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Lesson 7

We will deliver a presentation about a panel from Lawrence’s The Migration Series. We will explain how that panel represents and connects to the history Wilkerson constructs in her text.

Lesson Goals

Reading and Knowledge

  • Analyze Perspective: How well do I analyze how Lawrence’s and Wilkerson’s perspectives influence the position, purpose and ideas of their works?
  • Compare and Connect: How well do I recognize points of connection among Lawrence’s paintings and Wilkerson’s text and their perspectives to make logical, objective comparisons?
  • Determine Meaning and Purpose: How well do I use connections among details, elements, and effects to make logical deductions about Lawrence’s and Wilkerson’s perspectives, purposes, and meanings in their works?

Speaking and Listening

  • Communicate Effectively: How well do I use language and strategies to accomplish my intended purpose in communicating?
  • Develop Ideas: How well do I use devices, techniques, descriptions, reasoning, evidence, and visual elements to support and elaborate on coherent and logical narratives, explanations, and arguments?
  • Organize Ideas: How well do I sequence and group sentences and paragraphs and use devices, techniques, descriptions, reasoning, evidence, and visual elements to establish coherent, logical, and well-developed narratives, explanations, and arguments?
  • Publish: How well do I use effective formatting, style, and citations to present ideas for specific audiences and purposes?
  • Use Conventions to Produce Clear Writing: How well do I apply correct and effective syntax, usage, mechanics, and spelling to communicate ideas and achieve intended purposes?

Texts

Core

  • Tradebook
    • The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage Books, 2010
  • Digital Access
    • The Migration Series, Jacob Lawrence, The Phillips Collection, 2019

Materials

Tools

Editable Google Docs

Activity 1: Present

We will deliver our Section Diagnostic presentations.

Presenters: When directed to by your teacher, individually deliver your presentation.

Your presentation should respond to the following question:

  1. Which panel of Lawrence’s series best represents and connects to the history Wilkerson constructs in her text?

Be sure to include how your chosen panel adds to our understanding of the Great Migration alongside Wilkerson’s threads and structure.

Audience: While individual students are presenting, note the title of each panel presented and new information, including the following:

  • how the presented panel deepens your understanding of the text, topic, or artwork

  • how the presented panel challenges your current thinking or

  • how the presented panel gives you something new to think about

  • one question to ask each presenter

Activity 2: Write – Discuss

We will reflect on our work on the Section Diagnostic and assess our progress toward the Culminating Task.

Choose at least three of the following questions regarding the Section Diagnostic and respond to them in your Learning Log:

  1. How well did you take the necessary actions to prepare for this task?

  2. What went well for you during the completion of this task?

  3. With what did you struggle during the completion of this task? How did you push through those struggles?

  4. How well did you actively focus your attention during this independent task?

  5. How well did you develop and use an effective and efficient process to maintain workflow during this task?

  6. What would you do differently during the next Section Diagnostic?

Review your Culminating Task Progress Tracker. Think about all you have learned and done during this section of the unit. Evaluate your skills and knowledge to determine how prepared you are for the Culminating Task.

  • Add or refine any skills and content knowledge required for the Culminating Task.

  • Evaluate how well you are mastering skills and knowledge required for the Culminating Task.

Engage in a reflective whole-class discussion as time allows.