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ELA 7th Focus Unit Goals and 8th Focus Unit Goals and

Essential Questions Essential Questions


September Norms & Norms &
Procedures (7 Procedures (7
days) days)
Reader's & Reader's &
Writer's Writer's
Workshop: How To introduce reciprocal Workshop; How
the teenage brain teaching strategies and the teenage brain
works? (7 days) procedures works? (7 days)
October To participate in a To participate in a
shared reading as a shared reading as a
community To write community To write
about a about a
moment/moments moment/moments
when something was when something was
taken without your taken without your
permission. how did permission. how did
The Immortal you react? what did you you react? what did you
Life of Henrietta learn about yourself in learn about yourself in
Lacks/ Narrative that moment? do you The Immortal Life that moment? do you
Writing - wish you couldve of Henrietta wish you couldve
Interdisciplinary reacted differently? why Lacks/Narrative reacted differently? why
with Science or why not Writing or why not
November Informational Using the artifacts from Informational
Writing (choose a your homework Writing (choose a
topic) assignments, teach topic)
someone about your
topic
December Research Unit Research Unit
(teacher selected (teacher selected
connected to connected to
novel) novel)
January Warriors Don’t Malcolm X
Cry
February Argumentative Compare/Contrast
Writing Essay
March MCAS Prep (2 MCAS prep (2
weeks) weeks)
April Poetry. vs. Hip Autobiographical
Hop Unit Poem & Agent of
Change Speech
May The Pearl To Kill a
Mockingbird
June Literary Essay To Kill a
Mockingbird

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