Longing to Belong: Poems, Essays, and Short Stories

Identify how the author structures the text to explain the science behind our need to belong.

“Belonging and Beyond: How Social Connections Shape Our World”
Anticipation Guide (G7, U1)

Standards

RI.7.2

Explain how the author's word choice and point of view convey the narrator's perspective.

“First-Day Fly”

Standards

RL.7.2RL.7.4RL.7.6

Analyze how the author uses figurative language to reveal the narrator's perspective and motivation.

“Popularity”

Standards

RL.7.4RL.7.6

Analyze how the delivery of the lines adds to the meaning of the podcast.

“This American Life 803: Greetings, People of Earth | Act Four, Jorts and All” — (46:47–59:40)

Standards

RI.7.4RI.7.7

3 days

Draft a claim that is clear, completely answers the prompt, and includes supporting reasons.

Day 2 - Planning / Drafting

“Belonging and Beyond: How Social Connections Shape Our World”
“Popularity”
“First-Day Fly”

Standards

L.7.3.aW.7.1.a

Create an outline for a paragraph that fully answers the prompt, and draft a paragraph.

“Belonging and Beyond: How Social Connections Shape Our World”
“Popularity”
“This American Life 803: Greetings, People of Earth | Act Four, Jorts and All”
“First-Day Fly”

Standards

W.7.1.aW.7.1.bW.7.4

Day 3 - Drafting

Draft a cohesive, organized paragraph.

“Belonging and Beyond: How Social Connections Shape Our World”
“Popularity”
“This American Life 803: Greetings, People of Earth | Act Four, Jorts and All”
“First-Day Fly”

Standards

W.7.1W.7.1.c

Analyze the ways the author supports their central ideas about the Americans with Disabilities Act.

“The Fight for Disability Rights”

Standards

RI.7.2

Summarize the challenges that Nikic faces and overcomes in the article.

“The Remarkable Journey of an Ironman”
“The Fight for Disability Rights”

Standards

RL.7.2

Analyze how word choice and structure contribute to the speaker's perspective in the poem.

“Hanging Fire”

Standards

RL.7.4RL.7.5RL.7.6

Analyze how the poet uses repetition to convey the tone of a poem.

“I, Too”

Standards

RL.7.4RL.7.5

Explain how the poet's structure and word choice develop meaning in the poem.

“Where You From?”

Standards

RL.7.2RL.7.4RL.7.5

Explain how Carmen Perez's experiences in her community impacted her life.

“Carmen Perez”
Language Sensitivity Analysis Handout (G7, U1, L11)

Standards

RI.7.2RI.7.3

2 days

Analyze how the poet uses repetition and word choice to convey the tone of a poem.

“I, Too”
Language Sensitivity Analysis Handout (G7, U1, L13)

Standards

RL.7.4RL.7.5

Compare the theme presented in an informational essay and a poem.

“Hello, My Name is ______: How I Learned to Stop Whitewashing Myself”
“Teenagers”

Standards

RI.7.2RI.7.9RL.7.2

Analyze how Farizan develops the symbol of cooking in the novel.

“Why I Learned to Cook”
Symbols Anchor Chart (G7, U1, L15)

Standards

RL.7.2RL.7.4

Students will analyze the theme or message in America Ferrera's introduction.

“Introduction: America Ferrera”

Standards

RI.7.2RI.7.3

Analyze how Noboa Polanco develops the theme of the poem through figurative language and word choice.

“Identity”

Standards

RL.7.2RL.7.4

Socratic Seminar

Take a clear position on a question and share evidence to support that point of view in a Socratic Seminar.