UNIT 2 AT A GLANCE

Pacing /
Contents Genre / Lexile Vocabulary / Word Study
# of Days
Unit Introduction Academic Vocabulary (L.7.6)
INTRO

2* Argumentative Text
Launch Text: Leaving Main Street
1060L

Whole-Class Learning Introduction

Concept Vocabulary
Short Story
7 Word Study: Synonyms and Nuance
WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING

Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed 490L

(L.7.5)
Ray Bradbury

COMPARE
Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed Media: Radio Play
3 Media Vocabulary (L.7.6)
Ray Bradbury, and Michael McDonough (producer) NP

Danger! This Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death! News Article Concept Vocabulary
3
Maggie Koerth-Baker 1290L Word Study: Latin Prefix sub- (L.7.4.b)

Performance Task
3
Writing

Small-Group Learning Introduction

Future of Space Exploration Could See Humans on Mars, 3

SMALL-GROUP LEARNING

News Article Concept Vocabulary (L.7.4.a)

Alien Planets
1250L Word Study: Latin Suffix -ary (L.7.4.b)
Nola Taylor Redd

The Last Dog Short Story Concept Vocabulary (L.7.4.a)

5
Katherine Paterson 820L Word Study: Latin Suffix -tion (L.7.4.b)

Ellen Ochoa: Director, Johnson Space Center Media: Video

2 Technical Vocabulary (L.7.6)
Ellen Ochoa NP
Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Future of U.S. Space Exploration
Interview Concept Vocabulary (L.7.4)
After Curiosity 2
930L Multiple-Meaning Words (L.7.4.c)
Keith Wagstaff
Performance Task
2
Speaking and Listening
Independent Learning Introduction
INDEPENDENT LEARNING

Science-Fiction Cradlesong Poetry

C. S. Lewis NP

UFO Sightings and News Web Article Independent Learning provides

Benjamin Radford 2 1420L students with the opportunity to
analyze a selection independently. To
from Packing for Mars Persuasive Essay facilitate students’ independence, no
Mary Roach 1020L skills have been assigned.

Trip to Mars Could Damage Astronauts’ Brains Science Article

Laura Sanders 870L

Performance-Based Assessment
END OF UNIT

Writing
2
Unit Reflection

Unit Test 1
* Pacing is suggested for a 40- to 50-minute class period. If you use block scheduling, you may combine days to meet your schedule needs.

116A UNIT 2 • A Starry Home


Analyze Craft and Structure
Metaphor and Simile (RL.7.4; L.7.5.a)
Text Structure: Informative Writing
(RI.7.5)
Development of Ideas: Text Structure
(RI.7.5)
Conflict and Resolution (RL.7.3)
Evaluate Argument and Claims
(RI.7.4; RI.7.6; RI.7.8)
Independent Learning provides students with the opportunity
to analyze a selection independently. To facilitate students’
independence, no skills have been assigned.
Conventions / Author’s
Style
Conventions: Comparisons
Using Adjectives and Adverbs
(L.7.1)
Conventions: Action Verbs
and Linking Verbs (L.7.1)
Conventions: The Principal
Parts of Verbs (L.7.1)
Conventions: Simple and
Compound Subjects and
Predicates (L.7.3.a)
Conventions: Sentence
Functions and End Marks
(L.7.1; L.7.2)
A STARRY HOME
Composition / Research /
Speaking and Listening
Summary (RI.7.2)
Writing to Compare: Argument (RL.7.7; W.7.2, a, b, d,
f; W.7.9.a)
Writing to Sources: Blog Post (W.7.1, a, b, d, e; W.7.7)
Speaking and Listening: Visual Presentation (W.7.7;
SL.7.4; SL.7.5)
Write an Argument: Editorial (W.7.1, a–e; W.7.5;
W.7.10; L.7.1; L.7.2; L.7.3, a)
Speaking and Listening: Multimedia Presentation
(W.7.7; W.7.8; SL.7.5)
Writing to Sources: Revised Ending (W.7.3, b, e)
Speaking and Listening: Biography: Group Discussion
(SL.7.1, a–d)
Research: Informational Report (W.7.2; W.7.7; W.7.8)
Present an Argument (SL.7.4; SL.7.5)
Share Your Independent Learning (SL.7.1)
Writing to Sources: Argument (W.7.1, a–b; W.7.10)
Speaking and Listening: Oral Presentation (SL.7.4)
Reflect on the Unit
UNIT 2 • AT A GLANCE 116B