Exploring Human Rights: The Breadwinner

Lesson 33
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ELA

Unit 2

5th Grade

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These assessments accompany this unit to help gauge student understanding of key unit content and skills.

Content Assessment

The Content Assessment pushes students to synthesize unit content knowledge or unit essential questions in writing. The Content Assessment should be used as the primary assessment because it shows mastery of unit content knowledge and standards. This assessment should take approximately one class period.

Cold Read Assessment

The Cold Read Assessment tests students' ability to comprehend a "cold" or unfamiliar passage and answer standards-based questions. The Cold Read Assessment can be given in addition to the Content Assessment as a pulse point for what students can read and analyze independently, a skill often required for standardized testing. This assessment should take approximately one class period.

Fluency Assessment

The Fluency Assessment allows teachers to monitor students' oral reading fluency progress with a reading passage drawn from one of the unit's core texts. The Fluency Assessment should be given at the end of a unit. Teachers should plan to pull students one-on-one to do this while the rest of the class is independently reading or writing. Find additional guidance for using this assessment and supporting reading fluency in Teacher Tools.

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Lesson 32

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Lesson
Writing
Overview

Write a magazine article that informs readers about a key theme from the unit by stating a claim and providing evidence from the entire unit. 

Materials
  • Kids of Kabul
  • I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
  • The Breadwinner: 15th Anniversary Edition
  • Mentor Text (G5, U2, L32)
  • Brainstorming Template (G5, U2, L32)
  • Sample Brainstorming Template (G5, U2, L32)
  • Two Paragraph Outline
  • Sample Two Paragraph Outline (G5, U2, L32)
  • Opinion Writing Rubric (G5)
  • Editing Checklist (G5, U2)
  • Description/Concept Map Graphic Organizer
Day 1 - Brainstorming

Brainstorm and organize ideas before establishing an opinion about a topic.

Materials
  • Kids of Kabul
  • I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
  • The Breadwinner: 15th Anniversary Edition
  • Brainstorming Template (G5, U2, L32)
  • Sample Brainstorming Template (G5, U2, L32)
  • Two Paragraph Outline
  • Mentor Text (G5, U2, L32)
  • Description/Concept Map Graphic Organizer

Standards

W.5.1W.5.1.aW.5.9

Day 2 - Planning

Plan before writing by outlining main ideas and supporting details.

Materials
  • Kids of Kabul
  • I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
  • The Breadwinner: 15th Anniversary Edition
  • Brainstorming Template (G5, U2, L32) — (Completed on Day 1)
  • Sample Brainstorming Template (G5, U2, L32)
  • Two Paragraph Outline — (Completed on Day 1)
  • Sample Two Paragraph Outline (G5, U2, L32)

Standards

W.5.1W.5.1.aW.5.1.dW.5.9

Day 3 - Drafting

Compose well-developed body paragraphs that expand on key ideas with detailed explanations to support the opinion.

Materials
  • Kids of Kabul
  • I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
  • The Breadwinner: 15th Anniversary Edition
  • Brainstorming Template (G5, U2, L32) — (Completed on Day 1)
  • Two Paragraph Outline — (Completed on Day 2)

Standards

W.5.1W.5.1.aW.5.9

Day 4 - Drafting

Organize opinion writing by crafting clear introduction and conclusion sections that effectively summarize the opinion or position.

Materials
  • Kids of Kabul
  • I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
  • The Breadwinner: 15th Anniversary Edition
  • Brainstorming Template (G5, U2, L32) — (Completed on Day 1)
  • Two Paragraph Outline — (Completed on Day 2)
  • Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric (G5, U2)
  • Draft (Completed on Day 3)

Standards

W.5.1W.5.1.aW.5.1.cW.5.1.dW.5.9

Day 5 - Revision & Editing

Delete unnecessary or repetitive language.

Materials
  • Completed Student Writing (G5, U2, L32)
  • Opinion Writing Rubric (G5)
  • Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric (G5, U2)
  • Editing Checklist (G5, U2)
  • Two Paragraph Outline

Standards

L.5.1.dW.5.4W.5.5

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