Lesson Objectives

The objective: Students will be able to argue to what extent literature was used as a tool for emancipation.

Connecting the objective to:

1. Assessment: the assessment is directly tied to the objective because the assessment is a short constructed response (in CER format) that answers the question: To what extent was literature used as a tool for emancipation?
2. A task from the lesson: In this lesson, students are asked to reflect upon the progress of their SCR so far, putting a star next to one part they are proud of and a question mark next to one part they are unsure of or want me to examine more closely. They are still exploring the SCR question, although this task is focused on writing process.
3. Who my students are: Thinking about the greater question of freedom and emancipation, with racism of course tied in, calls into play my own students' backgrounds. Most of my students are POC and have experienced the repercussions of a country built on racist ideas.
4. Language demands: Scaffolded graphic organizer templates are provided to organize ideas for their SCR; students will need a command of common English syntax in order to compose the SCR.
5. Cognitive demands:

Level 1 (recall): Recall, Quote

Level 2 (skill/concept): Infer, Collect & Display

Level 3 (Strategic Thinking): Draw Conclusions, Cite Evidence

Level 4 (extended thinking): Create, Prove, Apply Concepts

Favorite resources

Brisk AI - detect AI use in Google Docs, write curriculum, give feedback, convert the reading level of news articles

Eleven Labs - AI to transform text to spoken word (helpful for incorporating assistive technology for students on IEPs)

Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Wheel: