do we have controversy in society?
2. How do we communicate in order to convince others?
Developing Vocabulary
Mark the Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms using the QHT strategy. Then, scan the Contents and find and mark a Wow activity (interesting or fun) and a Whoa activity (challenging).
Unpacking Embedded Assessment 1
Read the assignment for Embedded Assessment 1: Researching and Debating a Controversy.
Work collaboratively to research one side of a controversy that is affecting your school, your community, or society, and then participate in a modified debate where you argue your position and incorporate a visual display for support.
Mark the text for what you will need to know in order to complete this assessment successfully. With your class, create a graphic organizer to represent the skills and knowledge you will need to complete the tasks identified in the Embedded Assessment.
162 SpringBoard® English Language Arts Grade 6
INdePeNdeNT
readING lINk
Read and Research
You will be researching
and presenting an issue for Embedded Assessment 1.
If you have an idea for an issue in which you are interested, you might start finding and reading informational material about the issue. If you do not yet have an issue, you might read news articles to help you identify potential issues.
cOMMON cOre STaTe STaNDarDS
Focus Standards:
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L.6.6: Acquire and use accurately grade- appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
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