Agenda: Common Core Training Cameron Middle Session #2 PD: 1. Reflection From Last Week (15 min) 2.

Refinement of our own practice 3. Article and Protocol

1. I can compare my current practice to what is in the article: 2. I can set a goal for new practice. 5 Things Every Teacher Should be Doing to Meet the Common Core State Standards. Background to this weeks lesson: about more than a 55 minute lesson, end result would be they could create an argument with a purpose in writing, from Christopher Paul Curtis point of view, Why do you choose Birmingham for the setting for your story, write an argument and use text evidence to support your choice of Birmingham as the setting of your story. We know he chose Birmingham over Florida because his son brought home Ballad of Birmingham but doesnt say why. Why was that poem that time that place so important. STUDENT LESSON: Text Materials: Ballad of Birmingham, Video: Birmingham 1963(youtube), Internet Article: Birmingham 1963 Common Core Standard: Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each mediums portrayal of the subject. EG: How the delivery of a speech effects the impact of the words. 1. I can compare and contrast a three types of text: literary, informational and multimedia. 2. I can use text evidence from three different texts to support the same claim. 3. I can infer the reasons for the childrens importance in Birmingham. Use Watsons Go to Birmingham as the hook into the lesson, do a think aloud. Task #1: Reading and viewing of each medium Article, Video, Poem 1.Underline, questions in margin, shoulder share, what is one thing both of you underlined share out 2. As you view the video, turn your article over and write down evidence from the video that Birmingham is an important place.

3. Ballad of Birmingham: they read silently Task #2: Text Evidence Char Task #3: Making a mental image from each medium Reflect: Which of these is had the most personal impact on and reminds you that Birmingham was in fact a really important place. What can you infer about the importance of the children?