Teacher: ____Annemarie Garvey_______ Grade__5___ Subject: ___ELA______ Unit: __Ghost Towns of the American West pp. 604a – 625m____

STANDARD(S)

R.I.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. R.I.5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text. R.I.5.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to Grade 5 subject or topic area. R.I.5.6 Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent. R.I.5.8 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s). R.F.5.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g. roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.

L.5.6 Acquire and use grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical

relationships (e.g. however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addition to.) SL.5.2 Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively and orally. W.5.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of

discipline-specific tasks, purposes and audiences.

Essential Questions What should I be able to answer? What guides my thinking?

What adventures helped drive westward expansion? What can ghost towns teach us about the past? What happened to ghost towns? Could they happen to towns today?

Assessment What will I be expected to know, understand and be able to do in order to demonstrate my learning?

Selection Test pp. 97-100 Look Back & Write (pg. 620) With a partner, reread the story for the purpose of sketching a typical ghost town. Reader Response (pg. 620) Write an obituary for a ghost town. Write an ad to convince someone to go OR not go West.

Skills What skills do I need to have in order to answer the essential questions?

Use grade appropriate and domain specific vocabulary.

Provide reasons and evidence from the selection to support the author’s points.

Understand affixes, specifically prefixes.

Understand the need to write routinely for a purpose.

Summarize an informational text in words and pictures.

Demonstrate an understanding of westward expansion, the development of towns and their subsequent abandonment.

Content What content do I need to know in order to answer the essential questions?

Reasons for westward expansion.

Establishment and abandonment of ghost towns.

Vocabulary specific to the selection and era.

Layout of a typical boom town.

Integration of Learning How does this learning connect to my other areas (subjects) of learning?

Social Studies - Tie into teaching the western states and the concept of Westward Expansion and the Transcontinental

Railroad.

Art – Use creative medium to illustrate a typical boom town of the period.

Tools for Learning What tools will I use that will assist me in my learning?

Internet Research – ghost towns, Gold Rush, history of US railroads Paint Program – Consider as an option to illustrate boom town.

Glog – Create a glog or a museum box to summarizing the key points from the selection.

Online Interactive Game - Play the Oregon Trail. http://woz.commtechlab.msu.edu/courses/447sp04/oregontrail/play.htm

Which 21st

Century Skills are woven into this standard? _X_Critical Thinking/Problem Solving _X_ Collaboration ___ Communication _X_ Creativity/Innovation What level of rigor will I be using? (Quadrant A or C) __A___ What level of relevance will I be using? (Quadrant B or D) _D___