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Present Guiding Question to Class: Present the essential question, learning objectives, and student “I can” statements. Have students preview the text to identify the vocabulary words for this week. Unpack weekly vocabulary, as appropriate. Article 1: Patriotism Word Count: 73 Vocabulary: patriotism : a feeling of love for your country High Impact Teaching Strategies: Multiple Exposures, Collaborative Learning Lesson Plan: 1. Read the poem “America the Beautiful” to the class. Encourage the students to focus on how they feel when you read the poem. 2. Have students turn to a neighbor and share how they felt during the reading, using the following questions to guide the discussion: a. What did the words make you think of? b. How did the imagery make you feel? c. Did the imagery remind you of a special place or a feeling? 3. Monitor the conversations and choose a few students to share. 4. Invite the students you chose to share what they talked about. Students should share what their partner said. Write their ideas on the board. Ask for others to add their ideas. 5. Write the words “patriotism” and “patriotic” on the board. 6. Students should pick a new partner and read the article together. Have them underline information from the article that they think helps them describe what these two words mean. 7. Have students share these ideas. Write them on the board. 8. Using the I Am Patriotic graphic organizer, students should draw an image of something that makes them feel patriotic or shows how they love their country. Then, have them write a short descriptive paragraph about their drawing. They can describe how or why it makes them feel that way. Note: Be sensitive to students who may feel love for another country. Allow students to draw about whatever place makes them feel patriotic. 9. Display students’ drawings for a few days, then have them put the drawings in their interactive notebooks. Article Assessment Questions: 1. What is patriotism? a. working as a team
b. love for one’s country c. freedom to speak freely d. electing political leaders
Patriotism | Week 12
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