Monday Description: Introduction to Korean immigration to America, involving information from a video clip and a news article.

What students will be doing: 1. Students will watch a clip about the surge in Asian immigration. 2. Students will follow along and respond to questions as we read an article about Korean immigration to the U.S. taking place today. 3. Students will engage in a class discussion about what they learned from the article and the

Tuesday Description: We will begin to read The Rose of Sharon, a short story about a Korean immigrant. We will begin to compile a vocab list for the week. What students will be doing: 1. Students will follow along and respond to questions as we read the story using DRTA. 2. Students will pay special attention to vocabulary words that they do not understand, asking about them as we read and marking them. 3. Students will vote on the words they want

Wednesday Description: We will continue reading The Rose of Sharon, and continue compiling the vocab list for the week.

Thursday Description: We will finish reading the story and move to a discussion of the themes and its relation to Korean immigration as a whole. What students What students will be doing: will be doing: 1. Students will 1. Students will break into groups resume their of four to reading in continue reading groups, the short story, continuing to this time in lit work in lit circles. circles. 2. Students will 2. Students will each choose a finish the word role to perform. wall for the week The summarizer with the will summarize vocabulary the main points. selections from The clarifier will the days draw attention to reading. areas that could 3. Students will have caused take note of confusion and potential explain them. vocabulary The questioner words, voting if

Friday Description: Mini lesson and short writing assignment focusing on descriptive details in preparation for final writing assignment. What students will be doing: 1. Students will write a short paragraph describing their left shoe (Smagorinsky). 2. They will then place their left shoes in a pile. Students will read each others paragraphs and identify the shoe being described. 3. If time permits, the students will go on to write and read aloud descriptive

clip. Discussion points should also include their opinions of the effect that increasing immigration from Korea and other Asian countries is having on the U.S. How will we teach? We will use DRTA to teach the article about Korean immigration. We will lead the class discussion, asking the students about the key points and takeaways from the clip and the article and about their ideas regarding Korean immigration.

to include on the word wall for the week and work to form definitions for these terms.

and predictor will fulfill their roles as well. 3. Students will take note of potential vocabulary words, voting if necessary to choose which ones to add to the word wall. How will we teach? We will use lit circles to continue reading the short story. One student will be the summarizer, one the predictor, one the clarifier, and one the questioner. We will add vocabulary words the students identify to the word wall, holding a vote if there are too

necessary to choose which ones to add to the word wall.

paragraphs about an object in the classroom, and students will guess what is being described.

How will we teach? We will use DRTA to teach the article. As students read, we will check for comprehension and ask for predictions. We will encourage out students to mark and ask about words they dont understand. We will give a short explanation as we read, and later add certain words to the

How will we teach? We will continue to use lit circles to read to the end of the story. Students will fulfill the same roles as the previous day. We will add the last few vocabulary words to the word wall.

How will we teach? We will explain each of the activities before we start them and give the students some freedom with writing their descriptive paragraphs, giving advice and assistance when needed.

What will be learned? 1. Students will learn about the fact that immigration from Korea and other Asian countries is increasing and surpassing immigration from countries such as Mexico that are often included in discussions of modern immigration. 2. They will also learn a bit about the history of Korean immigration to America. 3. We will assess learning through the class discussion. Students will share what they

word wall for the week. What will be learned? 1. Students will have a furthered understanding of the perspectives of immigrants around the world, particularly from Korea. 2. Students will learn new vocabulary words. 3. We will assess their learning through our DRTA questions about the reading. We will assess their vocabulary learning through the definitions they create for each of the words.

many to all be included. What will be learned? 1. Students will continue developing their understanding of Korean immigration through the lens of the characters in this story. 2. They will continue learning new vocabulary words. 3. We will assess their learning through the notes they take and the discussions they have in their lit circle groups. Their vocabulary knowledge will be assessed through the definitions they create.

What will be learned? 1. Students will get to the end of the story and learn how the narrative fits into the larger story of Korean immigration to America. 2. They will finish learning new vocabulary words for the week. 3. We will assess their learning through the discussions they have in their lit circle. Their vocabulary through the definitions they create.

What will be learned? 1. We will use these smaller activities to prepare students for using description and detail in their final narratives in week 4. 2. Students will start to understand the importance of description and have practice describing objects in a meaningful way. 3. We will assess this through the descriptions they provide and their ability to guess the shoe or object from the description.

have learned and how they reacted to the material as they discuss.