Suggested Time Frame: 6 Weeks, Semester 1
Central Text
Selections
Grade 7 - Advanced - Collection 1 - Bold Actions
Close Reader
Selections
Anchor Text:
Short Story: “Rogue Wave” by
Theodore Taylor 980L, p. 3
Close Reader:
Short Story: “Big Things Come
in Small Packages” by Eleanora
Tate, p.18c
LG: Identify, analyze, and make
inferences about the elements of plot in
a short story.
Online News Article: “Parents of
Rescued Teenage Sailor Abby
Sunderland Accused of Risking Her
Life” by Paul Harris 1110L, p. 19
LG: Analyze and compare news stories
about the same event from various
sources.
EQ1: What does it mean to face challenges fearlessly, even if it means failing in
the attempt?
EQ2: What character traits must one possess in order to overcome challenges?
Reading Focus
Plot
Make Inferences
Conflict
Rising Action
Internal/External
Conflicts
Central/Main Idea
Details
Author’s Purpose
Editorial: “Ship of Fools” by Joanna
Weiss 1120L, p. 24
TV News Interview: “Was Abby Too
Young to Sail?” by CBS News, p.28
LG: Analyze and compare news stories
about the same event from various
sources.
Anchor Text:
Greek Myth: retold by Sally Benson
“The Flight of Icarus” 1110L, p. 31
LG:Analyze the elements of a myth and
to determine two or more themes.
Poem: “Icarus’s Flight” by Stephen
Dobyns , p. 39
Close Reader:
Greek Myth: “Arachne” retold
by Olivia Coolidge, p.38c
Setting
Claim
Evidence
Counterargument
Myth
Theme
Characterization
Analyze Poetry
Tone
HMH Writing Resources
Teengagement
Language Focus
(grammar, vocabulary, syntax)
Simile
Latin Roots
Denotations
Subordinate Clauses
Golden Novel:
Tangerine
(Novel will be
addressed in QBA2
exam) Resources
Alliteration
Connotation
Informational Text: “Women in
Aviation” by Patricia and Fredrick
McKissack 1150L, p. 43
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Vocabulary:
Critical Vocabulary
Academic
Vocabulary
aspect (aspectual)
cultural (agriculture, culture, cultured, multicultural)
evaluate (evaluation, evaluator, evaluative, evaluated, evaluating)
resource (resources, resourceful, natural resources)
text (textbook, textual, texture, textile)
Extensions - Secondary Gifted Resources
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Intertextual Unit:
“Women In
Society”
Sentence Structure
Suffixes (-ty, -ity)
LearnZillion lesson on Arachne
Analyze Story Elements: Plot and Conflict & Character
Development : Interactive Whiteboard Lessons
Produce and Publish with Technology
Analyze Form: Scansion: Level Up Tutorial: Rhythm
Doing Research on the Web: Interactive Whiteboard
Lesson
Interactive
Whiteboard
Lessons
Kylene Beers Discussion Terms
Commas & Coordinate
Adjectives
Vocab List Per Selection
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Online Selection
Tests
Graphic Organizers
Analyze the Media
Create a blog
Present an Oral Commentary
LG: Understand how the elements of
form and the use of alliteration
emphasize ideas and meaning in a
poem.
Formative and
Summative
Assessments
Cite Evidence
YouTube: “Arachne” (3:29)
LG: Identify, analyze, and draw
conclusions about an author’s purpose
for writing informational texts.
Additional
Suggested
Resources
Writing Focus
Listening & Speaking
Focus
Close Reader:
Essay: “Finding Your Everest”
by Robert Medina, p. 30c
LG: Analyze and compare news stories
about the same event from various
sources.
Print Version
Summative
Assessments:
Performance
Task A: Write a
Short Story, p. 53
Task A: Short
Story Rubric, p. 56
Performance
Task B: Present an
Oral
Commentary,
p. 57
Task B: Oral
Commentary
Rubric, p. 60
Collection 1 Test
Tic Tac Toe Board
Interventions ESE Accommodations - ELL Strategies
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Analyze Story Elements: Plot & Setting: Level Up
Tutorial
Analyze Presentation of Information
Determine Theme: Level Up Tutorial
Analyze Form in Poetry: Interactive Whiteboard Lesson
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Comparison-Contrast Chart
Determine Author’s Purpose: Level Up Tutorials
Teacher Version
Collection 1 – Bold Actions
Connection: In Text 1 and
Text 5, perilous situations
directly influence the actions
and consequences of those
fearlessly facing challenge.
Text 5: “Women in
Aviation”
Women aviators in the early
days of American aviation
faced many obstacles. Despite
prejudice, women such as
Bessie Coleman and Harriet
Quimby refused to accept
limitations. They followed
their dreams by becoming
aviators.
Connection: These two texts focus on following
one’s dream through flight. In Text 4, Icarus uses
flight as a means of freedom. In Text 5, the female
aviators refuse to accept limitations based on
preconceived ideas about women and flight.
Text 4: “Icarus’s Flight”
In this poem, Icarus
becomes fully aware of his
actions. Although failure
leads to death, he actually
gains wisdom and
experiences personal
freedom.
Text 1: “Rogue Wave”
Scoot and Sully battle to
overcome the effects of a
rogue wave. They find
themselves in a perilous
situation that calls for brave
and bold actions.
Bold Actions
Meet risk-takers who
have faced and
overcome incredible
challenges.
Essential Question:
What does it mean to
face challenges
fearlessly, even if it
means failing in the
attempt?
Connection: In Text 1 and Text 2, the
characters face danger as a result of
natural forces. In Text 1, Scoot and
Sully use bold actions to save each other.
In Text 2, experts question the judgment
Abby’s parents used in allowing their
sixteen-year-old daughter to sail around
the world alone.
Text 2: “Parents of Rescued
Teenage Sailor Abby
Sunderland Accused of
Risking Her Life”
Sailing experts condemn
Abby’s family for allowing
their 16-year-old daughter
attempt a solo round-theworld voyage.
Connection: In Text 2 and Text 3,
young people experience freedom due
to parental encouragement. As a result
of unforeseen challenges, the
characters failed in their attempt to
succeed in following their dreams.
Text 3: “The Flight of
Icarus”
Connection: Both texts
focus on the
mythological adventure
of Icarus’s flight.
In Text 3, Icarus’s fate is
the direct result of not
accepting his father’s
warnings. In Text 4,
Icarus embraces his
freedom as he takes “his
downward plunge.”
In this myth, Daedalus
encourages his son,
Icarus, to use his
“wings” to gain freedom.
Icarus’s fate is
determined when he
throws caution to the
wind and soars too close
to the sun.
Student Version
Collection 1 – Bold Actions
Text 1: “Rogue Wave”
Connection:
Connection:
Text 5: “Women in
Aviation”
Text 2: “Parents of Rescued
Teenage Sailor Abby
Sunderland Accused of
Risking Her Life”
Bold Actions
Meet risk-takers who
have faced and
overcome incredible
challenges.
Essential Question:
What does it mean to
face challenges
fearlessly, even if it
means failing in the
attempt?
Connection:
Text 4: “Icarus’s Flight”
Connection:
Text 3: “The Flight of
Icarus”
Connection: