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Lesson 3

We will finalize our Culminating Task writing topics.

Lesson Goals

  • Can I refine my understanding and knowledge based on discussions with others and feedback and review by myself and others?

  • Can I generate and develop ideas for my vignette?

  • Can I pay attention to and acknowledge others while thoughtfully considering their ideas?

  • Can I refine my understanding and knowledge based on discussions with others and feedback and review by myself and others?

Texts

Core

  • Tradebook
    • The Book of Unknown Americans, Cristina Henríquez, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2015

Materials

Tools

Question Sets

Editable Google Docs

Activity 1: Write – Discuss

We will complete a graphic organizer to help hone our writing topic choices. We will share our topic ideas with a partner and provide feedback.

Step 1

Use Part 1 of the Vignette Note-Taking Tool as a graphic organizer to help decide which vignette you would like to rewrite.

Step 2

Share your three ideas from Part 1 of the Vignette Note-Taking Tool with a partner. Discuss which option might be the most interesting, engaging, or challenging to pursue. Provide feedback on your partner’s ideas.

After considering your partner’s feedback, finalize your choice of writing topic.

Activity 2: Write – Discuss

We will complete part two of a graphic organizer to help plan our approach for rewriting the story from another perspective. We will share our ideas with a partner and provide feedback.

Step 1

Use Part 2 of the Vignette Note-Taking Tool as a graphic organizer to help you plan your approach for reimagining the story from another character’s perspective.

Step 2

Share your ideas from Part 2 of the Vignette Note-Taking Tool with a partner. Discuss the effects your possible changes will have on the reader’s understanding of the story. Provide feedback on your partner’s ideas.

After considering your partner’s feedback, finalize your intended changes.

Activity 3: Write

We will use focus questions to review our vignette topics.

Respond to the following questions in your Learning Log:

  1. What problem, situation, or observation will you use to engage the reader?

  2. Who is the narrator of your version of the vignette?

  3. Who else will be included in your writing? What narrative techniques will you include?

  4. What words or phrases will you use from your Vocabulary Journal?

  5. What writing techniques will you emulate from your Mentor Sentence Journal?

Be prepared to draft your vignette in the next lesson.