Social Studies and English Language Arts Grades 6-8

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO CURRICULUM, READING, AND

WRITING

P R E S E N T E D BYB R E N N A FA R R E L L

C A S E Y J A KU B O W S K I

D O M I N I C P I A C E N T I N I

Social Studies and English Language Arts

Grades 6-8

• I CAN IMPLEMENT A CONSISTENT WRITING STRATEGY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ELA AND SS STANDARDS.

• I CAN INCORPORATE CLOSE READING STRATEGIES INTO MY INSTRUCTION.

• I CAN CREATE A LESSON PLAN WITH AN ACTIVITY BASED ON CLOSE READING, TEAL , OR B OTH.

Learning Targets

January 2014 Data: Social Studies

YMLA Charlotte East RB Monroe NE All City District Wilson SOTA STEM Vanguard REC0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

Thematic

Thematic

January 2014 Data: Social Studies

YMLA Vanguard Charlotte Monroe East NE All City District Wilson STEM SOTA RB REC0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

DBQ

DBQ

January 2014 Data: English

Solutions: How can we help our students succeed?

Interdisciplinary Writing Strategy: (M)TEAL1. A strategy that will help students to respond

thoroughly to the task 2. A strategy that will help students to organize

their writing according to topic, evidence, and analysis

Interdisciplinary Instruction 1. Working within the constraints of scheduling,

brainstorm innovative approaches to planning and implementing interdisciplinary lesson plans.

What is TEAL?

T – Topic Sentence which states the part of the thesis you’ll prove (Main Idea)

E – Evidence (introduce and give the quote with page number)

A – Analysis of how evidence proves your topic sentence

(EA) – More Evidence and Analysis!(EA) – Another piece of Evidence and Analysis!L – Link it back to the Main Idea/Topic

Sentence and Thesis

Teaching Practices & Protocols

Rochester City School District Grade 6 Social Studies and ELA Pacing

Septem

ber ~19 days/3w

ks

Unit 1: A First Look at the Eastern Hemisphere What is culture, and what role does it play in personal

and group behavior? How does the environment influence the lives of

people?

Module 1: Myths: Not Just Long Ago Unit 1: Building Background Knowledge: Percy

Jackson and the Hero’s Journey Unit 2: Elements and Theme of Mythology in the

Lightning Thief Unit 3: Culminating Project: My Hero’s Journey

Narrative

October

~22 days/4w

ks

Unit 2: River Valley Civilizations How are regions defined by various characteristics? What is power and under what circumstances is the

exercise of power acceptable?

Novem

ber ~17 day

s/4wks

Module 2A: Working With Evidence; Rules to Live BY

Dece

mber

~15 days/3w

ks

Unit 1: Analyzing Figurative Language, Word Choice, Structure and Meaning: Bud, Not Buddy and Steve Jobs’ Commencement Address

Unit 2: Analyzing Structure and Communicating Theme in Literature: “If” by Rudyard Kipling and

CAN BE ACCESSED AT ENGAGENY.ORG

Social Studies Framework

WITH A PARTNER, LOOK CLOSELY AT THE ASSESSMENTS EMPLOYED BY UNIT 1 OF

MODULE 2 . HOW MIGHT YOU EXTEND THE ASSESSMENT TOPIC TO CREATE AN

INTERDISCIPLINARY LESSON?

Think-Pair-Share

Don’t reinvent the wheel!

Lyddie supplemental materials: http://library.uml.edu/clh/mo.htm

I do, You do, We do

Thesis: This is the right decision for her to make because by leaving she at least stands a chance of improving her situation and making enough money to buy back the farm.

T: One of the reasons that Lyddie has made the right decision to leave her job at Cutler’s Tavern to go to work in the mills is that it will be a better life than the one she is leading at the tavern.

E: While working at the tavern in Chapter 3, Lyddie has to endure difficult living conditions. She “slept under the eaves in a windowless passage, which was hot and airless even in late spring. She was ordered to bed late and obliged to rise early for the mistress was determined that no paying guest in the windowed rooms across the narrow passageway should know that they shared the floor with the kitchen girl” (24).

A: This shows that Lyddie is treated badly, without even a bed to sleep in or a room of her own. She also works very hard and has no friends or companions. The only person who notices her at all is the old cook, who becomes a sort of protector. Even though Lyddie is not far from where her brother lives, she only sees him once in the year she works at the tavern and she never sees her mother and sisters. Making the decision to go south to Massachusetts is the right one for Lyddie because her situation at the tavern is harsh and lonely.

L: Working in the mills offers the possibility of a better life.

Teaching TEAL

Provide multiple examples and model paragraphs

Group Activity – Create Sentence Strips using TEAL components and have students put the paragraph together according to T-E-A-L

Independent Practice: Have students identify the components in a full paragraph.

What are the essential tools for successful writing with TEAL?

Click icon to add pictureProviding students with a strategy for writing, a model of the finished product, and the tools needed to complete the finished product is crucial to student success.

Providing students with graphic organizers to help them begin the writing process is part of this crucial step to student success.

Name: ________

Thesis: _____________________________________________________________________________

T(opic): _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

E(vidence): _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A(nalysis): _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

L(ink): _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Explanation of and Examples of TEAL Paragraph Writing

Close Reading We are all teachers of reading and writing!

• 1. Strategies for Annotating a Text

• 2. Identifying Rigorous Vocabulary Beforehand

• 3. Chunk the text

• 4. Number the Paragraphs

• 5. Underline & Circle with a purpose

Close Reading: Thinking Notes

USING ONE OF THE MODULE MODEL LESSONS AT YOUR GRADE LEVEL, PLEASE CREATE A LESSON

PLAN THAT EMPLOYS TEAL AND/OR CLOSE READING

STRATEGIES.OR

WORK WITH A SOCIAL STUDIES/ELA TEACHER TO CREATE

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY LESSON/ASSESSMENT/ACTIVITY

I do, You do, We do

Presenters Participants

Four volunteers to “post” their work on the wall while the rest of the class moves around the room

Each volunteer to present their lesson to the smaller groups

Complete “Notice & Wonder” Chart

Think about strategies/activity ideas that you can use to build your own teacher toolkit

I do, You do, We do: Hosted Gallery Walk

Learning Targets

• I CAN IMPLEMENT A CONSISTENT WRITING STRATEGY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ELA AND SS STANDARDS.

• I CAN INCORPORATE CLOSE READING STRATEGIES INTO MY INSTRUCTION.

• I CAN CREATE A LESSON PLAN WITH AN ACTIVITY BASED ON CLOSE READING, TEAL, OR BOTH.