Chapter/Topic  Slideshow/Video  Practice Work  Read Aloud 

RRJ Practice  Day 1  Provide a   

Obj​: “Practice  passage for the 
Writing  students to read 
Summaries”  through and 
construct a 
paragraph 
summary. 
GC Assignment 
Rubric 

RRJ Practice  Day 2  Provide a   

Obj​: “Practice  passage for the 
Reading  students to read 
Response”  through and 
construct a 
reading response 
paragraph. 
GC Assignment 
Rubric 

RRJ Practice  Day 3  Provide a   

Obj​: “Practice  passage for the 
Writing Entire RRJ”  students to read 
through and 
construct a RRJ 
entry. 
GC Assignment 
Rubric 

Unit 2, Session 1  Session 1  Have students   

Obj​: “Reading  explore the 
and Learning with  nonfiction 
Intensity”  bookshelf​ and 
(Introduction to  find an article to 
Nonfiction)  read. Have them 
 complete the 
article review​. 

Unit 2, Session 2  Session 2  Have students   

Obj​: “Reading to  explore the 
Learn by Getting  nonfiction 
Mental Arms  bookshelf​ and 
Around the Text”  find an article to 
read. Have them 
complete the 
article review​. 

Unit 2, Session 3  Session 3  Have students   

Obj​: “Text  explore the 
Structures Help  nonfiction 
Accentuate What  bookshelf​ and 
Matters”  find an article to 
read. Have them 
complete the 
article review​. 

Unit 2, Session 4  Session 4  Have students   

Obj​: Embracing  explore the 
the Challenge of  nonfiction 
Nonfiction  bookshelf​ and 
Reading  find an article to 
read. Have them 
complete the 
article review​. 

Unit 2, Session 5  Session 5  Read ​Hybrid   

Obj​: Challenges  Passages 
Posed by Texts  individually. Then 
that are  read it a second 
Structured as  time aloud to a 
Hybrids  partner. Be aware 
of the structure. 
 Unit 2, Session 6  Session 6  Have students   
Obj​: Tackling  explore the 
Tricky Vocabulary  nonfiction 
through Reading,  bookshelf​ and 
Note-Taking, and  find an article to 
Conversation  read. Have them 
complete the 
chart​. 

Unit 4, Session 1  Session 1    “Rose Blanche” 

Obj​: Reading  by Robert 
Analytically at the  Innocenti (or any 
Start of a Book  historical fiction 
picture book) 

Build Background  -​The World in the  Have the students  None 

Knowledge  1940s  discuss what they 
-​1940s Denmark  already know 
-​World War II  about the 1940s, 
what they think, 
and what they 
want to know. 
Have them look 
through the 
slideshow and 
take notes. 

Unit 4, Session 2  Session 2    Number the Stars 

Obj​: Monitoring  By Lois Lowry  
for Sense: Fitting  Ch. 1 
the Pieces  AFTER MINI 
Together  LESSON 

Assessment  Unit 4 Pre-Assessment  None 

Unit 4, Session 3  Session 3    Number the Stars 

Obj​: Monitoring  By Lois Lowry  
for Sense: Fitting  Ch. 2 
 the Pieces   
Together 

      Number the Stars 

By Lois Lowry  
Review Ch. 1-2 

       

       

       

       

       

       

Unit 2, Session 7  Session 7  Have students   

Obj​: Summary  explore the 
Bootcamp  nonfiction 
bookshelf​ and 
find an article to 
read. Have them 
complete the 
write a summary 
in their notebook.