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Building Background Knowledge: The Lost Boys of Sudan Lesson PlanBuilding Background Knowledge: The Lost Boys of Sudan Lesson Plan
Publisher
EngageNY
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Grade
7th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategies
Differentiated Instruction
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Technology
Projection
Year
2014
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Building Background Knowledge: The Lost Boys of Sudan

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  • Full ELA Module 1 (.pdf)
  • ELA Module 1 Updates: June 2015 (.pdf)
  • Full ELA Module 1, Unit 1 (.pdf)
  • Scaffolding Instruction for ELLs: Resource Guide for ELA (.pdf)
  • Grades 6-8 ELA Curriculum Appendix 1: Protocols and Resources (.zip)
  • Grades 6-8 ELA Curriculum Appendix 2: Graphic Organizers (.zip)
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Get deep! Teach scholars how to make connections between texts to deepen their understanding of a topic. Using the resource, pupils read and annotate a short informational text about Sudan's Civil War and refugee crisis. Next, they engage in a think-pair-share to make connections between the article and A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

sudan, informational texts, novels, text-to-text connections, textual evidence, annotation, literary analysis, close reading

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Have students identify Sudan on a world map 

Classroom Considerations

  • Serves as the sixth of 14 consecutive lessons from the Grade 7 ELA Module 1, Unit 1 series
  • Requires a document camera or another method of projection

Pros

  • Offers strategies to support different learning styles
  • Includes comprehensive teaching notes

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.7.1 RI.7.2

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