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Lesson 7

We will write about the impacts of migration on either Ida, George, or Robert.

Lesson Goals

Reading and Knowledge

  • Analyze Relationships: How well do I recognize and interpret important relationships among the decision to migrate, its effects on people’s lives, and life in the United States during the Great Migration as evidenced by the details and ideas within The Warmth of Other Suns?
  • Determine Meaning and Purpose: How well do I use connections among details, elements, and effects to make logical deductions about the impact of the decision to migrate within The Warmth of Other Suns?

Writing

  • 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?
  • Form Claims: How well do I develop and clearly communicate meaningful and defensible claims that represent valid, evidence-based analysis?
  • Gather and Organize Evidence: How well do I gather and organize relevant and sufficient evidence to demonstrate an understanding of texts and topics, support claims, and develop ideas?
  • 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?
  • 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

Materials

Tools

Reference Guides

Editable Google Docs

Activity 1: Write

We will get ready to complete the Section Diagnostic.

Draft your response to the Section 4 Diagnostic prompt:

Choose one of the individuals from The Warmth of Other Suns—Ida, George, or Robert—to answer the following question:

  1. How was the person’s life affected, altered, or impacted as a result of the decision to migrate? Write a response identifying the individual, and explain how the person’s life changed because of the decision to migrate.

Activity 2: Write

We will revise our content and ideas to ensure that our work is appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.

On your own, review and edit your paragraphs, paying attention to how clearly you have communicated your ideas.

Use the Section Diagnostic Checklist to help you review and revise your paragraphs.

Activity 3: 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 the 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.

Activity 4: Read

For homework, begin reading your assigned jigsaw sections for part 5 of The Warmth of Other Suns.

For homework, begin reading your assigned jigsaw sections for Part 5 of The Warmth of Other Suns.