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    Welcome to Mrs. Montaño's ELA Class

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      The Lessons address ELA standards and incorporates Social Studies and Science content that may align to additional teaching during other parts of the day.

  • Classroom Rules & Procedures

    1. Follow Adult Directions

    2. Always Come To Class Prepared

    3. Always Use Your Quiet Voice

    4. Keep Your Hands and Feet to Yourself

    5. Stay in your Seat

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  • ELA Objectives

    This unit is designed to help students build knowledge about human rights while simultaneously building their ability to read challenging texts closely through a case study of the threats of human rights faced by fictional characters in the novel Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. Students read this novel in conjunction with selected articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, of which they determine the main ideas and details to support the main ideas, and then summarize. Students also read informational text related to the story's historical context.

    Guiding Questions and Big Ideas:

    Human Rights belong to everyone, but they can look different to people in different places.

    We can better understand how human rights can be threatened by reading about the experiences of fictional characters in stories.

    We can raise awareness of human rights issues by writing about the issues fictional characters face.

    The 4 Ts

    Topic: Human Rights

    Task:  Vocabulary: I can determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases using a variety of strategies.

    Targets:

    Reading:  

    Vocabulary: 

    Writing: 

    Texts: Esperanza Rising and Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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