Exploring Immigrant Perspectives In U.S. History

By ErGarvelink
Grade Level
3-5
public
LEARNING PLAN
Essential Question
  • How are Immigrant Experiences in the U.S. similar or different?
Texts
Literature

La Linea

In their trek from Mexico to the U.S. border, this young group is reminded that dangers lurk beneath them and hang over their heads every day and every night.
by
Ann Jaramillo
Grade Level
3-5 6-8
Topic
Immigration
Social Justice Domain
Identity Justice
July 7, 2014
Teaching Strategies
Close and Critical Reading

GIST

Generating Interactions between Schemata and Texts (GIST) is a summarization procedure that helps students digest complex texts by requiring contextual word learning. GIST explicitly combines the most important words with reading and writing to comprehend complex texts.
Grade Level
3-5
CCSS
RL.3-5.2, RI.3-5.2, RL.3-5.4, RI.3-5.4, RF.3-5.4, L.3-5.4
July 19, 2014
Student Tasks
Write to the Source

In Conversation

In Conversation asks students to demonstrate their narrative skills when applying different points of view in writing.
Grade Level
3-5
CCSS
W.3-5.3, W.3-5.4
July 19, 2014
Plan Built By
ErGarvelink
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